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Russia
Ukrainian Incursion into Kursk
On Tuesday, a large Ukrainian ground force advanced up to 6 miles (10km) into southwest Russia’s Kursk region and captured several small settlements. Over 1,000 troops and dozens of armored vehicles participated in possibly the most serious border incursion by Ukrainian forces in the conflict, which is the biggest land war in Europe since World War II. Russian President Vladimir Putin cast the attack as a “major provocation.” Russia has sent reinforcements in an attempt to drive the Ukrainians back across the border, and heavy fighting continues near the Kursk nuclear power station, around 37 miles (60km) northeast of Sudzha, a logistical hub near the Russia-Ukraine border. A state of emergency was declared in Kursk and around 3,000 residents were evacuated from the region.
This map depicts the extent of the Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk Oblast border region in western Russia. Click on the map to learn more.
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Japan
Nagasaki Memorial Bans Israel
US and other Western ambassadors to Japan are skipping an atomic bombing peace memorial in Nagasaki on Friday after representatives of Israel were not invited. This memorial event held annually on the day the US dropped an atomic bomb on the city during World War II is open to diplomats worldwide. Israel was left out of the ceremony, according to Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki, not for political reasons but to minimize the chance of outside disruption to the ceremonies, out of respect for any survivors who might be present. Israel’s exclusion, according to US Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, puts it on a level with Russia and Belarus—the only two other nations barred because of their military aggression against Ukraine. The mayor of Nagasaki declared he would not back down from his decision to keep Israel’s ambassador out of the ceremony, despite top officials from US and Western countries stating the decision would keep them from attending.
This map depicts the events leading up to and after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, by the United States in August 1945. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: RTE News
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United Kingdom
Mantle Waves Form Plateaus
International researchers led by a team from the United Kingdom’s University of Southampton have found evidence that waves originating in the Earth’s mantle are responsible for the formation of inland plateaus across the Earth’s surface. As detailed in a study published in the journal Nature, scientists long believed the formation of high cliffs at points where tectonic plates separate and the formation of plateaus in the cratons – the stable centers of continental plates – were unrelated processes. However, using computer simulations to model the formation of famous plateaus bounded by escarpments in India, Brazil, and South Africa, the researchers found the formation of a continental rift actually triggers an incredibly slow wave deep in the Earth that causes the roots of the continental crust to peel away from the mantle, causing the cratons to become more buoyant and to rise up into new formations. The team found that these uplift events, drawn out over millions of years. are also responsible for the eruption of diamonds to the Earth’s surface.
This map depicts the three pairings of near-coastal escarpments and inland plateaus studied by an international research team who have explained how the formation of the geological formations are related to one another. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What Southeast Asian capital city is found in the Red River Delta?
A: Hanoi, Vietnam
The Red River delta constitutes a large part of northern Vietnam and is densely populated and intensively cultivated, mostly for rice. The region, measuring some 6,000 square miles (15,000 sq km) is well protected by a network of dikes. The Red River rises in central Yunnan province, southwestern China, and flows southeast in a deep, narrow gorge, across the Tonkin region, through Hanoi, to enter the Gulf of Tonkin after a course of 750 miles (1,200 km). The river is relatively shallow and carries a lot of reddish silt along its way, appearing red brown in color. Though the Red River Delta makes up only 5% of Vietnam’s land, nearly one-third of the country’s population live there, making it the most densely populated part of the country.
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Q: What city once known as the “Paris of Central Asia” lies roughly halfway between Istanbul, Turkey, and Hanoi, Vietnam?
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