The Week Junior UK - 13 August 2022

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This week’s big news
Taiwan in numbers
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23 million – the number
of people who live
in Taiwan.
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of the world’s
most advanced microchips
(essential parts of computers)
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which Lin Hsiu
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is now a symbol of Taiwan and
popular around the world.
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won by Taiwan at the
summer and winter Olympics.
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leader Tsai Ing-wen (fourth They compete under the name
and fifth from left). “Chinese Taipei”.
US visit to Taiwan angers China
China’s military held large-scale exercises before. More than 100 Chinese planes and 10 Pelosi’s visit was, and more than 700,000 people
(practices) close to Taiwan, an island in east Asia, warships have taken part in the exercises, which are tracked her flight online as it approached Taipei.
after an important US politician called Nancy Pelosi meant to show how unhappy China is at the US visit. However, not everyone was glad she’d come. There
paid an official visit to the island on 2 August. No one has been hurt. The Chinese government were protests from pro-China groups and from those
also announced that it would place sanctions worried that her visit could increase the chance of
Why is China angry?
(financial and political actions taken against war. Many others welcomed her support,
Nancy Pelosi is the Speaker of the House of
a country or individual) on Pelosi and holding signs with messages such as
Representatives, the highest position in the US
her family, and that it would stop “Thank you, friend of democracy”.
Congress (where US laws are made – like Parliament
working with the US on big issues
in the UK). Her visit to Taiwan on 2 August has
How have people
such as the climate crisis.
angered the Chinese government. This is because
reacted?
Taiwan was once part of China but today has its
What happened
China In the US and Europe many
own president, government and constitution (a set
during the visit?
people have praised Pelosi
of rules on which a country bases its laws). China Taiwan
When Pelosi’s plane arrived for standing up to China.
wants to reclaim control over Taiwan – and so China
in Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, she Liz Truss, the UK’s Foreign
sees Pelosi’s visit as the US showing its support for
became the highest-ranking Secretary, said Pelosi’s visit
Taiwan as an independent and democratic nation.
Australia
US politician to visit Taiwan since was “perfectly reasonable”.
In May, US president Joe Biden promised to defend
another Speaker, Newt Gingrich, Others, including President
Taiwan if China tried to take back control of the
in 1997. Pelosi said the purpose of Biden, have questioned the timing
island by force. China believes the US is interfering
her trip was to show that “America stands of the visit because there are fears that
in its business.
with Taiwan, our democratic partner, as it defends it may lead to China trying to take control of
How has China reacted?
itself and its freedom.” She gave a speech to Taiwan’s Taiwan. On 10 August, China announced an end to
China’s reaction was immediate: soon after Pelosi’s parliament, met the island’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, its military drills around Taiwan, raising hopes that
arrival, it announced it would hold air and sea military and visited a human rights museum. tensions between the Chinese, Taiwanese and US
exercises. These took place closer to Taiwan than ever People in Taiwan recognised how important governments would calm down.
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This week’s big news
Workers strike over
Coral cover
Komodo ticket prices has increased.
Indonesian tourism workers have gone on strike
(refuse to work as a protest) over a large increase in
the prices visitors must pay to see Komodo dragons in
the Komodo National Park. People will now have to
pay 3.8 million rupiah (£206). The previous price was
200,000 rupiah (£11).
The government put the price up to protect
Indonesia’s 3,300 Komodo dragons – which are
endangered – from too much human contact. W !
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Reef shows signs of recovery
However, local workers fear that the expected
fall in tourist numbers will put their jobs in danger,
so hundreds of workers have gone on strike. Tour
operator Servianus Setiawan said of the price rise, Ar eport released in early August by the Australian mass bleaching.” Coral bleaching is when the sea
“We support Komodo conservation but please come Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) has revealed water is too warm and coral has to expel the algae
up with a sensible number.” Indonesia’s tourism that two thirds of the Great Barrier Reef is (tiny plants) living inside it, causing the coral
minister, Sandiaga Uno, has called for strikers to showing the largest amount of coral to turn white. This puts coral under
discuss the problems with government officials. cover in 36 years. This has led stress and makes it more vulnerable
experts to believe that coral to disease. In March, the Great
Komodo
reefs can recover from damage. Barrier Reef had its fourth mass
dragons.
