Media
Wikimedia is a global movement whose mission is to bring free educational content to the world. Through various projects, chapters, and the support structure of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia strives to bring about a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. 1)
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a project to build free encyclopedias in all languages of the world.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary is a project to create a multilingual free content dictionary in every language.
Wikiquote
Wikiquote is a repository of quotations taken from famous people, books, speeches, films or any intellectually interesting materials. Proverbs, mnemonics or slogans are also included in Wikiquote.
Wikibooks
Wikibooks aims to build a collection of free e-book resources, including textbooks, language courses, manuals, and annotated public domain books. It aims to help both (self-)instruction of students and teachers in high schools and universities.
Wikisource
Wikisource is a multilingual project to archive a collection of free and open content texts.
Wikispecies
Wikispecies is an open, wiki-based project to provide a central, more extensive species database for taxonomy. It covers living and fossil representatives of Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Bacteria, Archaea, Protista and all other forms of life.
Wikinews
The Wikinews project was launched with the mission to report the news on a wide variety of subjects. Contributors from around the world write news articles collaboratively. Reports range from original reporting and interviews to summaries of news from external sources. All reports are required to be written from a neutral point of view.
- Football: Chelsea sacks Frank Lampard as club's manager (2021/01/28 03:44)
Thursday, January 28, 2021
On Monday, English football club Chelsea announced the sacking of their manager Frank Lampard. This came amid a decline in form in the Premier League. The 42 year-old was first appointed as manager 18 months ago in July 2019, and had also previously played for the club for thirteen seasons. The club had only won two of their last eight matches and had sunk to ninth in the Premier League.
Chelsea stated "This has been a very difficult decision, and not one that the owner and the board have taken lightly", adding "There can never be a good time to part ways with a club legend such as Frank, but after lengthy deliberation and consideration it was decided a change is needed now to give the club time to improve performances and results this season."
Lampard stated he was "disappointed not to have had the time this season to take the club forward and bring it to the next level". Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich said "This was a very difficult decision for the club, not least because I have an excellent personal relationship with Frank and I have the utmost respect for him".
Last summer, Lampard spent over £200 million on seven signings, including £71 million for Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen and £45 million on Ben Chilwel from Leicester City. The club has only won 29 points in the Premier League this season, eleven short of current table leaders, Manchester United.
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- Alistair Magowan & Simon Stone. "Frank Lampard: Chelsea sack manager with Thomas Tuchel expected to replace him" — BBC Sport, January 25, 2021
- "Chelsea Football Club have today parted company with Head Coach Frank Lampard" — Chelsea F.C., January 25, 2021
- "Frank Lampard sacked by Chelsea after 18 months; Thomas Tuchel set to take over" — Sky Sports, January 25, 2021
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Dan Quarrell. "Frank Lampard sacked as Chelsea manager: Reaction as Gary Lineker brands it 'utterly ludicrous'" — Eurosport, January 25, 2021
- World Trade Organization declares US tariff hike illegal, rules in South Korea's favour (2021/01/25 01:23)
Sunday, January 24, 2021
The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled in favour of South Korea on Thursday over what it deemed excessive US tariffs on some of its products.
The eight duties, covering large power transformers and four grades of steel, were enacted in 2012 and 2016, during the Barack Obama administration. The US Department of Commerce defended the high rates, ranging from 9.49 to 59.72% on steel and 60.81% on transformers, by citing the "adverse facts available" (AFA) provision.
The AFA calls on accused companies to provide comprehensive information, or otherwise face significant anti-dumping and countervailing tariffs. After negotiation failed, South Korea formally filed a suit with the global trade body in February 2018.
A three-person WTO panel concluded the US Commerce Department had failed to specify in detail what information South Korean companies were to supply, and improperly ignored or rejected some of what was submitted. The tariffs imposed on Hyosung Heavy Industries, Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems, Hyundai Steel, and POSCO, therefore, were considered inconsistent with WTO guidelines.
However, the panel did not uphold South Korea's claim US authorities had an "unwritten measure" encouraging its use of adverse facts to justify higher duties.
The United States may appeal within 60 days. However, due to restrictions imposed by former President Donald Trump on the Appellate Body, it has less than a quorum.
The European Union joined the case, citing as justification the plight of British, Dutch, and Italian steelworkers under US practice.
A 2018 ruling between the United States and Canada also found evidence of negligence involving the provision.
Sources[edit]
- Islam Uddin, Islamuddin Sajid. "WTO rules against US over high tariffs on South Korea" — Andalou Agency, January 22, 2021
- Yoon-seung Kang. "WTO rules in favor of S. Korea in lawsuit against U.S." — Yonhap News Agency, January 22, 2021
- Philip Blenkinsop, Gareth Jones, Jonathan Oatis. "WTO finds for South Korea over U.S. trade measures, in challenge for Biden" — Reuters, January 21, 2021
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WTO Secretariat. "United States — Countervailing Measures on Supercalendered Paper from Canada" — World Trade Organization, September 7, 2020
- Explosion after gas leakage in Madrid residential building kills four (2021/01/23 21:47)
Saturday, January 23, 2021
On Wednesday, at least four people killed by an explosion at a residential building located in Central Madrid, Spain.
