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Eileen Gu’s Olympic gold celebrated by hundreds of drones in China
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube More than 500 drones formed a portrait of Eileen Gu’s face in the sky in southern China’s Hainan province, to celebrate the athlete’s first gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Meanwhile, in Guangdong province, 1,000 drones combined to depict popular Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen. Support us: https://subscribe.scmp.com Follow us on: Website: https://www.scmp.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/scmp…
The illegal Brazilian gold you may be wearing – BBC News
A special task force in Brazil is conducting raids deep in the Amazon, in a new crackdown against what it calls “blood gold” mining. Mining in territories that are supposed to be protected by law is destroying the lives of indigenous people and wreaking havoc on the environment. The UK is the third biggest buyer of Brazilian gold, and public prosecutors have alleged that 30%…
Environmental concerns in Kyrgyzstan after gold mine seizure
Earlier this year, following decades of public protest, the new Kyrgyz government seized operational control of the Kumtor gold mine from its Canadian partner, Centerra Gold, saying it had concerns about safety and the environment. The Canadian owners said the environmental concerns were a pretext for nationalisation. Glaciers near the Kumtor site are at the heart of the environmental concerns. Al Jazeera has been given…
Uganda: Children forced into gold mining amid school closures
Schools in Uganda have been closed for more than a year and a half because of the pandemic – longer than anywhere else in the world – according to the UN. Schools in Uganda have been closed for more than a year and a half because of the coronavirus pandemic. That is longer than anywhere else in the world, according to the United Nations. In…
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