However, parts of the reef are bleaching event in six years.
struggling because of a species Coral reefs support a
called the crown-of-thorns huge range of sea creatures.
starfish, which eats coral. They are also a source of food
Mike Emslie from AIMS told and medicines. UNESCO (an
Reuters that the improvement organisation that celebrates
of the northern and central parts of education, culture and science)
the reef shows how resilient the coral A crown-of- listed the Great Barrier Reef as a World
thorns starfish.
is, because it has been able to “recover from Heritage Area because of its scientific
disturbances”. He added, “The worrying thing is, importance. The organisation says that more needs
these disturbance events are increasing, particularly to be done to protect the reef.
IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR…
A MURAL TRIBUTE FOR A TEENAGER
A mural of a teenager from Essex, England,
WINNING AT THE TRANSPLANT GAMES
has appeared in the city of Puebla, Mexico.
In 2019, after collapsing while playing Noah, aged 13, has a number of health
football, Kayleigh was told that she would conditions. During the pandemic he painted
need a heart transplant. Three years on, backgrounds for street artists around the
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UK news
A multicultural city
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especially ones in south Asia and
the Caribbean. These people
helped to shape the city’s culture.
Birmingham has been a centre for
reggae music, which originated
in Jamaica, and bhangra music,
Andrea Spendolini- Aled Siôn which came from the Punjab
Sirieix, England. Davies, Wales. region in India and Pakistan.
Commonwealth Games success
The end of the 2022 Commonwealth Games John Crabtree, head of the Games’ won a best-ever seven golds, including two by
in Birmingham, England, was celebrated organising committee, thanked brother-and-sister boxers Aidan and Michaela Walsh.
with a closing ceremony on 9 August. the 14,000 volunteers who had Scotland’s Eilish McColgan set a new record to win
helped to run the Games. the 10,000 metres final – which her mum had won
What did the ceremony involve?
He also praised the way twice. Guernsey got its first ever athletics medal when
A crowd of 30,000 at the Alexander in which disability sports Alastair Chalmers won bronze in the hurdles. Half of
Stadium watched a spectacular were held as part of the Wales’s 28 medals were won by para-athletes,
show, which featured lots of famous main programme. After a including discus thrower Aled Siôn Davies.
musicians from Birmingham and the handover to the Australian
What effect will the Games have?
surrounding area. The acts included state of Victoria, where the
UB40, Jorja Smith, Panjabi MC, Beverley Alastair Chalmers, 2026 Games will be held, Prince A record 1.3 million tickets were sold across the 24
Knight and Ozzy Osbourne. A huge chimney Guernsey. Edward officially closed the event. sports. Organisers estimate that more than 500,000
rose up from the centre of the stage as a of the tickets went to people from the local area.
How did the UK teams get on?
reminder of Birmingham’s industrial past. Also Birmingham is now aiming for a “Golden Decade” of
appearing on stage were some of the area’s talented England won 176 medals, their highest ever, but major sporting events and is bidding to host the 2026
young people, who highlighted the city’s future. Australia topped the medal table. Northern Ireland European Athletics Championships.
WORD WEEK THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
OF
THE
18 August 1964
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South Africa banned from Olympics
Coral reefs are often On 18 August 1964, South Africa was told it could
curved in shape, a bit not take part in the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
like a human rib. The The International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned
word “reef”, comes the country because of its policy of apartheid, which
from the Vikings’ treated people of colour very unfairly. The IOC said it
language, Old would only let South Africa take part in the Olympics
Norse, in if it allowed people of colour and white people to
An anti-apartheid
which rif compete together in sport. Apartheid ended in 1991
protester.
meant “rib”. and the ban was lifted in 1992.
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UK news
Bristol street art of
Roy Hackett.
Pocket money is
being reduced.
