Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
This Week's lesson:
U.S. Navy apologizes for destroying Alaska Native village in 1882
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.
UN environmental event focuses on protecting the world's diversity of animals and plants
Delegates from nearly 200 countries are in the South American nation of Colombia for two weeks of discussions with a critical focus: our planet's future. They're at the largest United Nations biodiversity conference in history. (Biodiversity, th...
AI robot painting making history with Sotheby's auction
A Sotheby’s auction this week was expected to get between $120,000 and $180,000 for “A.I. God. Portrait of Alan Turing,” a painting by a humanoid robot that uses artificial intelligence (AI). It is he first time a major auction house has offered a ro...
This week's word in the news: SLEW
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Four years ago, Republicans in Nevada filed a slew of legal challenges to the 2020 election and spread unfounded claims of mass election fraud.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal -- 10/28/2024
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