Vietnam’s Le Van Cong wins gold in men’s -49kg powerlifting at Rio Paralympics

Friday, September 9, 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — Powerlifting started yesterday at the 2016 Summer Paralympics with Vietnam’s Le Van Cong winning gold after setting a pair of Paralympic records and a new world record of 183kg. Jordan’s Omar Qarada claimed silver. Hungary’s Nandor Tunkel claimed bronze with a best lift of 155kg. Qarada […]

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U.S. Senate approves revised bailout package after controversial additions

Saturday, October 4, 2008 The U.S. Senate passed a revised bailout bill designed to help the struggling U.S. financial economy, which has measures nearly identical to the bill rejected by the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday. “Senate Democrats and Republicans believe it is essential that we work quickly on this important legislation to restore […]

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G20 protests: Inside a labour march

Wikinews accredited reporter Killing Vector traveled to the G-20 2009 summit protests in London with a group of protesters. This is his personal account. Friday, April 3, 2009 London – “Protest”, says Ross Saunders, “is basically theatre”. It’s seven a.m. and I’m on a mini-bus heading east on the M4 motorway from Cardiff toward London. […]

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Two UK sailors killed in submarine accident

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed in a news release, March 21, 2007, that two Royal Navy crew members had been killed in an accident aboard nuclear submarine HMS Tireless earlier in the day. The next of kin for both men have been informed. Another submariner had been injured and […]

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How Do Companies Benefit From Visitor Management Software?

Here’s An Opinion On: Strata Choice Body Corporate Managers Sydney How Do Companies Benefit From Visitor Management Software? by Jaydavis89 Security is primarily focused on in every business organization. However, earlier modes of keeping a check on outsiders or visitors have proved to be less effective. This gave way to the introduction of innovative, technologically […]

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Exclusive: David Anderson talks about the Stardust@home project

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 Following the return of the Stardust space capsule from its encounter with the Comet Wild 2, NASA scientists have come up with a novel approach to dealing with the samples of “interstellar dust” that have been collected; they want help from the public. The Stardust spacecraft carried an aerogel-based dust collector, […]

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