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Mongolia sells more coal to China as world shuns polluting fuel
Mongolia sells more coal to China as world shuns polluting fuel

Mongolia is ramping up efforts to export coal to energy-hungry China, a government official told AFP, despite global efforts to end the use of the polluting fossil fuel.

November 10, 2022

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What makes a great music documentary?
What makes a great music documentary?

Colm Forde, co-founder of Britain's Doc'n Roll film festival, knows what makes a good music documentary.

November 10, 2022

Black tides: worst oil spills in Europe
Black tides: worst oil spills in Europe

Twenty years ago Spain suffered its worst environmental disaster, when the Prestige oil tanker broke in two, spilling over 60,000 tonnes of fuel that blackened thousands of kilometres (miles) of Atlantic coastline.

November 10, 2022

Zimbabwe's 'mental health benches' exported to the World Cup
Zimbabwe's 'mental health benches' exported to the World Cup

Sitting next to a patient with depression on a garden bench in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, 70-year-old Shery Ziwakayi speaks gently, offering accessible therapy with a warm and reassuring smile.

November 10, 2022

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Asian stocks down as US midterms worry markets
Asian stocks down as US midterms worry markets

Asian stocks fell on Thursday after inconclusive US midterm election results and a cryptocurrency market in shambles left Wall Street and European markets in a sea of red.

November 10, 2022

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Taliban ban women from parks and funfairs in Afghan capital
Taliban ban women from parks and funfairs in Afghan capital

The Taliban have banned Afghan women from entering the capital's public parks and funfairs, just months after ordering access to be segregated by gender.

November 10, 2022