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Congo's coltan miners dig for world's tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, as hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a key mineral crucial for producing modern electronics and defense technology

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I’m an adult child of divorce – and we’re not talked about enough

The focus on the aftermath of a divorce tends to – rightly – be the couple’s young children. But as more and more couples are splitting later in life, the difficulties inflicted upon their adult offspring tend to be overlooked. Kate Ng, whose parents announced their breakup when she was 30, digs into it

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Heidi Montag on The Hills, viral pop stardom and plastic surgery: ‘I broke the fourth wall of what everyone was secretly doing in Hollywood’

The reality star thought her music career was behind her – until she lost her home in the LA fires, and her 2010 album was rediscovered. Ahead of her set at the Mighty Hoopla festival, she speaks to Hannah Ewens about fame, life with husband Spencer Pratt and attracting an LGBT+ fanbase

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Mission: Impossible became a Tom Cruise vanity project – their demise could save him

Since 1996, the actor has used the long-running franchise as a vessel for the kind of star image he wants to project at any given time: bad boy, devoted husband, daredevil, mysterious saviour of the world. As the series reaches its possible conclusion, Adam White ponders who Cruise could be without them

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