Five US tech giants including Apple, Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet have been named in a lawsuit over the death of child laborers in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

FILE — Jose Bumba, left, pulls a 220-pound bag of cobalt from a 26-foot-deep hole in a makeshift mine near Kolwezi, Congo, on April 26, 2021. A deal to allow the Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler to ...

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In this stock photo an aerial view of Artisanal Gold Miner, near Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of the Congo is seen. LONDON -- A U.S. court has absolved five of America's biggest tech companies in a ...

PHOTO: A Unidentified boys go to work on Dec. 13, 2005 in Ruashi mine about 20 kilometers outside Lubumbashi, Congo, D.R.C. LONDON -- Five of the world's largest tech companies are being sued over the ...

LONDON -- Five of the world's largest tech companies are being sued over the deaths and injuries of Congolese children mining for cobalt, a key component of the batteries used in smartphones, tablets, ...