12 Aug

Australia: Stabbing in Sydney

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Australia
Stabbing in Sydney
An armed man was arrested in central Sydney this morning after stabbing a woman on the street. He is also suspected of killing a woman in an apartment nearby. The 21-year-old assailant appears to have a history of mental illness and was found with a USB drive containing information about mass killings in the United States and New Zealand. He was apprehended by bystanders who chased him down and physically restrained him before he was arrested.  

This map depicts the locations of a stabbing rampage as it unfolded in central Sydney this morning. Click on the map to learn more.

Graphic Source: BBC
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South Korea
Trade War Escalates
South Korea announced it will remove Japan from its “white list” of trusted trade partners and downgrade it to a new category of countries that don’t follow “international export control principles.” Japan would still be able to trade with South Korea but will face a lengthier export application process. This trade restriction comes a month after Japan tightened control on chemicals used to produce semiconductors, Korea’s top export item, thereby delaying production of certain goods. Japan had previously removed South Korea from its own white list after accusing South Korea of leaking information to North Korea.

This interactive map depicts importing markets for products exported by South Korea. Click on the map to learn more.

Graphic Source: Trademap.org
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Kiribati
Quest For Amelia Earhart’s Plane
Robert Ballard, the National Geographic explorer who discovered the wreckage of the Titanic, has begun his search for the remains of Amelia Earhart’s plane. The expedition is following clues captured from a 1937 photo depicting what Ballard believes to be landing gear from Earhart’s plane on Kiribati’s Nikamuroro Island. He has now set course aboard the E/V Nautilus to Nikamuroro, which is only 4.5 miles long and 1.5 miles wide. The first step involved sending out an autonomous robot boat to map the terrain beneath the surface, whose data is then analyzed for anomalies. Additionally, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are capturing video footage to be further studied. 

This map depicts the route of Amelia Earhart’s last flight. Click on the map to learn more.

Graphic Source:  Daily Mail

             

Yesterday’s Answer

Q: Bounded by four ocean currents, what is the only sea in the world without land boundaries?

A: Sargasso Sea
Named after a genus of free-floating seaweed called Sargassum, the Sargasso Sea is defined only by ocean currents and lies within the Northern Atlantic Subtropical Gyre.

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Today’s Question

 

Q: In which desert can you find the continuously burning pit, known as the Darvaza gas crater and nicknamed by locals “The Door to Hell” or “The Gates of Hell”?

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