A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, March 1, 2007. Two paintings by renowned Spanish artist Pablo Picasso were stolen from the home of his granddaughter, according to the French authorities. The two oil paintings stolen were Maya With Doll and Portrait of Jacqueline; they were taken sometime between Monday, February 26 and Tuesday, February […]
How To Take Care Of Your Pregnant Dogs And Make Them Comfortable
Read More About: Victoriahouseneedlecraft Website Australia Knitting Yarn By Jerry Brecken Humans used to take care only of themselves and their loved ones. Now, people have realized that one’s protection and pampering can go beyond the usual sphere and can even extend to other non-human entities such as animals or pets. The human empathy has […]
Bank of England governor warns housing market is biggest threat to UK economy
Sunday, May 18, 2014 The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has warned that the state of the housing market in the United Kingdom is the current biggest domestic threat to the country’s economy, due to lack of house building, and regulatory issues. In an interview to be aired on Sky News today, […]
Apple unveils iPhone 4, iOS 4 at Worldwide Developers Conference 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 Yesterday, at this year’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), company CEO Steve Jobs unveiled iPhone 4, along with the new iOS 4 operating system for Apple mobile devices. The announcement was long-awaited but not a very big surprise. In April, the technology blog Gizmodo obtained a prototype of the new phone […]
Venice hotel sells rooms for one cent a night after pricing error
Saturday, August 15, 2009 The Crowne Plaza, a four-star Venetian hotel, admitted to mistakenly advertising rooms online for one euro cent a night instead of the correct price of up to 150 euros. The hotel, which is in the Quarto D’Altino, 25 kilometres from Venice, received 1,400 room bookings from 228 people on the day […]
Ben Shephard announces departure from GMTV
Friday, April 23, 2010 Ben Shephard has announced his departure from GMTV, the current television breakfast programme on ITV in the United Kingdom, having been a presenter on the programme for ten years. His current contract ends in April 2010, but he is expected to leave by the end of the Summer of 2010, according […]
Bridal Personal Computer Registry Basics A Bride’s Guide To Registering For Wedding Reception Presents
Bridal Personal computer registry Basics – A Bride’s Guide to Registering for Wedding reception Presents by Rui Vasconcelos Consider time from your wedding planning and design your ideal marriage computer system registry. While constructing a wedding experience computer system registry may very well seem self-serving, it is definitely a comfort to your company. By means […]
Polish Archbishop resigns after spying revelations
Monday, January 8, 2007 This article features in a News Brief from Audio Wikinews: Stanislaw Wielgus, the Archbishop of Warsaw, resigned yesterday after admitting to have worked for the secret police of Poland during the operation of the Communist government. At a mass in Warsaw Cathedral, the Archbishop was to have marked his formal installation. […]
Man charged over motorway bridge collapse in Kent, England
Saturday, January 14, 2017 Reports yesterday indicated a 63-year-old man has been charged in connection with the collapse of a pedestrian bridge onto the M20 motorway in Kent, England last year. The unidentified man has been summonsed to appear at Maidstone Magistrates’ Court on February 17. As well as dangerous driving and causing serious injury […]
Author Amy Scobee recounts abuse as Scientology executive
Monday, October 11, 2010 Wikinews interviewed author Amy Scobee about her book Scientology – Abuse at the Top, and asked her about her experiences working as an executive within the organization. Scobee joined the organization at age 14, and worked at Scientology’s international management headquarters for several years before leaving in 2005. She served as […]