WATCH: People march in South Africa to demand an end to power cuts known as load shedding
People in South Africa marched to protest power cuts that can leave them without electricity for 12 hours a day. The marchers demanded “power for the people”.
Day: January 26, 2023
The Pentagon’s Innovation Shop Wants More Influence in 2023
The agency wants to be part of program executives’ acquisition strategies and to spread more commercial-based tech across the department.
Peru protests reveal ethnic and regional divides
More than 50 people have been killed in southern Peru in protests that broke out in December, and have resulted in street battles between police forces and largely Indigenous groups of protesters who have fought back with rocks, slingshots and homemade…
DOT&E Says Top Missile Defense Challenge Is Using Realistic Threat Stand-Ins In Tests
The latest annual report by the Pentagon’s top weapons tester said while the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) systems have largely demonstrated several capabilities the biggest challenge is the need for realistic and emerging threat representations in te…
Tesla says fourth quarter profit rose 59%
The maker of electric vehicles and solar panels, based in Austin, Texas, said it made 3.69 billion dollars from October through to December.
Trump allowed back on Facebook, Instagram accounts with ‘guard rails’
Trump has said he will make another run for the White House in 2024, and Facebook and Instagram are key vehicles for political outreach and fundraising.
Delivery driver guilty of killing woman, setting fire
An appliance delivery man has been convicted of beating a 75-year-old woman to death and setting her on fire at her Florida home.