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Authorities say 22 rescued from Afghanistan mine collapse

No casualties reported after hours-long rescue in Samangan province in northern Afghanistan. The mine in the Dara-i Sof Payin district of Samangan province in northern Afghanistan had collapsed late on Saturday. At least 10 miners died in February 2022 after being trapped underground when a coal mine collapsed in the northern province of Baghlan. And a year earlier, at least …

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ISL 2024-25: Siverio brace helps Jamshedpur FC beat Punjab FC 2-1 as it returns to top six

The Hindu

Javier Siverio’s scored twice as Jamshedpur FC beat Punjab FC 2-1 to return to the top six of the Indian Super League 2024-25 standings, at the JRD Tata Sports Complex here on Friday. Despite overwhelming Punjab FC in most of the concerned metrics, the first half was a cagey contest before the home team counter-attacked in the 41st minute. The …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Portland hosts Portland State following Burnham’s 25-point performance

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Portland State Vikings at Portland Pilots Portland, Oregon; Friday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Portland faces Portland State after Maisie Burnham scored 25 points in Portland’s 83-67 victory over the UTEP Miners. Portland State averages 15.0 turnovers per game and is 1-1 when winning the …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil’s Amazon, report finds

Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence, according to a report published Wednesday by a prominent nonprofit organization. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print The fact that gangs are securing monopolies on criminal activities could help explain …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Behind Bitcoin’s rally is a simple fact: Supplies are limited

Live Mint

Bitcoin investors celebrated last week after the price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency hit $100,000 for the first time. The computer code behind bitcoin imposes a hard cap of 21 million bitcoins. Most analysts say it is unlikely that such a change could ever happen—especially since lifting the cap above 21 million could depress the price of bitcoin, by opening …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Utah Valley visits Calvert and BYU

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Utah Valley Wolverines at BYU Cougars Provo, Utah; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: BYU hosts Utah Valley after Emma Calvert scored 27 points in BYU’s 81-68 win over the UTEP Miners. Utah Valley is third in the WAC scoring 69.7 points per game and …

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1 week, 6 days ago

UTEP visits Louisville following Edwards’ 21-point game

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! UTEP Miners at Louisville Cardinals Louisville, Kentucky; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Louisville takes on UTEP after Terrence Edwards scored 21 points in Louisville’s 76-65 loss to the Duke Blue Devils. Louisville scores 76.0 points while outscoring opponents by 7.9 points per game. UTEP …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

UTEP Miners to take on the BYU Cougars Thursday

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! BYU Cougars at UTEP Miners El Paso, Texas; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: BYU heads to UTEP for a Division 1 Division matchup Thursday. UTEP scores 68.0 points, 5.7 more per game than the 62.3 BYU allows. BYU averages 7.9 made 3-pointers per game …

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3 weeks ago

ISL 2024-25: Jamshedpur FC beats Mohammedan SC, moves to seventh

The Hindu

Jamshedpur FC returned to winning ways in a dominant 3-1 performance over Mohammedan Sporting Club at the JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur in the Indian Super League 2024-25 season on Monday. Mohammed Sanan handed Jamshedpur FC the lead before Javier Siverio and Stephen Eze stepped up and joined the party. Mohammedan SC looked a real threat for the Red …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Thompson returns 2 fumbles for scores, Thomas adds long punt return, UTEP tops NM State 42-35

Live Mint

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Bryton Thompson returned two fumbles for touchdowns, Kameron Thomas had a 93-yard punt return for a touchdown and UTEP closed the season with a 42-35 win over New Mexico State on Saturday. It was also the last game for New Mexico State play--by-play announcer Jack Nixon after 45 years. Parker Awad threw his third touchdown pass, …

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4 weeks ago

Miners trapped underground in South Africa: What’s the latest?

Al Jazeera

South African police this week arrested a group of 14 people who resurfaced from a gold mine that’s at the centre of a tense, weeks-long standoff between unauthorised miners and authorities in the northwestern town of Stilfontein. Informal miners have for decades combed once functional South African gold mines looking for gold deposits or other precious metal deposits. Officials prevented …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Miners, healthcare stocks lift Australian shares to record high; New Zealand at 3-year peak

Live Mint

Nov 25 - Australian shares touched an all-time high on Monday, boosted by healthcare and commodity stocks, while New Zealand's benchmark index hit a near three-year high on hopes of an interest-rate cut later this week. Brent crude futures rose 0.21% to $75.33 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained 0.21% to $71.39 per barrel. Among individual stocks, …

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1 month ago

The World’s Biggest EV Maker Has the Industry’s Worst Human Rights Appraisal

Wired

The race to keep pace with EV development could be taking a dark turn. The report, Recharge for Rights, alleges that BYD, Mitsubishi, and Hyundai had the worst human rights due diligence policies of 13 major EV manufacturers, ranked in a league table. Other EV makers—such as Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, and Stellantis—were placed higher in Amnesty’s league table, but the organization …

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1 month ago

Indonesia Curbing Nickel Supply to Support Locals, Eramet Says

Live Mint

-- Indonesia is squeezing supplies of nickel ore to protect smaller local miners as the market for the battery metal endures a prolonged slump, according to Eramet SA. That reduced local supply of battery-grade nickel ore, forcing local smelters — which are key to Indonesia’s ambitions to become a major player in electric vehicles — to turn to more expensive …

