Month: January 2019

No Credit Check Secured Loans: Forget Bad Credit History

Read An Opinion On: Financial Planners Fee Balmain Best Financial Advisor Balmain By Kenneth Robert Mostly, credit checks are done to verify the default history of a borrower. A large number of people hesitate to disclose their credit history to the lenders. As regular defaults are a barrier towards availing the loan facility, borrowers usually […]

Copiapó, Chile mining accident: in depth

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 The rescue of the Chilean miners trapped in the San José Mine in Copiapó, codenamed Operación San Lorenzo (San Lorenzo Operation), began on Tuesday night, at around 20:00 local time (23:00 UTC). Florencio Ávalos was the first miner to be rescued, at 00:12 local time (03:12 UTC) on Wednesday. He was […]

Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Progressive Conservative candidate Penny Lucas, Kenora—Rainy River

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Penny Lucas is running for the Progressive Conservative in the Ontario provincial election, in the Kenora-Rainy River riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed regarding her values, her experience, and her campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from Liberals, Progressive […]

Sydney Opera House listed on World Heritage List

Thursday, June 28, 2007 The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has today announced in Christchurch, New Zealand that the Sydney Opera House has been added to the World Heritage List of culturally significant sites. It is the third time that a bid has been made to include the […]

Outage leaves tens of thousands of New Zealanders without Internet

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 An Internet outage in New Zealand has left tens of thousands of people without Internet access for over five hours after a planned upgrade crashed Telecom’s servers. Telecom, New Zealand’s telecommunications monopolistic company, had planned for an upgrade to its network overnight but it didn’t quite go to plan as their […]

Two slain in knife attack at Swedish IKEA furniture retailer

Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Two people were killed yesterday afternoon and another seriously injured in Västerås, Sweden. The injured man is considered a suspect in the knife attack and was arrested in hospital. Another man was arrested at the scene, which was an IKEA furniture retailer. According to police, the two fatalities do not have […]

BBC support song making chart impact

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 A song released yesterday in support of the BBC is making an impact on several UK music charts. Stand-up comic Mitch Benn wrote I’m Proud of the BBC in response to the criticism the licence fee-funded corporation has received from its commercial competitors and the right-wing press. The Conservative-led coalition government […]

2008 Young Designers’ Exhibition to interact with the world

Friday, May 16, 2008 2008 The 27th Young Designers’ Exhibition, opened on May 15 at the Taipei World Trade Center and closes Sunday May 18. It features participation by 87 academic groups in Taiwan and 20 groups from United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, and Australia to showcase various achievements in industrial design. […]