Monday, December 8, 2008 Jensen Button driving one of the two 2008 Honda F1 cars at the Malaysian Grand Prix Image: flickr user kuda2001. More details have emerged over the weekend after the surprise announcement last week of Honda‘s intention to sell its Formula One racing team, Honda Racing F1. The team management, Nick Fry […]
Read MoreUK company “seriously considering” GPS tracking devices in school uniforms
Saturday, August 25, 2007 The leading supplier of school uniforms in the United Kingdom, Lancashire-based manufacturer Trutex, has announced it is “seriously considering” including GPS tracking devices in future ranges of its uniform products after conducting an online survey of both parents and children. “As a direct result of the survey, we are now seriously […]
Read MoreIsraeli gasoline supplier to Palestinians cuts supply
Friday, May 12, 2006 Israeli company Dor Energy, the sole supplier of gasoline and cooking gas to the Palestinian territories, cut off all deliveries on Wednesday, citing US$27 million in unpaid bills. Mujahed Salameh, director general of the Palestinian Petroleum Agency, predicted an “economic catastrophe” which would cripple factories and transportation as many people would […]
Read MoreSpace Shuttle Atlantis launch delayed until 2008
Sunday, December 9, 2007 Space Shuttle Atlantis NASA have today announced that the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-122, which is a module delivery mission to the International Space Station (ISS), will be delayed until January 2nd, 2008 at the earliest, after scrubbing today’s launch attempt, and an earlier attempt on December 6th. The […]
Read MoreIndia: Maharashtra plastic ban comes into force
Monday, June 25, 2018 On Saturday, the plastic ban in the Indian state of Maharashtra came into force. In an attempt to minimise pollution, the state government has introduced a ban on single-use plastics. The leader of the Yuya Sena political party, Aaditya Thackeray, said on Twitter, “The ban on single use disposable plastic cups, […]
Read MoreRyan Giggs named BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Monday, December 14, 2009 Welsh footballer Ryan Giggs was named as the 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year in a ceremony Sunday night. The 36-year-old Manchester United and Welsh international player has won a record eleven Premier League titles in his career, and made over 800 appearances for his club. Giggs holding the Premier […]
Read MoreBolivian president announces legal action over Obama’s ‘crimes against humanity’
Correction — October 4, 2013 The last paragraph of this article should say “President Maduro” rather than “President Morales”. We apologize for the error. Saturday, September 21, 2013 The Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Thursday he will file legal charges against the United States President Barack Obama for crimes against humanity. President Morales announced he was […]
Read MoreCategory:University of Sheffield
This is the category for the University of Sheffield, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 5 March 2014: Wikinews interviews specialists on Russian intervention in Ukraine 21 July 2010: Astronomers discover largest star on record 4 October 2009: Second stone circle found one mile from Stonehenge 30 January […]
Read MoreIraqi elections kept low-key, but secure, in Paris
Saturday, January 29, 2005 Posters were installed just prior to the polling. Barriers block parking and access to cars; visitors are filtered at the entrance. A bus of CRS police waits in front of the polling station entrance. Fourteen countries outside of Iraq have been selected for the installation of polling stations for the Iraqi […]
Read MoreRussian commander: Tu-160s penetrate US airspace undetected
Tuesday, April 25, 2006File:Tu 16019.jpg The Tupolev Tu-160 is a supersonic stategic bomber(Image missing from Commons: image; log) A senior Russian air force commander has claimed that new, upgraded Tu-160 bomber aircraft were unchallenged by US air defense systems when they penetrated a radar zone near the Canadian coast in US territory during an April […]
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