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Pakistan
Train Collision Kills At Least 40
Two trains collided in southern Pakistan this morning killing more than 40 people and injuring at least 100 others. The first train derailed and fell across the track and within minutes a second train crashed into the first derailed train. A rescue mission is underway to save the remaining passengers, but a spokeswoman for Pakistan Railways said that the death toll is likely to rise. There are questions being raised about the safety of rail-travel in Pakistan because this is not the first, nor the worst accident to happen in recent years.
This map depicts the location of a brutal train collision in Pakistan this morning. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Al Jazeera
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World
G7 Backs Minimum Corporate Tax
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7) met on Saturday and made a historic agreement to support a minimum global corporate tax rate of at least 15% and coordinate to prevent tax avoidance. Taxing large companies has been a challenge for governments, as large tech corporations like Google and Facebook exist within various jurisdictions. Janet Yellen, the U.S. Treasury Secretary, stated this type of global minimum tax rate would help encourage fairness and work to protect the middle class and working people around the world. The policy will continue to be discussed next month in a Group of Twenty (G-20) meeting.
This map depicts the highest and lowest corporate tax rates around the world. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: CNBC
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World
40 Year Anniversary of AIDS
On June 5, 1981, the first cases of AIDS were reported in the United States. The cases were first reported in young, gay men in Los Angeles. The disease was then diagnosed in many countries around the world and has since claimed 33 million lives. While treatment for AIDS has progressed significantly, there are currently 38 million people living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and still no vaccine. The rate of HIV infections in the U.S. has remained steady every year for the past decade, and rates of infections remain high in sub-Saharan Africa.
This map depicts most recent numbers of AIDS deaths worldwide in 2019. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Founded in 1932 and stretching 1,766 square miles (4,574 km sq), which is the world’s first international peace park straddling the border between two countries?
A: Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Alberta, Canada and Montana, United States
In 1932, Waterton Lakes National Park located in Alberta, Canada and Glacier National Park in Montana, US, were combined to create the world’s first international peace park. The parks are both rich with wildlife and beautiful scenery, the shared preservation of which is viewed as an effort of friendship and peace. Both parks are also listed as Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO and the united parks are a World Heritage site. Passengers aboard the boat tour through the park on Waterton Lake park from Waterton, Canada to Goat Haunt, Montana, are greeted by “Ladies and gentlemen, we are now in the USA, without any immigration check, because it’s a lake that marks love between the US and Canada, and is part of Waterton International Glacier Peace Park…”
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Q: Spanning 214,000 square miles (553,000 km2), which volcano was declared the world’s largest in 2013, before being found to be part of a mid-ocean ridge in 2019?
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