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

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Libya flooding leaves thousands dead and missing

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This Week's lesson:

House Republicans will start inquiry into President Biden and his son Hunter’s business deals

Fourteen months before next year's election, Republicans in the U.S. House are preparing a inquiry into President Joe Biden that could bring a vote on whether he should face a Senate impeachment (removal) trial. Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.,...

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New technology aims to put a whole new spin on space travel

A company called SpinLaunch is building and testing a new technology – a super slingshot aiming to send satellites into obit around the Earth. The system uses a huge centrifuge to spin a launch vehicle inside a vacuum chamber. When it reaches superso...

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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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