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Yemen
U.S Strikes Houthis
Since Saturday, the United States has been launching strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. These strikes have reportedly killed over 50 people, including several Houthi leaders and at least five children, in their mission to destroy Houthi radars, drone sites, training camps, headquarters, and rocket launchers. The Trump administration is attacking the Iran-backed group to protect commercial shipping in the Red Sea, where the Houthis have been attacking international shipping for years. The Trump administration had at times previously indicated that the U.S. had no interest in securing sea lanes, and that Asian countries reliant on Middle Eastern oil ought to take on the responsibility.
This map depicts the locations of U.S. strikes on Houthi targets as of March 18. Click on the map to learn more.
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Ukraine
Ceasefire Agreement Claimed
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call for over two hours on Tuesday, resulting in a claimed limited ceasefire on “energy and infrastructure” for 30 days. Since the end of the call, six missiles and 145 Russian drones have entered Ukrainian airspace, resulting in damage to a hospital, other civilian buildings, and an electrical substation in Donetsk oblast. Diplomats from the United States and Ukraine agreed to the terms of a 30-day ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia during a meeting in Saudi Arabia last week. The proposal was presented to Russia but no substantive response came for nearly a week in the lead-up to yesterday’s call between Trump and Putin. The Trump administration is calling yesterday’s agreement a first step towards a more comprehensive ceasefire and eventual peace.
This map depicts the location and number of air raid alerts across Ukraine today, after the Trump administration claimed to have achieved an agreement with Russia on a limited ceasefire against specific types of targets. Click on the map to learn more.
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United States
NASA Astronauts Return to Earth
After spending nine months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth on a SpaceX capsule, splashing down off the coast of Florida. Initially, their mission was planned to last just eight days in June 2024, but they were forced to extend the mission due to technical issues with the Boeing spacecraft that had brought them to the ISS. Throughout their 286-day stay, robotic cargo ships regularly delivered food, supplies, and experimental equipment for the astronauts. By the end of their time on the ISS, they had orbited the earth 4,576 times.
This map depicts the location of the splashdown site off the coast of Florida where NASA astronauts whose mission was extended from eight days to nine months finally returned to Earth. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What is the highest mountain outside of Asia?
A: Aconcagua
Aconcagua is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina. It is the highest mountain in the Americas, the highest outside Asia, and the highest in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere with a summit elevation of 22,838 feet (6,961 m). Although its peak is in Argentina, its western flanks build up from the coastal lowlands of Chile, just north of Santiago. Its name possibly originated from the Quechua “Ackon Cahuak” (“Sentinel of Stone”). Aconcagua is of volcanic origin, but it is not itself an active volcano. It has two summits—north and south—connected by a ridge (Cresta del Guanaco) that is about 0.6 mile (1 km) long.
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Q: What continent has the world’s largest land-based transboundary conservation area?
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