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Congo's coltan miners dig for world's tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge

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内容摘要:A person carries a corrugated sheet to shift their house because of erosion due to the Meghna River in the Ramdaspur village in the Bhola district of Bangladesh on July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

A person carries a corrugated sheet to shift their house because of erosion due to the Meghna River in the Ramdaspur village in the Bhola district of Bangladesh on July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Officials said that about two dozen people were injured on the ground and more than a dozen homes were damaged or destroyed.The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the crash, said

Congo's coltan miners dig for world's tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge

on the plane was not working.The Philadelphia crash came two days after a midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., killed 67 people, theThis story was first published on May 6, 2025. It was updated on May 7, 2025 to reflect the health department’s revised information on the hospital where Dominique Goods-Burke died. She died at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, not Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital.

Congo's coltan miners dig for world's tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An F/A-18 fighter jet landing on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea went overboard, forcing its two pilots to eject, a defense official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.The incident Tuesday marks the latest mishap to mar the deployment of the Truman, which has been essential in the airstrike campaign by the United States against

Congo's coltan miners dig for world's tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge

On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump and Oman’s foreign minister both said that a

, who would no longer target ships in the Red Sea corridor.Experts say climate change is causing erratic weather conditions in the country, resulting in a rapid collapse of riverbanks and the destruction of village after village. During the monsoon season, which runs from June to October, many rivers change course, devouring markets, schools, mosques and homes near their banks.

Millions are at risk of being displaced and becoming “climate refugees” because of sea level rise, river erosion, cyclonic storms and salty water creeping inland, scientists say. Bangladesh is expected to have about a third of South Asia’s internal climate refugees by 2050, according to a World Bank report published last year.Mohammad Jewel stands on his land which was lost due to river erosion in Elisha Ghat area in Bhola, Bangladesh on July 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Mohammad Jewel stands on his land which was lost due to river erosion in Elisha Ghat area in Bhola, Bangladesh on July 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)When Jewel and Begum visited their family’s old home in Ramdaspur a year later, even more homes were washed away, the river surging through new lands. Jewel said the river never felt that close by as a child, but it inched nearer every year.

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