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Wikinews interviews Steve Burke, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate

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Sunday, December 13, 2015 This article is a featured article. It is considered one of the best works of the Wikinews community. See Wikinews:Featured articles for more information. Macomb, New York Councilman Steve Burke took some time to speak with Wikinews about his campaign for the U.S. Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nomination. Burke, an insurance
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Traders’ one day strike in Indian capital

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Tuesday, November 7, 2006 Angry traders continued to protest against the Supreme Court’s order in favour of resuming the sealing drive in New Delhi. They damaged public property and blocked traffic during the protest. Police halted over 1,500 traders from various part of the city who were vandalising public transport by blocking and pelting stones
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Penske Auto selected to buy General Motors’ Saturn unit

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Friday, June 5, 2009 General Motors Corporation (GM), an American automaker which has filed for bankruptcy protection, announced on Friday that the Penske Automotive Group (PAG) was selected to purchase Saturn Corporation. The transaction should be completed in October. The purchase includes rights to the Saturn brand, its five current models and its dealership network.
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Oil spill hits Australia’s Sunshine coastline

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Sunday, March 15, 2009 200,000 litres of oil leaked into waters off the coast of Brisbane from the Pacific Adventurer when their fuel tanks were damaged in rough seas on Wednesday. The figure is about ten times higher than the original estimate of twenty thousand litres of oil. The devastating diesel oil spill has spread
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News briefs:May 21, 2010

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Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack, Mikemoral Written By Turtlestack, Diego Grez Listen To This Brief Problems? See our media guide. [edit]
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Bolivian troops told to seize natural gas fields

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Monday, May 1, 2006 Bolivian President Evo Morales has ordered that all foreign-owned natural gas fields be turned over to the national government of Bolivia. President Morales signed a decree that orders troops to seize the fields “immediately” to ensure gas production. The decree also says that companies have 180 days to sign over their
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‘Invitational Games for the Deaf, Taipei 2008’ Day 2 features martial art events

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Sunday, September 7, 2008 The ‘Invitational Games for the Deaf, Taipei 2008’ started yesterday in Taipei, Taiwan. After table tennis and soccer, events from martial arts including karate, judo, and taekwondo were featured mainly in the 2nd matchday. Unlike the taekwondo event which applied a single elimination rule, events from karate and judo applied round
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Canada’s Don Valley West (Ward 25) city council candidates speak

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Friday, November 3, 2006 On November 13, Torontonians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Don Valley West (Ward 25). Three candidates responded to Wikinews’ requests for an interview. This ward’s candidates include John Blair, Robertson Boyle, Tony Dickins, Cliff Jenkins (incumbent), and
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Microsoft announces plan to acquire GitHub for US$7.5 billion

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Wednesday, June 6, 2018 On Monday, United States technology giant Microsoft announced their plans to acquire GitHub, a San Francisco, California-based web-based hosting service for software version control using Git, for 7.5 billion US Dollars (USD). In the official announcement at the Microsoft News web site, the company said they are to reach agreement with
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