NATO chief asks S Korea to ‘step up’ military support for Ukraine
Jens Stoltenberg suggests Seoul reconsider its policy of barring weapons exports to countries in conflict.
Winter has come for Afghanistan
“We don’t have time,” U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said. “The winter is with us, people are dying, famine is looming.”
China’s Smartphone Sales Drop To Lowest In 10 Years
China’s smartphone sales endured a record fall in 2022, tumbling 13% to their lowest level in a decade as COVID controls and a slowing economy sapped consumer appetite.
Peru’s president renews call for elections this year to bring end to protests
Dina Boluarte threatens constitutional reform if lawmakers fail to bring forward national votePeru’s president, Dina Boluarte, has made a renewed appeal for congress to hold early elections as a way to end weeks of deadly protests, warning that otherwi…
Belgium: family say death of Belgian-Tunisian woman in custody not suicide
Death of Sourour Abouda casts spotlight on treatment of minority ethnic citizens by Belgium’s policeThe death of a Belgian-Tunisian woman in police custody earlier this month has been rejected by her family as a case of suicide, while casting a spotlig…
‘We’re fighting for a free future’: the Chechen battalions siding with Kyiv
Fighters of Dzhokhar Dudayev battalion oppose Putin and his strongman Ramzan Kadyrov as they battle with Ukrainian prejudiceFor all their efforts fighting for Ukraine in the eastern city of Bakhmut, if the Chechen volunteers’ Dzhokhar Dudayev battalion…
2023/01/30 Final Flight of HAWC Program Screams Through the Sky
The joint DARPA and U.S. Air Force Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) completed yet another successful flight test. The Lockheed Martin version of the missile, with its Aerojet Rocketdyne scramjet, capped a program that accomplished all of i…
Educational institutions should consider devising a drone policy
University drone policies should address the three types of operators flying on campuses: commercial, recreational and educational operators.
2023’s top risks: Cyberattack, business interruption & macroeconomics
An annual survey of 2,700 risk managers cites cyber incidents, business interruption & issues such as inflation & volatility as 2023’s top concerns.