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Oscar Diös tells Wikinews about his hostel within a Boeing 747
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Oscar Diös is a Swedish businessman looking to invest in a new project within the aviation community. He’s already bought the venture’s first airliner, a Boeing 747-200. However, his intention is not to start an airline, and the jet is not intended for flight. Instead, he plans to convert the airliner […]
Ford, Fiat to produce small cars together
Friday, September 9, 2005 Italian-based Fiat Auto SPA and US-based Ford Motor Co. announced they signed an agreement to cooperate in designing two small car models. This came only seven months after General Motors severed their relationship with Fiat. Both companies plan to work together on a new version of the popular Fiat Cinquecento and […]
Higuaín leaves Napoli for Juventus
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 Yesterday, Italian football club Juventus F.C. announced signing of Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuaín from their rival club S.S.C. Napoli. 28-year-old Higuaín signed a five-year contract with the Old Lady for an Italian record transfer fee of €90 million. Debuting at the age of 17 in 2005, Higuaín has made 329 league […]
At least 21 dead after train accident in India
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Two passenger trains collided in India early on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than twenty others, reports have said. The accident occurred at around 05.30 local time (00.00 UTC), when a passenger train collided with another train which was waiting at a red signal near the northern […]
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Liberal candidate Brian Jackson, Oxford
Monday, October 1, 2007 Brian Jackson is running for the Ontario Liberal Party in the Ontario provincial election, in the Oxford riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from Liberals, […]
Category: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 […]
Intel acquires mobile Linux developer, OpenedHand
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 The United Kingdom-based mobile Linux developers OpenedHand have announced that they have been acquired by the Intel Corporation, merging the Linux company with the Intel Open Source Technology Center. “We are pleased to announce that OpenedHand Ltd has been acquired by Intel Corporation,” said OpenedHand in a statement it released on […]
Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean
Thursday, June 23, 2011 NASA’s Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered evidence for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The data came from the spacecraft’s direct analysis of salt-rich ice grains close to the jets ejected from the moon. The study has been published in this week’s edition of the journal […]
Quality, innovation and competitiveness centre-stage at Taipei Int’l Hardware & DIY Show
Friday, October 19, 2007 The 7th Taipei International Hardware & DIY Show, organized by Kaigo Taiwan (The representative of Koelnmesse in Taiwan) and Koelnmesse GmbH, started on October 18-20 at Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 3. This show has 183 participants using 300 booths to exhibit accessories and tools on esoteric fabricating, home-living applications, […]
Book Fair 2.0; On bloggers, ebooks and pirates
Friday, October 12, 2007 The Internet is very much present at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2007, not just, like in previous years, as a means for the journalists who have 80 workplaces for their own notebooks to report on the fair, but like before as a chance – and as a threat for rights-owners of […]