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Russia
Warplane Bombs Own City
A Russian Sukhoi-34 fighter jet has accidentally bombed the Russian city of Belgorod. Russian jets regularly fly over Belgorod, lying just north of Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv. Located approximately 25 miles (40km) from the border with Ukraine, the bomb left a 60 ft (20m) crater near residential buildings close to the city center. Two women have been injured with no deaths reported, according to the regional governor. This is the second known self-inflicted military accident in a Russian city since the war in Ukraine began. Another Sukhoi fighter jet crashed into the city of Yeysk last October, killing at least 13 people.
This map depicts the location of Belgorod, Russia, where a bomb from a Russian fighter-jet accidentally hit. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: BBC
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Chile
State Takes Control of Lithium
Chile’s President Gabriel Boric said he would nationalize the country’s lithium industry, the world’s second largest producer of the metal essential in electric vehicle batteries, to boost its economy and protect its environment. Chile holds vast lithium reserves in the Atacama desert, but has been losing market share to countries such as Australia and Argentina. State-owned copper producer Codelco will be tasked with negotiating a way forward with lithium industry giants SQM and Albemarle, the world’s No.1 and No.2 lithium producers, respectively, to control the world’s largest lithium reserves. Contracts will not be terminated, but Chile hopes future lithium agreements will only be issued as public-private partnerships with state control.
This map depicts the locations around the world where lithium is extracted above, with South America’s “Lithium Triangle,” which includes Chile, beneath. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Reuters
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Antarctica
China Builds Up New Station
China has resumed construction on a fifth station in Antarctica for the first time since 2018, according to satellite data collected by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, an American think tank. The new station is on Inexpressible Island near the Ross Sea, where the Chinese will build an observatory and a satellite ground station to facilitate oceanographic analysis, coastal ecology, disaster monitoring, and more. In this location, the Chinese government will have an enhanced ability to collect signals intelligence from Australia and New Zealand, and to observe the telemetry of rockets launched from Australia’s new Arnhem Space Centre. While the US maintains a large presence in Antarctica, among countries such as the UK, France, Argentina, Chile, and Norway which all claim Antarctic territory, China’s presence is growing fast. Under the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, which was signed by China and 47 other countries, all activities there are restricted to “peaceful purposes.”
This map depicts the locations of Chinese stations in Antarctica, including the new station under construction on Inexpressible Island near the Ross Sea. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: How many residents live on this single, 5.6 mile (9 km) long street in Lesser Poland?
A: 6,000
Located on this single street in Suloszowa village in southeastern Poland, around 18 miles (30 km) from the city of Krakow, are around 6,000 residents. The street, Olkuska-Krakowska, runs along green farmland and is lined by evenly scattered homes and fields. Known for being one of the longest streetscapes, the unusual urban design merges together the worlds of rural life and town. Suloszowa’s vibrant colors and differing strips of field showcase the variety of farming neighbor to neighbor, where some houses grow grains or other crops, some raise livestock, and some don’t plant anything. Aside from this unique farming town, Suloszowa is home to a 700-year-old market square and St Mary’s Basilica.
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Q: Located a short distance south of the equator, what is Africa’s second highest peak?
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