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South African miner describes horrors for those who spent months underground
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The cold reality of developing Greenland
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South Africa arrests over 100 illegal miners after underground rescue
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Trapped in the dark for 35 hours - Red Sea dive-boat survivors tell of terrifying escapes
Eleven survivors describe what happened and raise safety questions about the dive boat Sea Story.BBC News - 3d -
No Trousers Tube Ride brings carnival of underwear to London Underground
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Puerto Rico's islandwide blackout attributed to outdated underground cable
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Labour’s economic reality check approaches
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12 coal miners trapped after mine collapses in southwest Pakistan
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China’s Zijin in takeover talks for lithium miner
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The mysterious novelist who foresaw Putin’s Russia – and then came to symbolise its moral decay
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Quantum-computing stocks sink as Nvidia CEO delivers a reality check
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Infinite Reality raises $3B to increase its immersive tech portfolio
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Export-Import Bank launches initiative to counter China's mineral dominance
The federal government is launching an initiative to support foreign minerals projects that exclude China as part of an effort to bolster U.S. supply chains. The Export-Import Bank (EXIM), a ...The Hill - Jan. 8 -
A ‘Deeply Uncomfortable’ Reality: Notre Dame Football Is Likable Now
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Anthropic’s $60 billion valuation would obscure a stark reality in AI
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Indian army divers retrieve the body of one of at least 9 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine
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Man trapped inside driverless car as it spins in circles
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At least 9 miners are trapped in a coal mine in India's northeastern Assam state
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LA tech entrepreneur nearly misses flight after getting trapped in robotaxi
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Global Mining's Dangerous New Reality: Guns, Hostages, Arrests
Mineral and metal mines in the developing world are caught up in tensions over profits, and host countries are increasingly using force to get a bigger share.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 5 -
Oil tanker boss says UN maritime body ‘sleeping’ over dark fleet threat
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Is Europe dream a reality for Bournemouth?
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‘It’s buzzing here’: Detroit’s revival takes shape after decades of decay
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New year’s resolutions: the dream vs the reality: the Becky Barnicoat cartoon
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Johannesburg’s shuttered main library becomes symbol of city in decay
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UK needs to ban full hybrid cars by 2030 or face net zero ‘catastrophe’, says motoring body
Electric Vehicles UK says hybrids without a plug should be banned or else confidence in electric cars will be damaged. Britain needs to press ahead with a ban on the sale of new hybrid cars with no ...The Guardian - Jan. 2
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