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Sudan
RSF Attack Kills Over 150
At least 150 people, including 35 children, are feared dead in a massacre in a village in central Sudan blamed on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group fighting the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). The SAF vowed a strong response against the paramilitary, accusing it of carrying out a “massacre of civilians.” Sudan’s military government called for international condemnation of the attack. The RSF and SAF have been battling over control of the country and its resources for more than 13 months. This civil war has morphed into a larger proxy war as regional and foreign actors compete for influence and resources, including gold mines and Red Sea access. More than 7 million people have been displaced, and roughly half of the country’s population, around 25 million people, are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
This map depicts the location of a recent attack by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Wad al-Noura village. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: VOA News
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United States
Gilgo Beach Murder Cases Grow
The number of deaths being blamed on Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann is growing, as evidence found in the investigation has connected Heuermann to earlier unsolved cases. Heuermann was first charged last year for the deaths of three young women whose bodies were found in the Gilgo Beach area of New York State’s Long Island. Another murder was added to his charges earlier this year, and this week, he was charged for the murders of two more women. Of the new charges, one was for a murder committed over 30 years ago, giving investigators reason to believe that evidence may emerge to connect Heuermann to yet more unsolved murders on Long Island.
This map depicts the locations where the bodies of murder victims for which Long Island architect Rex Heuermann is being charged were found on Long Island’s south shore in red, along with the locations of two more bodies who may have been murdered by Heuermann, in black. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: New York Post
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Japan
App Created to Boost Birth Rate
In an effort to address Japan’s record low birth rates, the Tokyo government plans to release a dating app to help connect marriage-minded people. The national total fertility rate, measuring the average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime, has reached 1.20, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Japan’s birth rate has been declining for eight consecutive years since 2016, which has partly been attributed to a lower rate of marriage. To promote marriage, the fee-based app will require legal documentation, tax slips, and a signed letter confirming willingness to get married. Officials consider the app to be an urgent step in tackling what Prime Minister Fumio Kishida calls the “gravest crisis our country faces.”
This map depicts the total fertility rates by prefecture in 2023, which saw Japan’s all-time record low birth rate. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What is the most extensive highland region between the Appalachians and Rockies in the US?
A: Ozarks
The Ozark Mountains are a heavily forested group of highlands in the south-central United States. The Ozarks region covers most of Missouri, a large portion of Arkansas, and a small portion of Oklahoma and Kansas. There are two mountain ranges in the Ozarks: the Boston Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma, as well as the St. Francois Mountains of Missouri. The highest peaks, many exceeding 2,000 feet (600 m), are in the Boston Mountains in Arkansas. The Ozarks cover nearly 47,000 square miles (120,000 sq km), constituting the most extensive highland region between the Appalachians and Rockies. Together with the Ouachita Mountains, the area is known as the US Interior Highlands.
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Q: What US state is known as “The Cave State,” with over 7,300 recorded caves?
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