Cuts made to pocket money
The cost of living crisis in the UK is having an impact
on young people’s pocket money. Inflation, which
causes the price of basic items such as food and fuel
to increase, is currently the highest it has been in 40
years. According to a survey, this has caused almost
a third of parents to cut down their children’s pocket
money in the last year. However, many said they were
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Tributes have been paid to Roy Hackett who died The boycott drew attention to the issue of racism
Scottish island up for sale
on 3 August at the age of 93. Hackett was one across the UK. It was supported by Labour Party
of the leading organisers of the 1963 Bristol Bus leader and future Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
The small island of Pladda, in Scotland, has been
Boycott, and he is well known for his work to improve Many believe that it paved the way for Parliament to
put up for sale for £350,000. The island, which
the rights of black and Asian people in the UK. Asher pass the Race Relations Act 1965, which made racial
covers one tenth of a square kilometre, includes a
Craig, deputy mayor of Bristol, said Hackett was a discrimination unlawful in public places and was the
five-bedroom house, a helicopter pad and an old
“humble, principled, freedom fighter” and “his first UK law that tackled racism. Until then,
lighthouse. It will cost about the same price as a
legacy will live on.” “colour bars” meant that adverts for jobs
three-bedroom property in the city of Glasgow –
A boycott is when people stop and housing could say they were not
45 miles away by helicopter. Pladda, which is close
using a service in protest over open to people of colour.
to the much bigger Isle of Arran, has been home to
something it has done. The Bristol Roy Hackett was born in
more than 100 recorded species of birds.
Bus Boycott was organised by Kingston, Jamaica, in 1928 and
Hackett along with Owen Henry, came to the UK in 1952. He said
Audley Evans, Prince Brown he faced racism when looking
and Paul Stephenson. It was a for jobs and places to live. He
protest against the Bristol Omnibus spent much of his life campaigning
Company’s “colour bar”, which for better rights for black people in
meant they refused to let any black or the UK. Hackett also helped to set up
Roy Hackett
Asian people work on their buses, except in Bristol’s St Paul’s Carnival in 1968, one of the
Alyssa and a crisp- badly paid cleaning jobs. The boycott lasted for four UK’s largest Caribbean festivals, which takes place in
packet blanket. months. It meant the bus company made less money July. “I was born an activist,” he once said. LaToyah
Crisp packets saving lives and was forced it to lift its ban. Within a few weeks, McAllister-Jones, director of the St Paul’s Carnival,
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Around the world
France The Netherlands
A dried-up
Rescuers try to help stranded whale Water shortage
harbour.
A beluga whale that became stranded after it swam into Following a heatwave and very little
the River Seine has died. Rescuers had been trying to save rainfall, the Dutch government
the four metre-long whale and help it get back to the declared a water shortage on 3
sea. Beluga whales usually live in the cold waters of the August. Many Dutch rivers have begun
Arctic, and it is thought the whale had swum into the river to fill up with silt (a soft, sandy mud)
because it was ill and got confused. so water can’t flow easily. Water
shortages in Europe also means that
Beluga whales are not much water is coming from rivers.
social animals.
The government has set up a national
team to manage supplies and has
asked the public to save water.
California, US
Giant trees survive wildfire
Giant sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park, California,
have not been damaged by a wildfire in late July. The
largest grove of trees is home to more than 500 mature
giant sequoias. Many are more than 2,000 years old. To
protect them, teams are working to clear away natural fuel
for wildfires, such as dead branches and leaves.
Branches are
cleared away.
