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Pakistan
Two Bomb Attacks in Pakistan
Two suicide bomb attacks on mosques earlier today have killed at least 57 and injured dozens more. The first bomber detonated near a police vehicle close to the Madina Mosque in Balochistan province, where hundreds were gathered for Eid Milad un-Nabi, which celebrates the Prophet Muhammed’s birthday. The first attack killed at least 52. The second attack, which killed 5, struck a mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The attack collapsed the ceiling of the building, trapping many under the rubble. These bombings are one example of increased presence of militant groups since August 2021, when the Taliban gained power in neighboring Afghanistan. No group has taken responsibility for this attack.
This map depicts the locations of the two suicide bombings on mosques in Pakistan on Friday Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: The U.S. Sun
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Niger
Extremist Attack Kills at Least 12
An attack by Islamic extremists in western Niger has killed at least a dozen soldiers and wounded seven others. The soldiers were on a mission in the Tillaberi region town of Kandadji when hundreds of jihadis on motorcycles attacked them. Niger’s military junta claimed that military personnel killed a hundred extremists and destroyed their vehicles and weapons. The wounded were immediately evacuated to military hospitals. Attacks have recently increased in Niger, as the government continues to battle a jihadi insurgency linked to Al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. The attack occurred in an area where the Islamic State group is active and where French special operations forces had previously supported Niger’s military.
This map depicts the Tillaberi region town of Kandadji, where jihadi militants attacked the Nigerien military. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Barron’s
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United States
New York City Is Sinking
Satellite data has revealed that parts of the New York City metropolitan area are sinking at different rates. While the average elevation change is -0.06 inches (1.6 millimeters) per year, it can enhance local flood risk linked to sea level rise. Scientists analyzed upward and downward vertical land motion—also known as uplift and subsidence—across the metropolitan area from 2016 to 2023. Much of the motion they observed occurred in areas where prior modifications to Earth’s surface—such as land reclamation and the construction of landfills—made the ground looser and more compressible beneath subsequent buildings. Using the radars on the ESA (European Space Agency) Sentinel-1 satellites, along with advanced data processing techniques, they mapped the motion in detail and pinpointed neighborhoods and landmarks—down to the LaGuardia Airport runway and Arthur Ashe tennis stadium—that are subsiding more rapidly than the average.
This map depicts the differing rates at which parts of New York City are sinking. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What country hosts the largest ethnic Japanese community outside Japan, originally encouraged to fill labor shortages on coffee plantations?
A: Brazil
The Brazilian-Japanese population numbers roughly 2 million. Japanese mass immigration to Brazil began on June 18, 1908, when the steamship Kasato-maru brought the first group of Japanese immigrants to work in the coffee plantations of São Paulo. Coffee became Brazil’s vital export crop in the last decades of the 19th century, propelling São Paulo to become a major center of economic activity, population growth, and industrialization in the early 20th century. This migration is the result of a treaty between Japan and Brazil meant to bolster the then struggling Brazilian agricultural industry, filling in labor shortages caused by the Decree Prinetti of 1902 which prohibited subsidized emigration from Italy to Brazil. Both Italians and Japanese were treated as indentured servants. Unlike the Italians, Japanese in Brazil faced racial discrimination, with strong social barriers and anti-Asian tensions. In the 1970s and 80s when the Japanese economy was surging, there was a notable Brazilian-Japanese return migration, with many families choosing to relinquish their Brazilian citizenship to achieve fairer treatment both socially and economically.
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Q: What country had a now-abandoned manmade waterway project to compete with the Panama Canal?
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