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In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula, taking it from Ukraine.

The Russian occupation of Crimea is an ongoing military occupation within Ukraine by the Russian Federation, which began on 20 February 2014

On March 6 the Crimean parliament voted to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation,

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On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb on the Japanese 

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the detonation of two atomic bombs on 6 and 9 August 1945 in the United States.

The Little Boy type of bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II.

The Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, at 11:01 AM.

Hiroshima deaths: around 40000

Nagasaki deaths: around 80000

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Ukraine was attacked by Russia in February 2014.

The Crimean Peninsula is a disputed Peninsula between Russia and Ukraine.

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The United Nations’ top court has ordered Uganda to pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) $325m in reparations over a brutal war between the neighbours that began in the late 1990s.

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Judges are in the International Court of Justice (ICJ): 15

The tenure of Judge of International Court of Justice is: 9 years

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UNO).

It was established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations and began work in April 1946.

The seat of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands)

First Woman Judge of International Court of justice:  Rosalyn Higgins

These organs vote simultaneously but separately.

In order to be elected, a candidate must receive an absolute majority of the votes in both bodies.

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On January 6, 2021, following the defeat of U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, a mob of his supporters attacked the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.

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 the Soviet Union withdraw from Afghanistan on 1989

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The final and complete withdrawal of Soviet combatant forces from Afghanistan began on 15 May 1988 and ended on 15 February 1989

The final column of Soviet forces consisting of BTR-80s crossed the Hairatan Bridge into the Uzbek SSR on 15 February 1989,ending the Soviet military presence in Afghanistan

under the leadership of Colonel-General Boris Gromov.

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September 11 attacks, also called 9/11 attacks.

series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against targets in the United States.

The deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history.

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The Atlantic Ocean, a mass of salt water that covers about one-fifth of the Earth's surface and separates the continents of Europe and Africa in the east from the continents of North and South America in the west.

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Myanmar's military has seized power after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and other democratically elected leaders in February 2021.

Troops are patrolling the streets and a night-time curfew is in force, with a one-year state of emergency declared.