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China
Factory Fire Kills 38, Injures Two
Thirty-eight people have died after a fire broke out at a company producing chemicals and other industrial goods in central China on Monday. Two other people have been hospitalized for minor injuries. The fire occurred in the city of Anyang, in the central Henan Province on the premises of Kaixinda Trading Co. According to the local government, fire teams sent 63 vehicles to the scene, but it still took firefighters about three-and-a-half hours to get the blaze under control. Many of the victims were women who were making winter clothes and pants at the factory. Local media has since reported the fire was caused by electric welding that flouted regulations, with the head of Kaixinda Trading being taken into custody.
This map depicts the location of Anyang city, where a fire broke out at a factory owned by a chemical and industrial goods company, killing 38 people and injuring two others. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Al Jazeera
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Chad
Jihadists Kill 10 Soldiers
Early Tuesday, jihadists attacked defense forces in Chad, resulting in the death of 10 soldiers. The clash occurred near Ngouboua in the Lake Chad area, a marshland shared by Chad, Niger, Cameroon, and Nigeria, and known to harbor jihadist groups. Boko Haram took over the islands in the marshland in 2014, and six years later, the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) seized most of the islands after breaking off from Boko Haram. In response, the four nations around Lake Chad formed a joint force launching campaigns against jihadists. Chadian authorities maintained that jihadists no longer have the power to directly attack army bases resulting in them attacking civilians, making Tuesday’s attack a surprise. Before Tuesday, the last jihadist attack on the Chadian army was in August, where two soldiers were killed.
This map depicts the country of Chad, as well as the location of Lake Chad, an area known to harbor jihadist groups like Boko Haram and ISWAP. Click on the map to learn more.
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Qatar
‘Greater Hungary’ Scarf Angers
Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, angered his country’s eastern neighbors by the scarf he wore on Sunday for the Hungary-Greece World Cup game. The scarf depicts an outline of Greater Hungary, the imperial territory held by the Austria-Hungary Empire prior to its defeat in World War I. The map includes territory of several EU countries, including Romania, and also Ukraine. Romania and Ukraine have condemned the scarf, prompting conversations with Hungarian ambassadors and requesting apologies from Viktor Orban for the display of revisionism. Orban’s efforts to promote Hungarian identity and usage of the Greater Hungary map has previously caused friction with both countries.
This map depicts ‘Greater Hungary,’ an imperial Hungarian territory that existed before the defeat of the Austria-Hungary Empire in World War I. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Where is the windiest place in the world? (Hint: It’s not Chicago!)
A: Antarctica
Covering 5.5 million sq miles (14.2 million sq km), Antarctica is the highest, driest, coldest, and windiest continent on Earth. Antarctica’s strong, cold winds are known as “katabatics.” They are formed by dense cold air flowing out of the polar plateau from the continent’s interior, and down steep vertical drops along the coasts. It is at these steep edges of Antarctica where the intense katabatic winds form as cold air rushes over the landmass. Once katabatic winds start, forming sheet-like rivers of air, they can last for days, or until the cold air dissipates. The highest wind speeds ever recorded in Antarctica were at the Dumont d’Urville station in the summer of 1972, coming in at 199 mph (327 km/h).
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Q: Where was the wild turkey domesticated?
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