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🇬🇧📜 British researchers say they’ve deciphered the oldest map of the world. The Imago Mundi is a ~2,600-year-old Babylonian clay tablet that contains a circular map depicting ancient Mesopotamia – located in modern-day Iraq – as well as other written inscriptions. According to a recent video from the British Museum, its researchers have deciphered the tablet and found several paragraphs describing the Babylonians’ beliefs in the creation of Earth, including a reference to a king who survived an epic flood (similar to Noah’s Ark).

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russia launched a major counterattack to recapture its territory from Ukraine. Russia says it recaptured 10 settlements in its Kursk border region since launching the counterattack on Tuesday. Yesterday, Ukrainian forces confirmed the counterattack and said they had shot down 44 out of 64 drones launched by Russia. As of last week, Ukraine had captured ~100 settlements and ~500 square miles of territory in Russia's Kursk region, per President Volodymyr Zelensky.

🇺🇬 Uganda has seen a recent uptick in coffee bean heists. In recent years, a cost-of-living crisis in Uganda combined with surging prices for coffee – both locally and globally – have driven thieves to snatch unharvested beans straight from trees at night, with local farmers saying such thefts have recently reached unprecedented levels. In response, farmers are increasingly investing in security measures like dogs and bee hives to scare thieves away.