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KS SINCE CEASEFIRE BEGAN IN OCTOBER - GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 72,991 PALESTINIANS KILLED IN IS

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The famous 'red phone' hotline was never actually a phone!

The 1963 Washington-Moscow hotline, set up after the Cuban Missile Crisis, was a teletype machine. It wasn't upgraded to fax until 1988, then a secure email link in 2008. The red phone is a Cold War myth.

Reporting from Tehran means navigating one of the world's most restricted press environments.

Iran consistently ranks among the lowest countries for press freedom, making analysts based inside Tehran an exceptionally rare window into Iranian affairs. Learn more at Wikipedia

Targeting enemy oil dates to WWII — Allies bombed Nazi refineries in 1943.

Operation Tidal Wave sent 177 B-24 bombers to hit Ploiești, Romania — which supplied ~30% of Nazi oil. It remains one of WWII's costliest raids: 53 aircraft and 660 airmen lost in a single day.

Illinois averages 54 tornadoes per year, one of the U.S. most at-risk states!

Northern Illinois lies in an area sometimes called the 'Dixie Alley' extension, where tornado outbreaks can strike with little warning. Know the signs and stay safe. Tornado safety tips at weather.gov

This storyWhat should be the top priority in regional de-escalation talks?

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This storyWhat % of the world's oil supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz?

  1. ~5%
  2. ~10%
  3. ~20%
  4. ~35%
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~20%

Beirut is one of the Mideast's most critical journalism hubs.

Zeina Khodr reports for Al Jazeera from Beirut, a city at the crossroads of regional conflicts involving Lebanon, Syria, and beyond. Explore Beirut at Wikipedia

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