Wednesday, May 17, 2006 Former world champion boxer Anthony Mundine has beaten long-time rival Danny Green on a unanimous points decision in a non-title World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight bout. Mundine, an ex-rugby league star promoted the much-anticipated fight that attracted around 40,000 spectators and a national record for a pay-per-view television event. “Who’s…

Thursday, June 19, 2008 San Francisco, California —Shortly after an extended question and answer session last night, anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan easily secured an endorsement from the San Francisco Green Party as nominative challenger to the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in California’s 8th congressional district. Sheehan in 2005 Sheehan answered a wide variety…

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 A member of The Yes Men speeching in Sydney. The founding Yes Men are Jacques Servin aka Andy Bichlbaum and Igor Vamos aka Mike Bonanno. The anti-globalization culture jamming group The Yes Men recently delivered a presentation at a Wharton Business School conference on trade and investment in Africa. A performance…

Saturday, January 27, 2007 A pile of returned and marked NCEA exam booklets. Photograph by Gabriel Pollard. Two New Zealand students have been insulted when their exam papers were returned to them with rude remarks on them. However one student received a positive comment on a paper that he got a merit in, the second…

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 14-year-old children in Britain are no longer subject to compulsory testing Image: KF. The UK Government has stated that children in Britain will no longer be required to take compulsory, externally marked tests at the age of fourteen. The change takes effect immediately, meaning that children who were due to take…

Monday, December 14, 2020 Logo of CentOS.Image: CentOS. On Tuesday, US-based software company Red Hat announced their plans to shift their focus away from CentOS in favour of CentOS Stream. Chris Wright is the CTO of Red Hat.Image: Red Hat. In the blog post Chris Wright, the Chief Technological Officer of Red Hat said Red…

Sunday, October 10, 2010 Residents of a Leeds, England neighbourhood have requested help from a council because their neighbourhood is plagued by crime, overcrowding, and community tensions. Hyde Park, Leeds, England, where crime has increased by seven percent over the last year. Residents have written to the council asking for help to improve the area.…

Friday, November 27, 2020 Groom, highlighted in green, within the state of Queensland.Image: User:Canley. Portrait of Jephcott.Image: Sustainable Australia. Voters in the Australian electoral district of Groom are scheduled to go to the polls in a by-election this week following the resignation of Liberal National MP John McVeigh for family reasons. Groom is located in…

Friday, September 26, 2008 On October 14, 2008, Canadians will be heading to the polls for the federal election. New Democratic Party candidate Don Davies is standing for election in the riding of Vancouver Kingsway. A lawyer, he has spent the last 25 years fighting for human rights. A two-time student government representative, Davies was…