Places in News: Bakhmut now claimed by Russia

Context Russia's Wagner mercenary group claimed to have captured the eastern bank of Bakhmut, the industrial town in east Ukraine ...
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Places in News: Easter Island

Context Scientists have found a previously undiscovered moai on Easter Island, uncovering the large stone statue in a dry lake ...
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Japanese archipelago

Context The Japanese archipelago, one of the world’s prominent island groups that lies just off the coast of Eurasia, now ...
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Antakya, Sanliurfa and Aleppo

Context Three ancient cities suffered widespread destruction in massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria: Antakya, Sanliurfa and Aleppo. Antakya/Antioch Antakya, ...
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Places in News: Solomon Islands

Context After refusing access to US and UK ships to its ports earlier this month, the Solomon Islands has now ...
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Places in News: Marmolada glacier

Context A serac collapsed on the mountain of Marmolada, in the Dolomites at the regional border between Trentino and Veneto, ...
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Places in News: Hong Kong

Context Hong Kong is preparing to introduce new middle school textbooks that will deny the Chinese territory was ever a ...
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The Western Sahara dispute

The Western Sahara dispute Context Recently, the Algerian President announced that Algeria would “immediately” suspend its 20-year-old treaty of “friendship, ...
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Greece and Turkey claims over the Aegean Sea

Context Greece and Turkey have had long-standing rival claims over the Aegean Sea territory, even finding themselves on the brink ...
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Places in News: Sievierodonetsk

Context More than a 100 days after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, it is the strategic eastern city of Sievierodonetsk ...
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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

Context Nine days into its destructive military operation, Russia captured Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power plant. What is the significance of ...
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Char Chinari island

Context Jinxed by vanishing mighty chinars, iconic island Char Chinari in the middle of the Dal lake in Srinagar, which became famous ...
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The importance of the Nord Stream pipeline

Context The Nord Stream pipeline is back in the news following the renewed tensions between the West and Russia over ...
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Nusantara the new capital of Indonesia

Context Indonesia passed a bill replacing its capital Jakarta with East Kalimantan, situated to the east of Borneo island. The ...
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What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?

What is the Pacific Ring of Fire? Context The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted over the weekend, sending ash and ...
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