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Seventy years after the Marcinelle accident that killed 262 minors, Belgium is still trying to identify the last bodies

The Bois du Cazier fire on 8 August 1956 was the country's worst mining disaster. In 2021, a massive scientific and humanitarian effort was launched, and the fourteen "unknowns" were exhumed for DNA analysis, and six of them have now been identified.

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Seventy years after the Marcinelle accident that killed 262 minors, Belgium is still trying to identify the last bodies

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US universities report more Chinese applicants despite visa crackdown

With some US universities kicking off their academic year this month and Chinese students subject to increased scrutiny from Washington amid heated geopolitical rivalry, many institutions were concerned they would receive fewer applications from China, a prized source of tuition fee revenue amid cuts to state and federal education…

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