Tuesday, July 3, 2007 David Hempleman-Adams left St. John's at approximately 9:30 p.m. local time on July 2, 2007 from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in a small helium filed balloon in an attempt to make the Trans-Atlantic crossing in the smallest balloon ever to make such a crossing. The final destination of the landing is not known and will be determined as the flight nears its end. The...
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Nervous savers have re-formed queues this morning outside many branches of Northern Rock, after the £2.68 billion bank took an emergency loan from the Bank of England, the UK central bank.
Shares in the bank had dropped 25% by lunchtime yesterday in London – and stood nearly 60% lower from their high of February – after the Bank of England acted in its capacity...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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On Tuesday, United States television personality Conan O'Brien announced in a statement that he will no longer serve as the host for NBC's The Tonight Show if the network's attempt to move his program to the post-midnight time slot comes to fruition.
This move, NBC has said, would be done to accommodate the...
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They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre of environment and economics researchers suggested that Kenya should ban the common plastic bag that one gets at the checkout counter of grocery stores, and place a levy on other plastic bags, all to...
Thursday, November 7, 2019
On Monday, Hungarian daily newspaper Magyar Nemzet revealed a deal whereby, on October 29, Hungarian state-owned enterprise HDT Védelmi Ipari Kft. (HDT Limited) acquired Austrian mortar and shell manufacturer Hirtenberger Defence Group. Hirtenberger Defence Group also acknowledged the deal.
In the deal, Austrian, United Kingdom and New Zealand production sites are to...
More Detail Here: Tecbo Sport Women Leather Jackets Timeless Classics by jhon mithwaThis spring look forward for buying a women leather jacket. They have played a major role in women fashion, and came so far with an incredibly long time. It has been the only one thing that has never truly gone out of fashion in this ever changing world of fashion. It's their distinctive appearance which blends...
Friday, March 5, 2021
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the UK's 2021 budget on Wednesday in the House of Commons. This comes amid significant damage to the country's economy from the COVID-19 pandemic, in which over 700 thousand people have lost their jobs, with the economy shrinking by 10%.
Sunak announced an extension of the furlough scheme, which had been paying employees who...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Toronto , Canada —What experiences makes a coach of an international sports team? Wikinews interviewed Tom Kyle, the coach of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders, in Toronto for the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship.
((Wikinews)) Tell us about yourself. First of all, where were you born? Tom Kyle: I was born...
Monday, June 14, 2021
Arthur Oliver Kostendt, a candidate running in the mayoral election of the US city of Cleveland, Ohio set to take place November 2, discussed his campaign and policies with Wikinews this spring.
According to Cleveland Scene, 29-year-old Kostendt is a member of the Cuyahoga County, Ohio Republican Party but has referred to his campaign as "casual". According to his web...
More Detail Here: Microphone Wireless Urban music- the much-loved music now easily downloadable to your systems by Jai Prakash Srivastava 1Are you an urban music lover? Your love for music will find a place on the internet where you can download hundreds of free songs at a go. Unlimited music download is now possible in the easiest manner and all you need to do for this is to find out a website...