4 d. ago University shooting sees cop with pregnant wife shot dead in horror standoff

A shooting at Atlanta's Emory University left one police officer - with a wife and children at home - dead, with the local force confirming one of their own had fallen

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9 d. ago All five missing miners confirmed dead after Chile copper mine collapse

Body of Moisés Pavez, last missing miner, found after section of El Teniente collapsed following earthquakeAll five trapped workers who were missing in a collapsed shaft in the world’s biggest underground copper mine have been found dead, an official said on Sunday.Aquiles Cubillos, the lead prosecutor in Chile’s O’Higgins region, said the body of Moisés Pavez, the last miner to remain missing, was found at 3.30pm local time by rescue teams. They had drilled through dozens of meters of rock to reach the stranded workers. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Chilean rescuers recover the bodies of 4 miners who were trapped in a collapsed shaft

The director of Chile’s El Teniente copper mine says the bodies of four out of five miners who had been trapped in a collapsed section of the mine since Thursday have been found

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9 d. ago Collapsed Chile mine: Race against time to rescue miners trapped under collapse at the world's largest underground copper mine after two are found dead

Chile's state-owned mining company Codelco said on Saturday that human remains had been recovered in the search at El Teniente mine in Rancagua.

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1 week ago Body found in collapsed Chile mine as search continues for trapped miners

At least 100 people involved in rescue operation at El Teniente copper mine, which partially collapsed after ‘seismic event’One of five miners trapped after a partial collapse at the world’s largest underground copper mine has been found dead, Chile’s state-owned Codelco group announced on Saturday, as rescuers continued their search for survivors.The collapse took place on Thursday at the El Teniente mine in Rancagua, 100km south of Santiago, after a “seismic event.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mining companies are pumping seawater into the driest place on Earth. But has the damage been done?

In Chile’s drought-stricken Atacama desert, Indigenous people say desalination plants cannot counter the impact of intensive lithium and copper mining on local water sourcesPhotographs by Luis BustamanteVast pipelines cross the endless dunes of northern Chile, pumping seawater up to an altitude of more than 3,000 metres in the Andes mountains to the Escondida mine, the world’s largest copper producer. The mine’s owners say sourcing water directly from the sea, instead of relying on local reservoirs, could help preserve regional water resources. Yet, this is not the perception of Sergio Cubillos, leader of the Indigenous community Lickanantay de Peine.Cubillos and his fellow activists believe that the mining industry is helping to degrade the region’s meagre water resources, as Chile continues to be ravaged by a mega-drought that has plagued the country for 15 years. They also fear that the use of desalinated seawater cannot make up for the devastation of the northern Atacama region’...

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4 w. ago World's oldest marathon runner dead at 114... after being hit by a car: London club confirms Fauja Singh killed while crossing the road

The British athlete - believed to be the oldest runner to complete a marathon - was hit by a car and suffered fatal injuries while trying to cross a road in Punjab, on Monday.

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