Guest Blogging Can Help You Build Organic Links

16 August, 2019

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Get More Information Here: Budget Beginner Acoustic Guitar Submitted by: Mark K. Meyer Any webmaster should understand the importance of link building, and this method is extremely important with newer sites. Guest blogging can be a great way to build organic links to your website, and this method is fairly simple to do. To use […]

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Wikinews attends 2018 Bangalore ComicCon

16 August, 2019

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Thursday, November 29, 2018 On November 17 and November 18, Wikinews attended the 2018 Bangalore Comicbook Convention, in Karnataka, India. Beginning on Saturday morning, the ComicCon continued till Sunday. Organised by ComicCon India, who organised Comic Con in Hyderabad in October, this event was held at Karnataka Trade Promotion Organisation (KTPO)’s convention hall. Wikinews spoke […]

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Florida court blocks drug testing state workers

11 August, 2019

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Friday, April 27, 2012 The US state of Florida has repealed an order by the state’s governor to drug test all state employees and new hires to state agencies. The Miami federal court has said that the order is unconstitutional, violating the ban upon ‘unreasonable’ search and seizure. Last year, Governor Rick Scott ordered 80,000 […]

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Author Amy Scobee recounts abuse as Scientology executive

11 August, 2019

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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 […]

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New Jersey to consider bikini waxing ban

11 August, 2019

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Friday, March 20, 2009 New Jersey is considering a state-wide ban on Brazilian waxes, the removal of hair from the bikini area. Although genital waxing has never really been allowed in the state, the New Jersey Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling plans to propose a ban with more specific legal wording, in response to two […]

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Immigration Detainees on Hunger Strike in Oxford UK

11 August, 2019

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Thursday, June 15, 2006 One hundred and twenty detainees at an immigration removal centre in Oxford, UK, are on hunger strike. The protest started when some detainees refused breakfast on Wednesday 14th June 2006. A letter from the hunger strikers explaining why they are seeking to draw attention to their plight in this way has […]

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Wikinews Shorts: June 4, 2007

11 August, 2019

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A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, June 4, 2007. MediaCorp Radio in Singapore has been fined 15,000 Singaporean dollars (US$9,800) over an on-air stunt in March in which female guests on a radio show were asked to remove their brassieres, and pose for video that was to be posted on the station’s website and […]

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NASA plans for future moon missions

27 July, 2019

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Monday, September 19, 2005 NASA has announced plans for sending humans back to the Moon, as a first step to Mars. A 2018 lunar mission is proposed, where a crew of four would remain on the Moon for as long as a week. A minimum of two lunar missions a year is planned, with astronauts […]

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Australian man to be executed in Singapore

6 July, 2019

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Saturday, November 19, 2005 Supporters of convicted Australian drug trafficker, Van Nguyen, gathered outside the State Library in Melbourne yesterday to display thousands of messages of opposition to his death sentence. Callers to talkback radio in Melbourne were overwhelmingly against the death penalty of Nguyen, who immediately admitted his guilt and has cooperated with authorities […]

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British music royalties suffer first ever decrease

6 July, 2019

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011 In the United Kingdom, PRS for Music has announced that the total royalties that artists in the music industry receive has decreased by 1%. This is the first time that such a decline has ever occurred. The company has reported that the total was £611.2 million (US$977.8 million, €693.9 million) in […]

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