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Ukraine
Russian Forces Pivoting
Russian defense officials announced this morning their armed forces will scale back their military offensive near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and around Chernihiv to help advance peace negotiations between the two countries. After nearly five weeks of fighting, Russia’s invading forces have failed to break the defense of Kyiv, Kharkiv, and other major northern Ukrainian cities. Despite official messaging from the Russian government suggesting the invasion has gone according to plan, the consensus outside Russia is that the Russian military has missed its target goals. Ukraine successfully recaptured the suburb of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv yesterday, further complicating Russian efforts to encircle the capital. Analysts suggest Russia may be trying to save face, and time, to focus on capturing the breakaway territories in Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine’s southeast.
This map depicts territory surrounding the Ukrainian capital Kyiv under the control of Ukrainian or Russian forces. Click on the map to learn more.
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Mexico
Shooting at Cockfight Kills 20
At least 20 people were killed in an attack at an underground cockfighting ring in the town of Las Tinajas in Mexico’s western state of Michoacán. Authorities in Michoacán are working to identify the gunmen responsible for what Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador described as “a massacre by one group against another.” Michoacán is the world’s leading avocado producer, and avocado growers in the region have been subjected to kidnappings and extortion by rival gangs battling over territory. Over 340,000 people have been killed in cartel-related violence in Mexico since a controversial anti-drug military operation was launched in 2006.
This map depicts the site of a drug cartel assault that left at least 20 dead. Click on the map to learn more.
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Australia
New Bleaching of Barrier Reef
Abnormally hot ocean temperatures this season have prompted a mass bleaching event of the corals in Australia’s famous Great Barrier Reef. The reef has experienced four bleaching events over the last seven years, and scientists fear this frequency of coral die-offs does not allow enough time for meaningful recovery and regrowth between bleaching events. Back-to-back bleaching events every one or two years are expected to become more common as Earth’s climate warms.
This map depicts levels of coral bleaching alerts in the waters around Australia over the past week. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Between 1925 and 1954, around 2.3 million immigrants coming to America passed through which immigration station? (Hint: Close to 40% of U.S. citizens can trace an ancestor here!)
A: Ellis Island
Located in the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey, Ellis Island operated as an immigration station from 1892 to 1954. In the early 1900s, a shift in immigration was taking place, with fewer northern and western Europeans entering the U.S. and an increase of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe. During its peak years between 1900 and 1914, an average of 1,900 people passed through Ellis Island every day. To determine whether immigrants were fit to enter the U.S., they were forced to wait in long lines for legal and medical inspections for anywhere from hours to weeks. 11 years after Ellis Island closed its doors in 1954, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Immigration and Naturalization Act, abolishing the earlier quota-based system and establishing the basis for today’s U.S. immigration law. Ellis Island processed over 12 million immigrant steamship passengers in its time and today roughly 40% of all Americans can trace their ancestry back to Ellis Island.
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Q: Which Latin American country generates the highest percentage of renewable energy per capita in the world, with over 99% of the country’s energy generated from hydropower?
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