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U.S. Schools and universities host their first “standard time” Zoom lectures

18 November, 2020

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This article’s newsworthiness in its present form is disputed.Wikinews aims to publish stories on generally relevant news items. While local news is allowed and encouraged, stories that are aimed at a very limited audience, or of little relevance outside a very specific area, may not be suitable for Wikinews. Please see Wikinews:Newsworthiness for guidelines on […]

Chinese General threatens U.S. with nuclear weapons over possible Taiwan Strait conflict, Beijing downplays comment

18 November, 2020

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Saturday, July 16, 2005 A General in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and dean at the National Defense University in China commented to visiting Hong Kong reporters on Friday that the PLA might use nuclear weapons against the U.S., in a conflict over the Taiwan Strait. “If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided […]

Joe Biden projected US president-elect

18 November, 2020

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Saturday, November 7, 2020 Today, former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden was projected by multiple media outlets to have surpassed 270 electoral college delegate total and therefore become the 46th President of the United States elect. His running mate, Kamala Harris, would become the first female and first African- and Asian-American vice […]

Wikinews interviews 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor Candidate Wayne Tseng

18 November, 2020

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This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Thursday, October 22, 2020 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor candidate Wayne Tseng answered some questions about his campaign for the upcoming election from Wikinews. The Lord Mayor election in the Australian city is […]

IRA disbands military structure

18 November, 2020

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Thursday, October 5, 2006 The Independent Monitoring Commission has reported that the Provisional Irish Republican Army has undergone major changes within their military structure and shows that the IRA Army Council wants to put its military campaign behind it. The Commission consists of John Alderdice, a former Alliance Party leader; Joe Brosnan, former Secretary General […]

Australian Federal Police raid home over unauthorised access to pay TV services

18 November, 2020

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Thursday, March 30, 2006 Australian Federal Police officers reportedly raided the home in Argenton, West of Newcastle, New South Wales of a man suspected of distibuting software to enable unauthorised access to pay TV services Foxtel and Austar. A spokesperson for the Australian Federal Police said that officers seized computer equipment, including an “external hardware […]

IRA disbands military structure

18 November, 2020

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Wikinews interviews team behind the 2,000th featured Wikipedia article

18 November, 2020

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This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Sunday, April 13, 2008 This week saw the English-language version of Wikipedia, the collaboratively written online encyclopedia, reach 2,000 featured articles with the inclusion of the article El Señor Presidente. Featured articles […]

Thai anti-government leaders escape capture

18 November, 2020

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Saturday, April 17, 2010 In a new setback to the Thai government’s efforts to ease mounting political tensions, protest leaders escaped from their hotel Friday after security forces arrived to arrest them. One, Arisman Pongruangrong, climbed down three floors using a rope, and was rushed away by supporters thronging the building. The police say Arisman […]

UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashes at Texas A&M, kills one, injures four

18 November, 2020

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Sunday, January 18, 2009 A United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed Monday (before 3:00 pm CST) after takeoff at Duncan Field at Campus of Texas A&M University, during a routine mission flight shuttling cadets from the university to Camp Swift. Two active-duty soldiers were killed in the crash, and four Army National Guard […]