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Tanzania
Plane Crash Kills At Least 19
At least 19 people have died after a passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania while trying to land at a nearby airport on Sunday. Flight PW494, operated by Precision Air, was carrying 39 passengers, as well as four crew members, from Dar Es Salaam to Bukoba. According to local media, the plane crashed into the water at 8:53 a.m. (0553 GMT) as it was approaching Bukoba airport in stormy and rainy conditions. A representative of the airline has said the company will strive to provide families and friends of the victims with information and assistance in this difficult time. Tanzania’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told reporters investigators were looking into what happened, and President Samia Suluhu Hassan has called for calm while the rescue operation continues.
This map depicts the flight path and crash location of a passenger plane that crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Al Jazeera
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Kosovo
Serb Officials Resign En Masse
Numerous ethnic Serbian officials in the Republic of Kosovo have resigned in response to the dismissal of an ethnic Serb police officer for refusing to replace an outdated vehicle license plate with a Kosovo-issued one last week. The Kosovo government has mandated drivers of vehicles with Serbian-issued plates issued prior to the Kosovan independence will be fined as of this month. The skirmish over license plates has exacerbated ethnic tensions between Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanians and minority Serbs. Many Serbs want Kosovo to remain a Serbian province, prompting them to retain their Serbian plates in protest of Kosovo’s sovereignty. Serb state officials who have quit their jobs include the Minister of Communities and Returns, as well as Serb police, government, and court officials. Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic voiced her support for the resigning of Serb officials, stating she “stands by our brave and proud people in Kosovo.”
This map depicts the boundaries of Kosovo, which became independent in 2008, and the areas where Serbs are the ethnic majority. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: BBC
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World
Election Day Blood Moon Eclipse
The final total lunar eclipse to occur until 2025 will take place on Tuesday. The spectacle in the United States is also known as a “Beaver Moon,” the second full moon in autumn, a term originally used by Native Americans. This lunar eclipse will also be a "Blood" moon for the reddish-orange hue the moon takes, an effect caused by the limited amount of sunlight in the red wavelength that is refracted from the Earth to hit the moon's surface. The eclipse will be visible from 5:16 AM - 6:41 AM EST. The next total lunar eclipse will take place on March 14, 2025.
This map depicts the phases of the blood moon eclipse and at what time each phase will occur. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What European nation has the longest coastline and is the southernmost country in Europe?
A: Greece
Greece is situated at the intersection of three seas, the Aegean, the Ionian, and the Mediterranean Sea, and at the juncture of three continents, Europe, Asia, and Africa - a special geography that has played a prominent role in the country’s development. Greece is divided into three geographic regions, the mainland, the islands, and the peninsula south of the mainland, known as the Peloponnese. The Pindus Mountains on Greece’s mainland are home to one of the deepest gorges in the world, Vikos Gorge. At 9,570 ft (2,917 m) above sea level, Mount Olympus is the highest peak in Greece, known to be the home of the Greek gods, and became the first national park in the country. While the mainland hosts mostly rugged mountains, forests, and lakes, the country is well known for its thousands of islands that dot the three seas, with 170 of some 2,000 islands being inhabited. The easternmost islands in the Aegean Sea sit just a few miles off the coast of Turkey. The Peloponnese connects to the mainland by the narrow Isthmus of Corinth, and is marked by mountainous terrain with parallel running valleys and basins. Athens, Greece’s capital and largest city, is considered the birthplace of democracy and Western civilization.
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Q: Where did archeologists find a burial site that reset the time humans are thought to have domesticated cats by over 5,000 years?
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