Atacama desert, Chile
Sinkhole appears and grows
A large sinkhole (a hole formed when the ground
collapses) has formed in the Atacama desert in Chile. On
30 July, it was 25 metres across and was thought to be up
to 200 metres deep. On 7 August, the sinkhole had grown
to 50 metres across. Scientists are trying to find out why Massif du Nord, Haiti
the sinkhole – which is close to a mine – has appeared. Magnolia rediscovered
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Around the world
Gaza Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan
Ceasefire declared Nomad fashion festival takes place
Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad Visitors from around 20 countries came to the 2022 World
(PIJ) agreed to a ceasefire (when Nomads Fashion Festival in the Tien Shan mountains in
fighting stops in war) on 7 August Kyrgyzstan. It showed clothes inspired by the country’s
after three days of fighting. There is nomadic communities (people who move from place to
a long history of conflict in the region. place without a permanent home). There were also yurts
The latest fighting started when Israel (big tents) and colourful carpets used by nomads on show.
attacked Gaza on 5 August, which they
The colourful
said was a response to a threat from
costumes.
the area. PIJ then launched their own
attack. The fighting has killed at least A boy after an
attack in Gaza.
44 people in Gaza.
Yemen
Both sides agree to extend truce
The two sides in Yemen’s civil war (a war between people
of the same country) have extended their truce (an
agreement to stop fighting) for another two months.
Many people had feared that fighting would return when
the existing four-month agreement ended. The war began
in 2015 and it has led to severe food shortages.
Volunteers
sort food aid.
Wellington, New Zealand
Museum remembers the
pandemic
New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa
Tongarewa, is collecting objects to show
how the Covid-19 pandemic affected
Cotonou, Benin
people in the country. Items include
The statue of
Warrior queen statue
face masks with messages, textile
Queen Hangbe.
A 30-metre tall statue of Queen sculptures of the virus, posters
Hangbe has been unveiled as part of and a bag showing prime
Benin’s independence celebrations. minister Jacinda Ardern as
Queen Hangbe was a warrior (a brave superhero Wonder Woman.
and experienced fighter) who became Exhibition organiser Claire
the leader of the armies of Dahomey Regnault told The Guardian
in 1708. Dahomey was a kingdom newspaper, “It was a historic
that is now part of modern Benin. The event”, adding “We try to get
queen set up an all-female army, the multiple voices and objects
Dahomey Amazon warriors, and the that have multiple
Jacinda Ardern as
bronze statue is a tribute to them. points of view.”
Wonder Woman.
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The big debate
Is exploring space worth the money?
Some say that the money would
be better spent closer to home. The James Webb Telescope
is very expensive.
What you need to know
Space exploration is expensive – the
James Webb telescope is expected to
cost around $10 billion.
Costs for the International Space Station,
including assembly and running costs,
come to around £84 billion over 10 years.
US space agency NASA is expected to
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Yes – exploring space brings many benefits No – it wastes much-needed resources
When the first images from the James Webb
Space Telescope (JWST) were released in July It might sound expensive when talked about in The cost of space exploration can only be described
2022, people around the world saw spectacular views billions but space only represents a tiny fraction of as astronomical. The budget of NASA may have gone
of the early universe. However, those views come government spending – in the case of US space down since the 1960s, when humans landed on the
with a hefty price tag – it cost around $10 billion to agency NASA, about 0.4%. That seems like a bargain Moon, but it’s still not exactly small – $24 billion for
get the JWST to its position nearly a million miles when you think about all the benefits space 2022. At a time of economic crisis, how many people
from Earth. The question of whether we should be exploration has brought. As well as helping us to could that money help? Going into space hasn’t
spending so much money on exploring space is one learn more about the universe, there are other actually added that much to our understanding.
that was being asked even as Neil Armstrong became benefits, such as bringing different countries Claims about space advancing new technologies
the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969. With together. Space programmes actually help create jobs seem to lack evidence – surely laptops would have
billionaires such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and drive the invention of new technologies. Above been invented anyway. The best response to climate
becoming astronauts and NASA planning expensive all, space inspires unique feelings of awe and satisfies change is investing as much as possible in protecting
missions to the Moon and Mars, space exploration is human curiosity. Climate change underlines the fact Earth. Plus, with 95% of the world’s oceans yet to be
getting more and more popular. So what do you think that instead of relying on Earth, humans need to look explored, there’s more than enough to satisfy human
– is space a waste of money or is it worth it? for alternatives. We should keep investigating space. curiosity closer to home.
Scan the QR code Three reasons space Three reasons space exploration
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LAST WEEK’S POLL fraction of government spending, and billions on space when so many people
much less than other things like the don’t have enough to live on.
