"Russian Officials Declare 13 Trapped Miners Dead After Halting Rescue Efforts"

Russian officials have ended a two-week-long rescue effort to reach 13 workers trapped in a collapsed gold mine in the Far East, declaring them dead due to the mine remaining flooded and the risk of further collapse. The mine operator has promised compensation to the victims' families, while another worker died in a planned explosion at an iron mine in Russia's central Sverdlovsk region, with five miners trapped and three hospitalized in serious condition.