Tutu organisations want South Africa to ‘pull plug’ on proposed naval exercises with Russia, China
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Day: January 21, 2023
Livin’ on a prayer: Denmark turns to God to save public holiday
Mette Frederiksen’s government wants to scrap a public holiday to help fund increased defence spending, sparking a furore in the Nordic nation.
Google cuts most of the Area 120 team and will graduate three of the incubator’s projects in 2023; sources: staff not involved in those projects were laid off (Julia Love/Bloomberg)
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Google cuts most of the Area 120 team and will graduate three of the incubator’s projects in 2023; sources: staff not involved in those projects were laid off — Alphabet Inc.’s Google has cut most of the jobs…
Republican legislators introduce new laws to crack down on drag shows
Bills in at least eight states seek to restrict drag performances as part of a broader rightwing backlash against LGBTQ+ rightsAcross the United States Republican politicians are seeking to bring in new laws that crack down on drag shows as part of a b…
Dartmoor landowner who won wild camping ban may be putting rare beetle at risk
Exclusive: Alexander Darwall, who said he brought case to improve conservation, is releasing pheasants near protected woodlandThe landowner who took Dartmoor national park to court to ban wild camping may be putting a rare beetle at risk by releasing p…
Ukrainian families vent frustration at struggle to find own homes in UK
High-cost, low-quality housing market is pushing many from war-torn country to edge of homelessnessMaria, 22, came to the UK from Ukraine in March last year shortly after the war broke out. She and her mother travelled using the Ukraine family scheme v…
‘Electric shocks and sex assaults’: What life is like in Iran’s most notorious prison
Dariush Sarlak told Express.co.uk of being continuously beaten and his being prohibited from sleeping before he managed to escape the hellish Tehran cells.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are the greatest threat to Western military bureaucracies in a long time
.He’s so close, yet the real insight eludes him. The way Ukraine makes use of military equipment with briefly-trained men and reservists is the greatest threat to our ‘standing army’ bureaucracies since the end of the Cold War. They hold the …
First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Certified For Use In US
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified the design for what will be the United States’ first small modular nuclear reactor. The Associated Press reports: The rule that certifies the design was published Thursday in the Federal Register. It…
‘Attack on freedom’: Israel moves to claw back state funds from critical films
Culture minister’s attack on two documentaries set in Palestinian territories part of campaign to silence dissent, film-makers sayIsrael’s culture minister is attempting to revoke state funding from two documentary films dealing with the occupation of …