The U.N. has identified Kabwe, a city of almost 300,000 people in Zambia, as one of the most polluted places on the planet.

The company said it only held a minority interest in the operator of the Broken Hill mine during 1925-1974, when it was nationalized. The Kabwe claimants said they will now take their case against ...

Left: Cranium of Broken Hill, or Rhodesian man (H. heidelbergensis) found at Broken Hill, Zambia in 1921. Right: Cranium of a Neanderthal woman found at Forbes quarry Gibraltar in 1848 (composite ...