Wednesday, October 25, 2006 On November 1, 2006 the old five, ten, twenty and fifty cent coins will be illegal tender, but the Reserve Bank of New Zealand says there are still at least 100 million still to be returned. According to the Reserve Bank, most of the old coins have been lost in drains […]
Flickr launches video-sharing service
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Flickr, the online photo sharing service owned by American internet company Yahoo!, today launched a new video-sharing service for “Pro” users. After 4 months of waiting since an unofficial “coming soon” on the Flickr forums, subscribers to the service are now able to upload videos of up to 90 seconds in […]
Explosion at earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant
Saturday, March 12, 2011 An explosion has been reported at Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after its cooling system was damaged by a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit off the North-East coast of Japan on Friday. The explosion occurred at around 3:00pm local time (6:00am UTC). According to the plant’s operator, Tokyo […]
Halifax bank: UK house prices rose 0.6% during July
Thursday, August 5, 2010 Halifax, a bank in the United Kingdom, has announced that house prices in the country rose 0.6% during the month of July 2010, according to a survey of house prices made by the mortgage provider. House prices fell 0.6% over the course of June 2010. Halifax economist Martin Ellis commented: “House […]
UK Prince William picks brother Harry to be best man at royal wedding
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Prince William of Wales has selected his brother Prince Harry to be the best man at his wedding. The announcement was made by a spokesman at St James’s Palace. It has also been revealed that Prince William’s fiancée, Kate Middleton, has asked her sister Philippa to be her Maid of Honour. […]
Cricket: England beat India in third one-day international
Monday, August 27, 2007 England have beaten India by 42 runs in the third One-Day International of the series at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. India won the toss and captain Rahul Dravid chose to send England in to bat first. England posted a score of 281-8 after fifty overs. After a bright start from opening batsmen […]
House approves Senate amended economic stimulus package
Friday, February 8, 2008 The United States House of Representatives has passed the bipartisan US$152 billion economic stimulus package that gives one-time rebates to United States citizens, US$600 for individuals or US$1,200 for couples plus US$300 for each child. US$300 checks would be sent to people on low-income including retirees on Social Security which was […]
Google services not loading for users of some ISPs
Wednesday, September 27, 2006 On Tuesday morning, many Comcast internet users were reporting problems connecting to Google services, such as web search, personalized pages, and Gmail. Since the original reporting, other US ISP users also reported that they could not connect to Google. Google released a statement saying that they are investigating the problem. Comcast […]
Wikinews Shorts: January 20, 2012
A compilation of brief news reports for Friday, January 20, 2012. Contents 1 Dissident Republicans bomb Londonderry 2 Kodak files for bancruptcy 3 Republican contender Newt Gingrich refutes open marriage accusations 4 Dolce & Gabbana make apology over Hong Kong photography ban 5 Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes New Zealand, no damage reported If you believe any […]
Camp Pendleton, California: helicopter crash kills two US marines
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Two U.S. Marines were killed at Camp Pendleton, California when their AH-1W Cobra Helicopter, belonging to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, crashed on Monday at about 1 p.m. local time. The crash occurred in the southeast corner of the base, near the community of Fallbrook. The Marines were pronounced dead at […]