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Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.

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Equatorial Guinea isolates island over complaints

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This Week's lesson:

United Nations analysis says Israeli actions against Palestinians in Gaza amount to genocide

The word genocide is in the news as a United Nations report applies it to Israel's nearly two-year-old war in the Gaza Strip, a neighboring Palestinian territory. An independent commission of experts appointed by the UN concluded two week...

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How well do you keep up with the world around you? Take this week’s quiz to test your knowledge of recent national and world events.

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Businessman files $50 million claim over ICE arrest and injuries

The 79-year-old owner of a Los Angeles area car wash is seeking $50 million in damages after U.S. immigration agents forced the U.S. citizen to the ground and detained him for almost 12 hours. Rafie Ollah Shouhed’s lawyer said the businessman suffere...

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