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Israel
Israeli Troops Leaving Jenin
Soldiers from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are pulling out of the West Bank town of Jenin following an anti-militant raid that began on Monday. Jenin is home to a refugee camp that Israel contends is a refuge for Palestinian militants. The Palestinian Red Crescent evacuated 3,000 vulnerable people from the camp to local hospitals, and accuses the IDF of forcing civilians to remain in their homes without access to food and water. The IDF claims to have permitted about 500 Palestinian families to leave peacefully. According to the Israeli government, at least 50 attacks targeting Israelis in the last year-and-a-half have originated in Jenin, and that the recent raid will give Israeli troops more “freedom of action” to conduct future raids.
This map depicts the location of the West Bank town of Jenin, as well as the refugee camp inside the town where Israeli forces conducted a raid on Monday and Tuesday. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: BBC
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Japan
Nuclear Water to be Released
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has approved Japan to release slightly radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. Japan’s plan involves diluting the water with seawater and gradually releasing it over three decades. The IAEA and Japanese officials have assert the plan is safe and in line with international standards, however China, South Korea, and fishing organizations remain opposed. The IAEA chief visited the Fukushima plant to observe the water treatment facilities and address concerns. The water release aims to prevent radioactive leaks and create space for decommissioning the nuclear power plant that was critically damaged during an earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan in 2011.
This map depicts the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the damage it sustained during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and the water storage tanks accumulating radioactive water since the disaster. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Barron’s
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Vietnam
“Barbie” Banned in Vietnam
The Vietnamese government has banned the soon-to-be-released live-action movie “Barbie” from the country’s movie theaters, TV, and streaming platforms. This ban is in response to a scene including a world map that depicts the the so-called “nine-dash line” demarcating the territorial claims of China in the South China Sea. This claimed area, which includes portions of the Vietnamese continental shelf, was rejected in an international arbitration ruling by a court in The Hague in 2016. However, China refuses to recognise the ruling. In 2019 the Vietnamese government pulled DreamWorks’ animated film “Abominable” and in 2022 banned Sony’s action movie “Uncharted” for also depicting the controversial border. “Barbie” is scheduled to open in world-wide on July 21.
This image depicts the global map depicted in the upcoming “Barbie” movie. Its inclusion of China’s “nine-dash line” in the South China Sea has led the Vietnamese government to ban the movie from Vietnamese movie theaters and television. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: At nearly 1,000 ft (300 m) wide, what waterfall straddles the border between Vietnam and China?
A: Ban Gioc – Detian Falls
The Ban Gioc – Detian Falls are the combined Vietnamese and Chinese names of the shared waterfall sitting on the Quay Son River. The Ban Gioc – Detian Falls is the largest waterfall in Asia sitting on an international boundary and the fourth largest in the world on an international boundary. Located in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China and in the Cao Bang Province in Veitnam, about 169 miles (272 km) north of Hanoi, the waterfall is surrounded by karst peaks and underground fissures, with a terrain formed over millions of years ago. The continuous erosion of its crest has slowly moved the falls further upstream. In the summertime, heavy rainfall swells the river and the two separate falls merge into one larger waterfall. Border demarcation disputes were settled in 1999 in the Vietnam-China Treaty on Land Borderline, however additional talks were held in 2009, and there is still controversy regarding the border demarcations today.
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Q: Known as one of the most livable cities in the world, what Canadian city is the country’s most densely populated?
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