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The desperate operation to rescue illegal miners trapped in a shaft in South Africa

NPR

By Kate Bartlett

Published January 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM EST

A rescue operation is underway to bring up the miners who are still alive after a two-month standoff in South Africa between police and illegal miners. They'll recover the bodies of those who died.

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Kate Bartlett

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South Korean law enforcement officers detain impeached President Yoon

The Associated Press

Yoon was brought into custody about three hours after hundreds of law enforcement officers entered the residential compound in their second attempt to detain him over his imposition of martial law last month.
SEC sues Elon Musk, says he didn't disclose Twitter ownership on time before purchase

The Associated Press

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says Musk failed to disclose his ownership of Twitter stock in a timely manner before buying the site and underpaid by $150 million for shares he bought.
No such thing as a free toilet: Starbucks reverses open bathroom policy

Manuela López Restrepo

The new guideline is a reversal of a 2018 open-door policy that was implemented after two Black men, who had not ordered anything, were arrested at a Philadelphia store.

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