The DR Congo is planning to build a massive dam delivering power to millions of people – but it is not easy.
Year: 2025
Impeached S Korean president charged with insurrection
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S Korean president charged with insurrection over martial law attempt
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Survivors return as world remembers Auschwitz 80 years after liberation
Fifty survivors – now in their late 80s and 90s – will attend a ceremony marking the camp’s liberation.