Wikinews interviews Adrian Mizher, independent candidate for Texas’ 6th congressional district special election

Wednesday, April 7, 2021 Wikinews extended invitations by e-mail on March 23 to multiple candidates running in the Texas’ 6th congressional district special election of May 1 to fill a vacancy left upon the death of Republican congressman Ron Wright. Of them, independent candidate Adrian Mizher agreed to answer some …

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Turing test beaten by Russian chatterbot

Sunday, June 8, 2014 Yesterday, the Russian chatterbot “Eugene Goostman” by a team of Russian and Ukrainian developers became the first machine to pass a Turing test, under the academic event organizers’ interpretation of the test as originally described by British mathematician Alan Turing. The competition was held at the …

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Cilla Black funeral held in Liverpool

Friday, August 21, 2015 Stars from the world of showbusiness joined fans and mourners yesterday at the funeral of the popular entertainer Cilla Black. Her coffin was transported in a cortege in Liverpool where she grew up, with hundreds of people paying their respects. Some were holding memorabilia related to …

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United States helped Kyrgyz pro-democracy programs

Sunday, April 3, 2005 Shortly before parliamentary elections were held in Kyrgyzstan, an opposition-run newspaper ran photographs of a palace under construction for since-deposed president Askar Akayev. This newspaper received grants from and was printed on a printing press financed by the US government. The US government itself confirms this. …

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Wikinews’ overview of the year 2007

Monday, December 31, 2007 What would you tell your grandchildren about 2007 if they asked you about it in, let’s say, 20 year’s time? If the answer to a quiz question was 2007, what would the question be? The year that you first signed on to Facebook? The year Britney …

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