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The Great Wall of China hoax was a faked newspaper story concocted on June 25, 1899 by four reporters in Denver, Colorado about bids by American businesses on a contract to demolish the Great Wall of China and construct a road in its place. The story was reprinted by a number of newspapers. In 1939, an urban legend began when Denver songwriter ...
Headlines of the Evening Standard on the day of London bombing on 7 July 2005, at Waterloo station Unloading the Evening Standard at Chancery Lane Station, November 2014. The Evening Standard, formerly The Standard (1827–1904), is a long-established newspaper, since 2009, a local free newspaper in tabloid format, with a website on the Internet, published and distributed in London, England.
History of newspaper publishing. The modern newspaper is a European invention. [1] The oldest direct handwritten news sheets circulated widely in Venice as early as 1566. These weekly news sheets were full of information on wars and politics in Italy and Europe. The first printed newspapers were published weekly in Germany from 1605.
The lead engineer on the doomed Titan submersible said Monday that he “100%” felt pressure to get it in the water.. Tony Nissen — testifying as the first witness at a Coast Guard hearing ...
The Post-Standard building in downtown Syracuse. The Post-Standard is a newspaper serving the greater Syracuse, New York, metro area. Published by Advance Publications, it and sister website Syracuse.com are among the consumer brands of Advance Media New York, alongside NYUp.com and The Good Life: Central New York magazine.
Addie Viola Smith (1893–1975) was an American attorney who served as the U.S. trade commissioner to Shanghai from 1928 to 1939, the first female Foreign Service officer in the U.S. Foreign Service to work under the Commerce Department, and the first woman to serve as trade commissioner. A native of Stockton, California, Smith moved to ...
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon, condemned the attack, saying "civilians are not a target and must be protected at all times". [132] Stéphane Dujarric , the Secretary-General 's spokesperson, said the organization deplored the civilian casualties and warned of the risks of escalation in the region.
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports, art, and science. They often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local ...