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Five new sports were added to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics:

1. Skateboarding
2. Surfing
3. Sport climbing
4. Karate
5. Baseball/softball

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The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is an international norm that emerged in 2005.

It emphasizes the duty of states and the global community to protect populations.

This protection is from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity.

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China has been a member of WTO since 11 December 2001.

 Hong Kong has been a member since 1995 (as "Hong Kong, China" since 1997) predating the People's Republic of China, which joined in 2001 after 15 years of negotiations.

WTO Formation: 1 January 1995; 28 years ago

WTO Headquarters: Centre William Rappard, Geneva, Switzerland

The WTO has 164 members and 25 observer governments

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The World Bank's powers are vested in the Board of Governors, which is the highest decision-making body of the World Bank.

The Board of Governors consists of one governor and one alternate governor from each of the World Bank's member countries.

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The Shatt Al-Arab river is formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in southern Iraq.

It flows into the Persian Gulf. 

It serves as an important waterway in the region.

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The American Revolution—also called the U.S. War of Independence—was the insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783.

Through it, 13 of Great Britain's North American colonies threw off British rule.

They established the sovereign United States of America.

This was founded with the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

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On December 11, 2019, Greta Thunberg was named Time magazine's Person of the Year. 

The 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden is the magazine's youngest choice to be named Person of the Year.

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Newgrange is a prehistoric monument located in County Meath, Ireland.

It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most famous ancient monuments in Ireland, dating back to the Neolithic period, around 3,200 BC.

It is known for its circular mound and passage tomb, as well as its elaborate stone carvings and astronomical alignments.

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Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and subsequently annexed it in 1981.

But, Israel’s sovereignty over the territory is not recognized.

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The Von Thünen model explains agricultural land use patterns based on distance from a central market.

Johann Heinrich von Thünen developed it, and it was first published in 1826.