Eyewitnesses reported a strong smell of gas shortly before the blast. The building was owned by a Roman Catholic Church and was destroyed by the blast. Among the dead was an electrician who was present to inspect the building's boilers.
It was like an earthquake; I thought a bomb had gone off. 
—Eye-witness, speaking to El País
At least ten others were injured as a result of the incident. According to the reports, strong gas smell had first been detected at around 2pm local time, so an electrician David Santos Muñoz had been called out to inspect the boilers. Minutes after this, at 2:56 pm, the building exploded, killing him and at least three others. An owner of a nearby bar told El País "It was as if a bomb had dropped, the noise was tremendous". An eyewitness also told the newspaper "it was like an earthquake; I thought a bomb had gone off."
A school and nursing home were nearby to the blast, the latter of which had suffered minor damage according to the city's mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida. Nobody was injured in either of these and TVE said that the school has been said to have been empty at the time due to closures after significant snowfall in the capital. Police said the nursing home was safely evacuated following the blast.
Sources[edit]
- "Madrid: 'Extremely loud' explosion in city centre - at least three people dead" — Sky News, January 21, 2021
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"Madrid blast claims fourth victim" — El País, January 21, 2021
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Wikiversity
Wikiversity is a project dedicated to learning materials and learning communities, as well as research. Wikiversity is not limited to university (or tertiary) level materials, but is open to materials and communities of all learner levels. The way it can facilitate learning activities and communities is still being explored, but is centered around the model of 'learning by doing', or 'experiential learning'.
Wikivoyage
Wikivoyage aims to create the world's largest free, complete and up-to-date world-wide travel guide.
Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons provide a central repository for free photographs, diagrams, maps, videos, animations, music, sounds, spoken texts, and other free media. It is a multilingual project with contributors speaking dozens of languages, that serves as a central repository for all Wikimedia projects.
- Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for January 28 (2021/01/28 02:00)
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Decorative muqarnas vaulting in the iwan entrance of Fatima Masumeh Shrine in Atabki Sahn, Qom, Iran. - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for January 27 (2021/01/27 02:00)
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Two male rohde's leaf frog (Pithecopus rohdei), a species of tree frog endemic to Atlantic Forest, Brazil. - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for January 26 (2021/01/26 02:00)
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Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in the environmental protection area of the Tietê River in São Paulo state, Brazil. - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for January 25 (2021/01/25 02:00)
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Partial view of São Paulo, a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil. The metropolis is an alpha global city and the most populous city in Brazil, the Americas, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. Additionally, São Paulo is the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world. - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for January 24 (2021/01/24 02:00)
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Climbers ascending at Ullu-Tau Range in Caucasus Mountains, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. Photo taken in 1983 by Jaan Künnap. - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for January 23 (2021/01/23 02:00)
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Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in flight, the Pantanal, Brazil. - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for January 22 (2021/01/22 02:00)
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Greengrocer in Municipal Market of São Paulo city - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for January 21 (2021/01/21 02:00)
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The Glecksteinhütte is an abandoned mountain hut in Fallätsche, Zurich. It was built in the early 1900s so that people in Zurich could enjoy an "alpine" experience without having to travel far to the higher mountains. Today, it is in danger of falling off the cliff it is built on. The foggy weather is typical for Zurich around autumn and winter. - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for January 20 (2021/01/20 02:00)
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Scuol Wooden door in a residential house. - Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for January 19 (2021/01/19 02:00)
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Interior of Santa Isabel Theater in the Brazilian city of Recife, capital of Pernambuco state. It was inaugurated on 18 May 1850, and seats 850 in the audience. It was named in honor of Princess Isabel of Braganza.
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Wikidata
Wikidata aims to create a free knowledge base about the world that can be read and edited by humans and machines alike. The data available in Wikidata is licensed under the Creative Commons CC0 License to allow third-party users to freely reuse the data available, unlike other Wikimedia projects.
MediaWiki
The MediaWiki open source community maintains several software projects.
Meta-Wiki
Meta-Wiki is a project used as a central hub for various coordination and organization tasks, such as discussions affecting multiple wikis or planning upcoming events.
Wikimedia Incubator
The Wikimedia Incubator is a wiki used for developing new wikis.
Wikimedia Labs
Wikimedia Labs 2) is a project aimed to help volunteers get involved in Wikimedia operations and software development, and to make it easier for system administrators and developers to try out improvements to Wikimedia infrastructure, including MediaWiki.
