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Iran
Nuclear Negotiations to Resume
Iran’s government says it will look to revive the 2015 nuclear deal and resume talks by the end of November. Iran’s nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani made the statement on Twitter on Wednesday after holding talks with European Union officials in Brussels. The administration of former United States President Donald Trump broke off the United State’s part of the 2015 nuclear agreement and reimposed sanctions on Iran, devastating its economy in the process. In the intervening time, Iran resumed processing and stockpiling more high-grade fissile nuclear material, leading a number of Western powers to urge Iran to return to negotiations.
This map depicts Iran’s nuclear sites, reactors, and uranium mines. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Yahoo News
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Israel
Plans to Build 3000 Settler Homes
Israel announced advanced plans for building more than 3,000 homes in the West Bank region on Wednesday. Israel’s announcement came only a day after President Joseph Biden’s administration announced its opposition. The West Bank region is currently under administrative control of Palestine, but expansion into the area has been a goal of Israeli governments since the 1960s. This is the first time the Civil Administration under Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has approved settlement construction in the West Bank. Bennett has ruled out formal peace talks with Palestine Authority, stating that he is focusing on economic improvement.
This map depicts the Israeli occupied West Bank region of Palestine. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Yahoo! News
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China
Ban on Super Skyscrapers
China has banned smaller cities from constructing any new ‘super high-rise buildings’ as part of a larger crackdown on ‘vanity projects.’ The Chinese government is also seeking to limit energy consumption and to improve building safety. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Ministry of Emergency Management said cities with populations of less than three million people can not build skyscrapers taller than 492 ft (150 metres). China is home to 44 of the world’s 100 tallest buildings, including Shanghai Tower which has 128 floors and is 2073.5 ft (632 m) tall.
This map depicts the locations of super skyscrapers in China. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: The Mississippi River runs for 2,552 miles (4,107 km) until it empties in the Gulf of Mexico. At its largest point, the Mississippi expands 11 miles wide, and at its slimmest stretch, how narrow does the famous river get?
A: 20-30 feet (6-9 m)
The Mississippi’s narrowest point, at Lake Itasca in northwest Minnesota, is only about 60 miles (97 km) from its widest point on Lake Winnibigoshish, further east. But that far upriver, the biggest things you can float on her are motorboats in the lake stretches and canoes and kayaks in between. After winding lazily through the northern part of the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes, the Mississippi becomes navigable for towboats and barges at Minneapolis and points south, and is only big enough for ocean-going vessels from Baton Rouge, Louisiana down to where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Q: Extending 27,480 feet (8376 m) below sea level, what is the deepest point of the Atlantic Ocean?
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