This would be a great place for wikimedia news
reporting. There shouldn't be
encyclopedia articles on current events. If there is a contraversy about
what the facts are, then any product that comes out will have to be
unencyclopedic.
The principles of NPOV are as applicable to current as to past events. The
real difference here is that articles about current events tend to get
neglected once the events in question have passed. This means much
attention has to be paid to proper refactoring, like on the Village Pump
page when it gets too full.
I do not support the idea of a separate Wikipedia for current events at
the present time.
Regards,
Erik