DRC residents sue Chinese mining company over alleged pollution in Kolwezi
Twenty-seven residents of Kolwezi, a major copper and cobalt mining hub in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, have taken Chinese-controlled mining company COMMUS to court, accusing it of polluting their water, air and soil and putting their health and livelihoods at risk.
Supreme Court lets border wall work resume in Big Bend
The Court said the trial judge likely had no power to hear the challengers' claim, and cited costs of nearly half a million dollars a day.