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

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193-year-old Jonathon the tortoise still living at his South Atlantic home

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This Week's lesson:

Artemis II this week takes four astronauts farther from Earth than anyone has traveled

In outer space, history is being made by three men and a woman aboard an Artemis II space mission that launched last week from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Their 10-day trip around the moon is the first crewed mission to deep space in 54 years. It...

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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.

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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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Pope Leo emerges as pointed Trump critic

U.S.-born Pope Leo has emerged as a pointed critic of the Iran war. On Palm Sunday, he said God ignores the prayers of leaders who wage war and have “hands full of blood,” in an apparent rebuke of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who had prayed for “o...

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The news media shape how we see and understand the world around us. With its new video series, NBCU Academy takes a deep dive into what it means to be a journalist today, how the industry is evolving, and how the next generation can help.

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