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Papua New Guinea
Massive Landslide Buries Villages
A rescue mission is underway following a huge landslide in rural Papua New Guinea. The remote area in the highland Enga province was struck around 3:00am local time. Given the isolated location and the difficulty of the terrain, it is too soon for emergency responders to make a comprehensive assessment. Neither the National Disaster Management Office nor the Red Cross Society are providing casualty numbers, but multiple villages have been affected and early estimates say at least 100 homes have been buried, and anywhere from 300 to 500 people are feared dead. The area is known for illegal gold mining and has also recently been affected by intense rainfall and flooding, either of which could have been a factor in this landslide.
This map depicts the area of Papua New Guinea’s remote Enga province, where a massive landslide struck overnight. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Barron’s
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Bosnia & Herzegovina
UN Resolution on Srebrenica
United Nations member states voted to establish July 11 as an annual day of remembrance for victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. The resolution, written by Germany and Rwanda, received 84 votes in favor and 19 against, with 68 abstentions. On July 11, 1995, a few months before the end of Bosnia’s civil war, Bosnian Serb forces captured the UN-protected enclave of Srebrenica. In the following days, Bosnian Serb forces killed over 8,000 Muslim Bosniak men and teenagers – a crime described as a genocide by the International Court of Justice. The resolution condemns “any denial” of the genocide, but it does not attribute the massacre to any ethnic or religious collective group. Both the president of Bosnia’s majority-Serb Republika Srpska region, Milorad Dodik, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic lobbied for a “no” vote, saying the resolution aimed to stigmatize Serbian people, open old wounds, and create political havoc.
This map depicts the country of Bosnia & Herzegovina, highlighting Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Al Jazeera
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Philippines
US World War II Submarine Found
A US World War II submarine has been discovered in the South China Sea, 80 years after it was sunk by enemy forces. In an effort to retake the Philippines from the Japanese, the USS Harder was lost in battle along with 79 men on board on August 29, 1944. It was found upright and mostly intact 3,000 ft (914 m) down off the coast of the Philippines’ northern island, Luzon. According to the US Navy, the ship, which traveled under the motto “Hit ’em Harder,” sank three Japanese destroyers and damaged two others during one of its final missions. The Harder marks the 9th submarine discovery from the Lost 52 project, an exploration mission aiming to find the 52 US submarines lost during World War II.
This map depicts the location in the South China Sea where the USS Harder submarine was found. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What is the main shipping channel between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean?
A: Strait of Malacca
The Strait of Malacca is a waterway connecting the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean) and the South China Sea (Pacific Ocean). It runs between the Indonesian island of Sumatra to the west and peninsular (West) Malaysia and extreme southern Thailand to the east and has an area of about 25,000 square miles (65,000 square km). As the link between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea, the Strait of Malacca is the shortest sea route between India and China and one of the most heavily traveled shipping channels in the world. Singapore, one of the world’s most important ports, is situated at the strait’s southern end.
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