Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
This Week's lesson:
Azerbaijan seizes control of breakaway region
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.
Google on trial: U.S. Justice Department accuses the search giant of illegal monopoly tactics
Google is the defendant in a high-stakes federal case underway in a Washington, D.C. court. At issue: Has the online search leader used its size and power to create an unfair playing field? The Justice Department argues that the company illegall...
Space capsule brings NASA’s first asteroid samples to Earth
After a seven-year journey through the solar system, a space capsule about the size of a car tire returned to Earth Sunday with a cargo of asteroid rocks and dust that scientists are eager to see. The pod touched down in the Utah desert and was flown...
This week's word in the news: ROIL
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The Writers Guild of America and the major Hollywood studios are closing in on a deal that would end a 145-day strike that has roiled the film and TV business and caused thousands of job losses.
The Los Angeles Times -- 09/25/2023
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