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Dipping Into the World’s Most Stunning Hot Springs

Baua Electric

Among those residents were Henry Basson and his family, who were forcibly relocated to northern Namibia. In the 1990s, when Namibia gained independence and Nelson Mandela was elected in South Africa, Riemvasmaak became one of South Africa’s first repatriated lands. “We This is his true home, where he continues his ancestors’ story.

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Should the Cobalt for EVs Come From the Congo or the Seafloor?

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Would having another large source available—the deep Pacific—help corporate buyers pressure Congolese mining companies to clean up their act? But it won’t simply dangle over the seafloor, hoovering up nodules like a giant underwater vacuum cleaner. “At This vehicle is some 12 meters long and weighs 80 tonnes in air.

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