Scottish archaeology student discovers 5,000 year old chewing gum in Finland

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Posted on February 20, 2022 | Posted on Admin

Thursday, August 23, 2007 An archaeology student from Scotland has discovered a 5,000 year old piece of chewing gum on a dig in Finland. Sarah Pickin, a 23-year-old part-time barmaid studying archaeology with Derby University, discovered the gum during a dig in the north-west of the country. The gum is a lump of birch bark […]

Man cuts off his own penis in UK restaurant

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Posted on February 20, 2022 | Posted on Admin

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 An unnamed Polish man, 35, is being treated at a hospital in London, England after he cut off his penis with a knife at Zizzi’s pizza restaurant on Strand Street in the city of Westminster. “We were called at 9.00 p.m. on Sunday to a restaurant on the Strand to reports […]

Why You Should Encourage Your Staff To Get Police Checks

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Posted on February 19, 2022 | Posted on Admin

Read An Opinion On: Reference Check Why You Should Encourage Your Staff to Get Police Checks by John M Martin If you run a business that employs staff then this greatly increases your workload and suddenly they become your responsibility in a number of ways as you have to worry about things like taxes and […]

Wikinews attends Maker Faire in Tyler, Texas

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Posted on February 19, 2022 | Posted on Admin

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Wikinews attended the sixth annual Mini Maker Faire in Tyler, Texas, United States on Saturday. Similar to a giant science fair, the event featured a variety of science, engineering and technology projects and items. An array of technologies were on hand including 3D printers, drones, and various other physics devices. The […]

Participant claims drug trial gave him cancer

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Posted on February 18, 2022 | Posted on Admin

Sunday, August 6, 2006 A man who fell ill after participating in a drug trial at Northwick Park Hospital in north-west London earlier this year has revealed he has the early signs of an “aggressive” form of cancer. David Oakley was one of six men who volunteered to take part in a trial of a […]

Canadian law proposes to ban spitting, swearing and urinating in public

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Posted on February 16, 2022 | Posted on Admin

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 A new law that proposes no spitting, swearing, or urinating in public passed its second reading in Calgary. Calgary City Council is expected to pass it into law later this year. Fines would range from $50 for carrying a visible knife or standing on public benches and $300 for urinating or […]

How To Effectively Trade Forex Funded Accounts

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Posted on February 16, 2022 | Posted on Admin

Read An Opinion On: Foreign Exchange Trading Methods So, here are a few suggestions that can help you totrading a funded forex account the right way: Have a Plan Most traders start without even having a plan. They think that if they traded profitably on their own, they could achieve the same success trading the […]

China overtakes Germany as world’s biggest exporter

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Posted on February 16, 2022 | Posted on Admin

Sunday, January 10, 2010 Chinese officials have said that their country’s exports surged last December to edge out Germany as the world’s biggest exporter. The official Xinhua news agency reported today that figures from the General Administration for Customs showed that exports jumped 17.7% in December from a year earlier. Over the whole of 2009 […]

U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on constitutionality of lethal injection

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Posted on February 15, 2022 | Posted on Admin

Monday, January 7, 2008 The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the constitutionality of the use of lethal injection as a method for the imposition of the death penalty in the United States. Two men, Ralph Baze and Thomas Clyde Bowling Jr., who were convicted of murder in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and sentenced […]

Ford, Fiat to produce small cars together

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Posted on February 15, 2022 | Posted on Admin

Friday, September 9, 2005 Italian-based Fiat Auto SPA and US-based Ford Motor Co. announced they signed an agreement to cooperate in designing two small car models. This came only seven months after General Motors severed their relationship with Fiat. Both companies plan to work together on a new version of the popular Fiat Cinquecento and […]