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Lebanon
Hamas Leader Killed in Beirut
Saleh Al-Arouri, a senior Hamas leader, was killed in a drone strike in a suburb south of Beirut on Tuesday. Arouri, who had been the focus of attention by international counter-terrorism authorities for years, was the deputy political head of Hamas and a founder of its military wing. His death was confirmed by Hamas, who said another six members had also been killed, including two military commanders. The attack was blamed on an Israeli drone by Lebanon’s National News Agency, while Israeli officials haven’t commented on the strike. Beirut’s southern suburbs are a known stronghold of Lebanon-based Hezbollah, a partner militant group to Hamas. Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in low-intensity firing across the Israel-Lebanon border over the last few months while Israeli Defense Forces have carried out a military campaign against Hamas in Gaza. Hezbollah has vowed to respond to the attack that killed Al-Arouri.
This map depicts where Saleh Al-Arouri, deputy political leader of Hamas, was killed by a drone strike in a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. Click on the map to learn more.
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Japan
Tokyo Runway Collision
A large passenger jet and a Japanese Coast Guard plane collided on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing five people aboard the Coast Guard aircraft. All 379 people on Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 escaped safely before the Airbus A350 was fully engulfed in flames. The Coast Guard aircraft was preparing to take off to deliver aid to Ishikawa prefecture, epicenter of a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on Monday. Television footage showed a ball of fire erupting from the Japan Airlines plane as it collided while landing. Within 20 minutes, all passengers and crew members had evacuated by sliding down inflatable chutes. The fire was extinguished after eight hours.
This map depicts the airplane collision at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday which killed five people. Click on the map to learn more.
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United States
Total Solar Eclipse Set For April 8
The celestial spectacle of 2024 will be the “Great North American Eclipse.” On April 8, the Moon will totally block out the Sun, darkening the Earth during the day time. The eclipse path will stretch across the Pacific Ocean into Mexico, then into the United States beginning in Texas, before continuing into eastern Canada. The largest cities in the path of totality include Montreal, Canada and San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, and Fort Worth, Texas. Totality will be in sight of approximately 40-50 million people, including those who already live inside the path plus the visitors who come to see it. Not only will viewers be able to see the sun’s corona, but Jupiter and Venus will be visible in the darkened sky. A total solar eclipse won’t be visible across the contiguous US again until August 2044.
This map depicts the 10 most populous cities in the path of the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Where in the world do we find the phenomenon of the Meeting of Waters, the confluence of two different colored rivers which run side by side without mixing?
A: Brazilian Amazon
The largest river on the planet, the Amazon, forms from the confluence of the Solimões (the upper Amazon River) and the Negro at the Brazilian city of Manaus in central Amazonas. At the river conjunction, the pitch-black waters of the Rio Negro meet the muddy, tan-colored water of the Solimões River. That confluence is known as “the meeting of the unmixable waters.” It is the vast quantity of sediment eroded from the Andes Mountains that gives the Solimões its tan color. By comparison, water in the Negro derives from the low jungles where reduced physical erosion of rock precludes mud entering the river. In place of sediment, organic matter from the forest floor stains the river the color of black tea. The waters of these two tributary rivers flow side by side for about 8 miles (12 kilometers) without mixing, due to a large difference between the rivers’ flowing speeds and temperatures.
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Q: What is the world’s largest land biome, an area consisting of a shared biological community and regional climate?
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