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Japan holds first memorial for 'all workers' at Sado gold mines but blurs WWII atrocity. Why?

Japan held a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, listed this summer as a UNESCO World Heritage site after the country moved past years of disputes with South Korea and reluctantly ...

World - ABC News - 5 days ago

South Korea will not attend Sado mines memorial event in Japan amid lingering historical tensions

South Korea’s government says it has decided not to attend a memorial service near Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines due to disagreements with Japan over the event, which stirred longstanding tensions ...

World - ABC News - 6 days ago

South Korea says it will not attend Sado mines memorial in Japan amid lingering historical tensions

World - ABC News - 6 days ago

Japan holds Sado mines memorial despite South Korean boycott amid lingering historical tensions

Japan has held a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines despite a last-minute boycott of the event by South Korea that highlighted tensions between the neighbors over the brutal wartime ...

World - ABC News - 5 days ago

I’ll defend Allison Pearson’s right to be obnoxious – as she should defend mine | Kenan Malik

Police investigation into writer’s alleged tweet has sparked a debate over free speech, albeit a somewhat selective one . There are few columnists with whom I disagree more than I do with the ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Polluted rivers, uprooted farmland and lost taxes: Ghana counts cost of illegal gold mining boom

Estimated $2bn lost in missed taxes from environmentally destructive practice some blame on political corruption. Felicity Nelson remembers her 17-day detention last September vividly. The ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

Uncontacted hunter-gatherers facing threat of genocide because of minerals mining, claims report

Survival International says Hongana Manyawa in Indonesia are at risk but mining company says the people in ‘voluntary’ contact with workers. Uncontacted hunter-gatherers in Indonesia “are facing a ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Rebel group takes key Myanmar border town and rare earth mining hub in setback for military regime

Witnesses say a powerful rebel group has seized a key trading town in northeastern Myanmar on the Chinese border, taking control of a lucrative rare earth mining hub in another setback for the ...

World - ABC News - 3 days ago

Dog who fell 50ft down abandoned mine shaft rescued by California firefighters

Firefighter was lowered into shaft and dog, who was ‘a good sport’, was ‘secured and raised out’, authorities said. Firefighters fetched a dog from an abandoned mine shaft in northern California ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Gunmen in Central African Republic killed 10 people near a diamond mining town

Authorities say gunmen in Central African Republic have killed six motorcycle taxi drivers and four of their clients near the central diamond mining town of Bria

World - ABC News - 3 days ago

Mali arrests four senior employees of Canadian mining company as it presses firms for more taxes

Authorities in Mali have arrested four senior employees of a Canadian mining company as the military regime in the West African nation continues to detain workers to pressure companies in its ...

World - ABC News - 2 days ago

Deion Sanders livid that Colorado star Travis Hunter isn’t a finalist for top DB award: ‘I'm going to give him mine'

Travis Hunter was not named a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award on Tuesday, which is handed out to the top defensive back each season.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 3 days ago

What’s behind the alarming rise in birth defects in Brazil’s illegal gold mining capital?

In Pará state children are being born with neurological disorders. Experts note similarities to the mercury poisoning disaster in Minamata, Japan – but say that is not the whole story. ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Angola removes sanctioned Alrosa from its diamond mines ahead of US visit

Russian state company’s 41% stake was sold to an Omani-backed investment fund Maaden

World - Financial Times - Yesterday

‘Dark Tourism’ Appeals to Travelers Captivated by Death

Tourists often visit sites marked by death, tragedy, and disaster out of macabre curiosity. What they typically find there is enlightenment, empathy, and a connection to history.

Tech - Wired - October 31

Air pollution death settlement is not a win, says mum

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, who lived near London's South Circular Road, had a fatal asthma attack in 2013.

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