“PGR4” pre-launch in Taiwan: TOP Drivers’ Derby

7 January, 2021

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Saturday, September 29, 2007 After the launch of “Halo 3” on Tuesday (September 25), Microsoft promoted a brand new Xbox360 racing game “Project Gotham Racing 4” (PGR4) with a friendship match as a “TOP on TOP” competition between Taiwanese World Cyber Games (WCG) PGR3 Delegate You-cheng Liu and “Drift Master of Taiwan” Po-hsiung Chou at […]

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10-year-old boy missing after car gets carjacked

7 January, 2021

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Thursday, September 20, 2007 Police in Florida, United States, are looking for a 10-year-old boy who was last seen in the back seat of a car that was later carjacked. Authorities at the Broward County sheriff’s office say that Louis Gonzalez was with his stepfather when his stepfather was forced out of the car by […]

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On the campaign trail in the USA, August 2020

7 January, 2021

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Wednesday, September 30, 2020 The following is the fourth edition of a monthly series chronicling the 2020 United States presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories. This month’s spotlight on the campaign trail: a bat attacks the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee, the American […]

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Category:Recycling

7 January, 2021

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This is the category for Recycling. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 10 October 2010: Residents of Leeds, England neighbourhood plagued with crime ask council for help 26 June 2009: University study finds U.S. defense contract information in ‘electronic waste’ in Africa 23 April 2009: Earth Day 2009 celebrated around the globe 29 […]

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Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews

7 January, 2021

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Recently, Finnish open-source video game developer Perttu Ahola discussed Minetest, his “longest ever project”, with Wikinews. Started in October 2010, Minetest was an attempt by Ahola to create a sandbox game similar to Minecraft. Minecraft is a multi-platform commercial game, which was in alpha version when Ahola challenged himself to create […]

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Computer professionals celebrate 10th birthday of A.L.I.C.E.

7 January, 2021

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Wednesday, November 30, 2005File:Turing1.jpg More than 50 programmers, scientists, students, hobbyists and fans of the A.L.I.C.E. chat robot gathered in Guildford, U.K. on Friday to celebrate the tenth birthday of the award winning A.I. On hand was the founder the Loebner Prize, an annual Turing Test, designed to pick out the world’s most human computer […]

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KKE: Interview with the Greek Communist Party

7 January, 2021

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Thursday, May 13, 2010 Wikinews reporter Iain Macdonald has performed an interview with Dr Isabella Margara, a London-based member of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). In the interview Margara sets out the communist response to current events in Greece as well as discussing the viability of a communist economy for the nation. She also […]

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Wikinews interviews Spanish Paralympic track and field athlete Alberto Suárez Laso

7 January, 2021

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013 With the IPC Athletics World Championships scheduled to start this Friday, Wikinews interviewed Spanish T12 classified long distance runner Alberto Suárez Laso at Madrid–Barajas Airport Monday before he departed for Lyon, France. Suárez is scheduled to compete in two events, the T12 5,000 meters and marathon events. ((Wikinews)) Hi this is […]

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Ireland requests replay of FIFA World Cup play-off with France

7 January, 2021

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Friday, November 20, 2009 The Football Association of Ireland (FAI), Irish Minister for Sport, Taoiseach and Facebook social network groups are requesting a replay of the controversial FIFA World Cup play-off between Ireland and France in the interests of Fair Play. The FAI lodged an appeal with FIFA and also contacted the French Football Federation […]

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