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US TEST SCORES SLIGHTLY DECREASE
American reading and math scores for fourth and eighth graders have not shown much improvement, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The results were gathered from the 2019 National Assessment of Education Progress. The 2019 fourth grade mathematics scores increased by an average of one point while fourth grade reading and eighth grade mathematics and reading decreased by an average of three points.
A NEW LEADER FOR ISIS
After ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi detonated his suicide vest in a dead end tunnel during a U.S. raid on his compound in northern Syria on Oct. 26, ISIS named Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, previously unknown in the West, as the group’s new leader on Oct. 31.
RISING SEA LEVELS THREATEN COASTAL CITIES
Residents in some Asian, South American and European countries may see sea levels between two and seven feet within the next three decades, according to the journal Nature Communications. By 2100, some areas could be submerged.
SECOND ATTACK ON MALI’S ARMY IN A MONTH
In one of the deadliest assaults on the Malian Armed Forces, around 53 soldiers and one civilian were killed at a military post in northern Mali, Africa, on Nov. 1. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack. This follows the attack on army posts that killed 38 soldiers in September.
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