Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes the conditions for workers as a “horror show.”
FedEx, Rivian, DraftKings join US companies cutting jobs
FedEx, Rivian Automotive, and DraftKings have joined a growing list of U.S. corporations announcing job cuts.
US job openings increase to five-month high, manufacturing slumps
Gap between job openings and hiring suggests wage growth could remain high, an indicator that interest rates could rise.
Egyptian content creators arrested over comic prison visit video
Detainees face charges such as ‘publishing false news and utilising social media accounts to commit acts of terrorism’.
Missing Radioactive Capsule Found In Australia’s Vast Outback
The eight millimetres by six millimetres contains enough Caesium-137 to cause acute radiation sickness.
After tanks, Ukraine allies under pressure to send warplanes
Western countries have only just approved sending battle tanks to Ukraine, but Kyiv is already requesting F-16 warplanes to help repel the Russian invasion.While the United States has for now ruled that out, a few European nations appear more open to …
AI Says Earth Will Hit Critical Global Warming Thresholds Faster Than We Thought – Yahoo News
AI Says Earth Will Hit Critical Global Warming Thresholds Faster Than We Thought Yahoo NewsStudy: World likely to hit key warming threshold in 10-12 years Channel3000.com – WISC-TV3Society isn’t changing fast enough to stop climat…
Report reveals Bush ordered CIA to find replacement for Yasser Arafat
Former US President George W Bush had ordered the CIA to search for a replacement for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after the escalation of the second Intifada in 2001, recently released British documents has revealed.
India’s Adani Enterprises calls off $2.5bn share sale
The group’s stocks had been hammered in the past week since a US short seller raised debt, accounting concerns.