Last week, we asked if
army and defence.
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cars should be banned
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in cities. The vote
48% 52% inventions – in the long run the high the invention of new technologies,
was a close one, with
YES NO costs of exploring space pays for itself. would have happened anyway.
slightly more of you
in favour of some 3 Finding alternative planets and ways to 3 Humanity should be putting resources
driving being allowed get there is priceless because humans into protecting and exploring Earth,
in big cities. cannot depend on Earth forever. rather than trying to abandon it.
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Rico Hinson-King’s words are inspiring readers.
When Rico had to write a story for people to be strong and tough, “not
homework club at Manchester just physically but also mentally”. His
City Academy, he found that he kept time playing for top Premier League
coming back to one phrase: “strong teams has shown him “how to bounce
and tough”. Now, aged 11, football- back from defeats and stay focused
mad Rico Hinson-King talks to The when you’re ahead”, which are useful
Week Junior ahead of the publication lessons both on and off the pitch.
of his first book – Rico’s story is
Strong and Tough. brought to life by
Rico says that the illustrator Nick Sharratt,
main character, Charlie, who is famous for his
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football, says Rico, is that it can teach Strong and Tough is out now.
A very old student
THEY SAID IT!
Ninety-eight-year-old Giuseppe Paternò has
become the oldest person to graduate (finish) “Every child
university – and he passed with top marks. Paternò
deserves the
wrote all of his essays and assignments using a
chance to
typewriter instead of a computer. This summer, he
was finally awarded a Master’s degree in history reach her full
and philosophy. Paternò has always loved potential
studying, but growing up in a poor family on the
and pursue
Italian island of Sicily, he couldn’t afford to go to
her wildest
university when he was young. Paternò isn’t
finished yet – the Italian super student has already dreams.”
Tess cheers
set himself a new challenge, to write a novel.
for England. Education activist Malala
Yousafzai, 25, gave an
England’s super fan
inspiring speech at the
Commonwealth Games
Ay oung football fan, Tess, became famous after a in Birmingham, England.
video of her celebrating England’s win against
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Animals and the environment
Water voles return
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Hertfordshire, England, and staff hope
that by 2030 water voles will have
returned to all the county’s rivers.
Water voles protect the environment;
their burrows keep riverbanks and
wetlands in good condition.
Water voles
These ancient forests
protect wetlands.
are rare and special.
Saving Scotland’s rainforests
Most people think rainforests only exist in hot, is in an isolated area far from towns. Otters, sea insects and plants. A healthy rainforest in Scotland
tropical areas such as South America or Africa. eagles and wildflowers thrive there. NatureScot, an provides a home for many plant species including
However, there is also a type of rainforest in the west organisation that aims to improve Scotland’s natural lichen, liverworts and mosses (which in turn give a
of Scotland. It’s not tropical; it is “temperate” environment, has handed over the running home to other, even smaller, plants and creatures),
rainforest, which is very rare. There are of Glencripesdale to the RSPB. The and to all sorts of insects and birds. To help restore
temperate rainforests in North America charity is planning to work with the rainforests, the RSPB will take out species that
too – they grow in places where the local people and landowners to are not native to the area (such as rhododendrons,
weather is cooler than tropical conserve this rare type of forest which originally came from Japan) and that are
regions and it rains all year round. as much as possible. endangering other species. This should encourage
The Royal Society for the Even though Scotland’s local trees and shrubs to grow back.
Protection of Birds (RSPB), a charity, rainforests are not nearly as Chris Donald from NatureScot said, “Scotland’s
has recently bought a Highland famous as the tropical ones, ancient woodlands are small, fragmented and failing
nature reserve, intending to protect they are still important for to thrive.” The plan is to work with lots of groups and
the area and bring back the rainforests Rhododendrons are the environment because they charities to “reverse the biodiversity crisis and protect
unwelcome visitors.
of Scotland. Glencripesdale Nature Reserve support lots of species of animals, 30% of Scotland’s nature by 2030.”
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