The ruins of a house destroyed in connection with mining production, Kolwezi, Congo-Kinshasa, 2022. Amnesty International
The violence in Congo-Kinshasa
130 testimonies: The hunt for metal leads to serious abuse
The hunt for battery metals has a dark side, reveals a new report from Amnesty International. In Congo-Kinshasa, people have been forcibly displaced from their homes in connection with companies expanding their production in cobalt and copper mines. Among other things, soldiers allegedly set fire to several houses near one of the mines, and children were burned.
- We had nothing to live on and spent the nights in the forest, says Kanini Maska, one of those who were forced to flee.
Violence and sexual abuse have also occurred. The report is based, among other things, on satellite images, films and interviews with 130 people.
Metals such as copper and cobalt are used in the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries, which are found in everything from mobile phones to electric cars.
The earthquake in Morocco
Anger when help arrives - three days after the earthquake
When the earthquake on the night of Saturday shook the village of Tnirte in the Atlas Mountains, Mohamed Abarada fled the house in panic with his nine-month-old daughter. His mother, wife and nine-year-old daughter remained among the racial masses. The New York Times writes.
During the day he has been digging for his family with the help of neighbors and friends, at night by the light of his mobile phone. The women have been found alive, but the daughter is still missing.
Only on Monday afternoon, after three days, did help arrive in the form of Moroccan government personnel who arrived alongside Spanish rescue workers. For many exhausted villagers, the sight of them angered them.
- Tell me honestly, how many days have passed, shouts Omar Ouchahed, 53.
Illustration of what the planet might look like, based on scientific data.
NASA The search for life in space Distant exoplanet shows signs of life
NASA's James Webb telescope has detected carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18b, reports Sky News. That opens up possibilities for life on the planet, which is eight times the size of Earth and is 120 light years away.
The presence of methane and carbon dioxide, and the absence of ammonia, suggest that K2–18b has a hydrogen-rich atmosphere and potentially oceans of water.
According to astronomers, the telescope has also made initial observations that point to the presence of dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a molecule associated with, among other things, phytoplankton in marine environments.
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The development of AI
Eight more major companies sign up to the White House's
AI rules Another eight large American companies agree to game rules for the development of AI, the White House writes in a statement on Tuesday.
In July, seven US tech giants – including Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft – gathered and agreed on a number of points around AI. Among other things, it is about security testing the technology, avoiding intrusions into privacy and using AI to solve "society's greatest challenges" such as cancer and the climate crisis.
Now eight more companies have signed the manifesto: Adobe, Cohere, IBM, Nvidia, Palantir, Salesforce, Scale AI and Stability.
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