Tag: Thousands

Tesla to lay off thousands from Texas plant

Tesla will cut thousands of employees from its Gigafactory Texas as part of a companywide tightening effort. According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification from the electric vehicle giant, the Texas facility in Austin will lose 2,688 workers starting in June. The news comes after Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced last week that the […]

Leftist President Gustavo Petro’s reform agenda draws tens of thousands of Colombians in protest

BOGOTA, Colombia — Thousands of Colombians took to the streets Sunday in the latest rebuke of leftist President Gustavo Petro’s reform agenda. The demonstrations took place in several cities, including the capital. Protesters filled Bolivar Plaza outside the presidential palace in Bogota. While protests have been a constant since the former leftist guerrilla took office […]

Thousands of captive-bred salmon smolt escaped into wrong river

An Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife tanker truck crashed while carrying 102,000 captive-bred spring Chinook salmon smolt, sending 77,000 of them into the wrong waterway. The agency raised the smolt as part of a plan to mitigate reduced salmon populations due to hydropower generation. The smolts were intended for release into the Imnaha River. […]