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1 month ago

John Curry, businessman whose expertise was crucial as the All England Club entered the modern era

The Telegraph

John Curry, who has died aged 86, was a popular and far-sighted chairman of the All England Club throughout the 1990s, transforming its fortunes through his financial acumen and strength of character. He led the Club successfully into a far more professional era, instigating major building projects and consolidating Wimbledon’s status as the world’s greatest tennis tournament. John Arthur Hugh …

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1 month ago

South Africa's illegal gold miners are locked in an underground standoff with police

NPR

South Africa's illegal gold miners are locked in an underground standoff with police toggle caption Shiraaz Mohamed/AFP via Getty Images JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Sleeping next to decomposing corpses and surviving on a foul mixture of toothpaste mixed with toilet paper. In South Africa, workers at illegal gold mines like these are known as "zama-zamas," meaning "one who takes a …

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1 month ago

Operation ‘Close the Hole’: What to know about a standoff between police and trapped miners in South Africa

The Independent

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1 month ago

What to know about a standoff between police and illegal miners at a South Africa mine

Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG — South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at an abandoned mine, apparently fearing arrest by police officers deployed at the site. Police and military join forces in operation “Close the Hole” Since last December, police, government agencies and the military have joined forces in an operation dubbed …

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1 month ago

Your junk is needed for the new electric era

Live Mint

ROUYN-NORANDA, Quebec—One of the world’s largest miners is digging into America’s junk drawers, old phones and landfills. Shredded cellphones, obsolete computer cables and chewed-up cars are heaped 30 feet high outside Glencore’s 97-year-old copper smelter deep in Canada’s sparsely populated boreal forest. “In the next 25 years we will consume more copper than humanity has consumed until now," said Kunal …

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1 month ago

Rio Tinto says sexual harassment, racism still happening at miner

Live Mint

Rio Tinto is finding it difficult to stamp out sexual harassment, racism and bullying as it faces resistance and backlash from some workers to its efforts to overhaul the culture of one of the world’s biggest miners. That is a key finding of a report published on Wednesday that assessed Rio Tinto’s response to an external review in 2021 that …

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1 month ago

Zama Zamas test South African government's promise to crack down on illegal mining

NPR

Zama Zamas test South African government's promise to crack down on illegal mining South African police have been in a stand off outside an abandoned gold mine with hundreds of illegal miners who are holding out underground. LEILA FADEL, HOST: In South Africa, police have spent weeks besieging an abandoned gold mine west of Johannesburg, waiting to arrest hundreds of …

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1 month ago

London stocks start week on steady note; Melrose shines

Live Mint

* FTSE 100 up 0.2%, FTSE 250 off 0.1% Nov 18 - UK's main stock indexes traded in a tight range on Monday, as caution prevailed ahead of an inflation report due later in the week, while conglomerate Melrose jumped following an upbeat trading update. In a quiet start to the week, the FTSE 100 index inched up 0.2%, buttressed …

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1 month ago

South Africa's Ramaphosa calls for safe recovery of illegal miners stuck underground

Hindustan Times

JOHANNESBURG, - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police and hundreds of illegal miners stuck underground in a disused mine shaft and the miners should be recovered safely. South Africa's Ramaphosa calls for safe recovery of illegal miners stuck underground The police have blocked miners' supplies of …

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1 month ago

South African miners trapped underground: What you need to know

Al Jazeera

Police officials surrounded the mine and cut off suppliers to the illegal miners, hoping to force them out. Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein town, fearful to come out of hiding and face arrest by security officials in a tense standoff that has continued for weeks. Earlier …

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Authorities say 22 rescued from Afghanistan mine collapse

ISL 2024-25: Siverio brace helps Jamshedpur FC beat Punjab FC 2-1 as it returns to top six

Portland hosts Portland State following Burnham’s 25-point performance

Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil’s Amazon, report finds

Behind Bitcoin’s rally is a simple fact: Supplies are limited

Utah Valley visits Calvert and BYU

UTEP visits Louisville following Edwards’ 21-point game

UTEP Miners to take on the BYU Cougars Thursday

ISL 2024-25: Jamshedpur FC beats Mohammedan SC, moves to seventh

Thompson returns 2 fumbles for scores, Thomas adds long punt return, UTEP tops NM State 42-35

Miners trapped underground in South Africa: What’s the latest?

Miners, healthcare stocks lift Australian shares to record high; New Zealand at 3-year peak

The World’s Biggest EV Maker Has the Industry’s Worst Human Rights Appraisal

Indonesia Curbing Nickel Supply to Support Locals, Eramet Says

John Curry, businessman whose expertise was crucial as the All England Club entered the modern era

South Africa's illegal gold miners are locked in an underground standoff with police

Operation ‘Close the Hole’: What to know about a standoff between police and trapped miners in South Africa

What to know about a standoff between police and illegal miners at a South Africa mine

Your junk is needed for the new electric era

Rio Tinto says sexual harassment, racism still happening at miner

Zama Zamas test South African government's promise to crack down on illegal mining

London stocks start week on steady note; Melrose shines

South Africa's Ramaphosa calls for safe recovery of illegal miners stuck underground

South African miners trapped underground: What you need to know