China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe returns with first-ever samples from far side of the moon
China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe returned to Earth on Tuesday, bringing back the first-ever samples from the unexplored far side of the moon.
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A Chinese lunar probe returns to Earth with the world’s first samples from the far side of the moon
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Chang’e 6 probe returned on Earth on Tuesday with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first.
China Prepares to Bring Rocks From Moon’s Far Side to Earth
On Tuesday, a capsule carrying soil from the far side of the moon will parachute into the desert in China’s Inner Mongolia region.
Mongolia opposition candidate beaten to death during election campaign
A Mongolian opposition candidate was beaten to death, authorities said on Sunday, ahead of parliamentary elections expected this month.
Wild Przewalski’s horses return to Kazakhstan after 200 years
The first group of seven horses arrived in Kazakhstan in early June and a further 40 are planned for the next five years.
Heavy snows and drought of deadly ‘dzud’ kill more than 7 million head of livestock in Mongolia
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — An extreme weather phenomenon known as the dzud has killed more than 7.1 million animals in Mongolia this year, more than a tenth of the country’s entire livestock holdings, endangering herders’ livelihoods and way of life.
Mongolia to step up hunt for nickel, lithium and rare earths
TOKYO -- Mongolia seeks to expand its exploration for new deposits of critical minerals including nickel, lithium and rare earths, parliament chief Gombojav Zandanshatar told Nikkei Asia in an interview.
Abused, exploited, treated like ‘slaves’: the plight of Filipino farm workers in South Korea
Vulnerable, low-paid Filipinos have been exploited, tricked and abused under a migrant worker scheme launched by South Korea to plug its severe labour shortage, an investigation by the Thomson Reuters Foundation has found.