US drone strike mistakenly targeted Afghan aid worker, investigation finds
Zemari Ahmadi, who died with nine members of his family, including seven children, had no connection to terrorism, a New York Times investigation suggests
Biden to order millions of workers to get vaccinated against Covid
Federal employees who do not comply with directives could be sacked, says White House
Microsoft’s ripped-up Jedi contract, Sydney in lockdown and the Sun Valley elite
Planet Business: New chair of embattled Teneo looks to put an end to ‘bad occurrences’
US: Pentagon to cancel Trump border-wall projects
Billions of dollars diverted from military by Trump administration expected to be returned
Ganley dismisses Trump attack on his company as ‘politics’
Ex-president fires broadside at Karl Rove, lobbyist for Irish businessman’s firm Rivada
White House and Republican governors clash over easing of restrictions
Americans warned not to lower guard as vaccinations rolled out across states
Capitol Hill security officials defend actions during January 6th riots
Officials blamed intelligence failures for lack of preparedness for co-ordinated assault
America’s new decision makers: Who’s who in the Biden cabinet
Experience the common denominator among new officials set to drive US policy
Trump vetoes $740bn defence bill despite strong backing in Congress
US president blocks bill calling it a ‘gift’ to China, Russia and that it does not respect veterans
Biden defends choice of Lloyd Austin to lead the Pentagon
President-elect addresses concerns department would not be led by a civilian
Trump treatment includes experimental drug from firm with a Limerick factory
President was granted access to REGN-COV2 following a compassionate-use request
Trump says economy ready to go ‘like a rocketship’ as deaths climb
President makes claim as small businesses have difficulties accessing emergency funds
Vladimir Putin ‘still uses obsolete Windows XP’ despite hacking risk
Microsoft stopped releasing security updates for XP in 2014, making it vulnerable to viruses
Amazon sues Pentagon over $10bn Jedi contract
Complaint alleges ‘escalating and overt pressure’ from Trump denied firm contract
‘In the US, no one cares that I’m only 27 or what school I attended’
Wild Geese: Shane McCarthy is chief marketing officer for military social media platform Sandboxx
US defence secretary departs role ahead of FBI investigation
Patrick Shanahan was deemed counterweight to John Bolton’s hawkishness
Pentagon chief says $1bn of funding shifted to border wall
Donald Trump declared national emergency to bypass Congress with barrier plan
More bad press for killer robots
‘The core issue is whether a robot should be able to select and acquire its own targets’
Republican senator says she was raped while serving in US air force
Martha McSally tells Senate hearing she did not report rape because she was ‘ashamed and confused’
Trump’s national emergency declaration triggers legal action
Texas landowners file legal challenge as president cites immigration as threat
Talks to avoid further US government shutdown stall
Democrats and Republicans divided over immigration policy and border wall
Trump set to focus on immigration in State of the Union speech
Fears US president could declare national emergency to secure funding for border wall
Trump again threatens to declare emergency over wall funds
US president says meetings with Democrats on border issue are ‘waste of time’
Boost for Trump as court bans transgender people from military
Democrats criticise ruling as shutdown over $5.7bn border wall budget continues
A favourite restaurant in Syria led Islamic State to Americans
Four Americans among at least 15 killed in attack in Manbij, a town seen as a US-backed island of stability
Trump cancels US delegation to Davos and Pelosi Afghan trip, citing shutdown
President withdraws permission for House speaker to use military aircraft for trip
Trump continues to play blame game over shutdown
Senator Lindsey Graham urges Republicans to back president if emergency powers invoked
Hundreds of thousands of US workers left without pay
No deal in sight as government shutdown set to become longest in history
Trump visits US-Mexico frontier as impasse over border wall continues
Stances hardening on both sides as stand-off over border wall nears end of third week
The Irish engineer who broke new ground in study of earthquakes
In 1846 Robert Mallet delivered a paper on a machine to register seismic motion
US military signs up for war on ovarian cancer
John Holden: For all liberal fears of the US military industrial complex, the massive funding it receives also supports research into issues such as the ovarian cancer
Rubrik: bringing data management to the next level
Founder Bipul Sinha has made successful transition from venture capitalist to entrepreneur
A wounded young man’s penis and scrotum transplant
This evolving branch of medicine has been spurred in part by combat injuries
Google employees make stand against US drone programme
Staff sign letter of protest against company’s involvement in Pentagon drone programme
Trump to send national guard to Mexican border ‘immediately’
Homeland security secretary unable to clarify size or cost of planned deployment
Trump says US to impose tariffs on steel, aluminum imports
EU hints at countermeasures as tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium to be applied
Tenable to create 100 jobs in Dublin as it opens new office
Company recently appointed Dell’s former cybersecurity head as its chief executive
Trump to ‘withdraw from Trans-Pacific Partnership’ on day one
President-elect releases video setting out priorities, says Farage would be a good ambassador to US
US military bans Paris travel for troops and civilian personnel
State Department has no plans to issue travel warning to US citizens
Virtual Hope Box: an app to combat depression
A smartphone app that helps cope with negative thoughts has had 55,000 downloads
US to exhume remains of victims of Pearl Harbor attack
Surprise attack in December 1941 left 2,403 dead and drew US into World War Two
US discloses failed attempt to rescue Luke Somers in Yemen
Rescue operation carried out in partnership with Yemen’s armed forces
Ashton Carter confirmed as new US defence secretary
Barack Obama has chosen a seasoned Pentagon official to be his fourth defence secretary
Technology’s path from academia to commercial world needs paving
To maximise potential of new products, technology transfer offices focus on intellectual, financialand other elements. The experience of Ireland is very similar to the States
Irish companies sign contracts worth $7m with US military
American defence department hired 28 Irish-based firms for goods and services
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