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United States
Pearl Harbor Shooting
A United States sailor fatally shot two shipyard workers and injured another before taking his own life near Hawaii’s Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman Naval Shipyard. The gunmen, who has not been identified, was assigned to the U.S.S Columbia, the Los Angeles-class attack submarine undergoing maintenance on one of the shipyards dry docks where the shooting took place. The base on the southern shore of Oahu was placed on lock down, sending a jolt through tourists groups at the nearby Pearl Harbor National Memorial. The incident took place just 3 days before the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack.
This map depicts where the shooting took place. Click on the map to learn more.
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Mauritania
Boat Capsizes
At least 58 are dead after a boat capsized off the coast of the west African country Mauritania on Wednesday. The boat, carrying roughly 150 Gambian migrants, was en route for the Canary Islands when fuel and food reserves ran low around the Mauritanian coast. 83 passengers swam to shore where Nouadhibou residents provided relief. Following the oppressive 22-year rule of Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, younger citizens are fleeing the country’s shattered economy in droves, seeking out opportunities in Europe. The perilous journey has proved lethal for many, with this incident marking one of the most deadly migrant disaster this year.
This map depicts where the migrant boat capsized, just off the coast of the Mauritanian city of Nouadhibou Click on the map to learn more.
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Falklands
SMS Scharnhorst Found
A missing World War I German armored cruiser has been found off the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory in the south-west Atlantic Ocean, at a depth of 1,610m (5,282ft). The SMS Scharnhorst was named after the Prussian general during the Napoleonic Wars and was sunk by the British Navy 105 years ago on December 8th, 1914 with more than 800 men aboard. The vessel was the flagship of German Vice-Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee’s East Asia Squadron.
This map depicts where the SMS Scharnhorst was discovered. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: A series of concrete causeways known as the Churchill Barriers connect the islands of which archipelago to mainland Scotland?
A: Orkney Islands
The Churchill Barriers were constructed during WWII to prevent enemy ships from entering the Scapa Flow harbor. Today, roadways built atop the four barriers (two of which are designated historic sites) connect the Orkney Islands to the mainland of northern Scotland.
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Q: Created about 75,000 years ago from a supervolcanic eruption, Lake Toba– the world’s largest crater lake– is located in which country?
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