World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – October 11-17, 2021

The WHO endorsed the world’s first vaccine for THIS disease that kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly in the Global South, including about 260,000 children under age 5, in a move the WHO Director called a “historic moment.”  [#WACquiz]

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development announced THIS “landmark deal” agreed to by 136 nations and jurisdictions, more than 90% of global GDP, that will “reallocate more than $125 billion of profits from around 100 of the world’s largest and most profitable MNEs to countries worldwide.”

Dr. Abdul Qadeerf (“AQ”) Khan has died. He was renowned in THIS country as the father of the nuclear bomb that made it the first Islamic nuclear weapon state. Khan was also known for his efforts to export nuclear weapon technology to North Korea and Iran. [#WACquiz]

President Tsai Ing-wen, speaking from THIS capital city on Taiwan National Day, pushed back against China’s recent provocative military activities claiming the island nation would not bow to pressure from Beijing. [#WACquiz]

The global outage of Facebook, Instagram and THIS important communications app last week caused significant interruptions in the Global South. THIS app is relied upon in many countries to deliver education, healthcare and government services. [#WACquiz]

Ongoing protests in Uttar Pradesh in THIS country were marked by violence when a car, driven by the son of a federal minister, ran over and killed four people protesting controversial farm laws. [#WACquiz]

North Korea has signaled it may end its two years of relative isolation with measures in the offing including all of THESE EXCEPT. [WACA WWNU]

An investigation released this week said more than 200,000 children, mostly boys 13-15 years old, were sexually abused by clergy in THIS country. The report said, “the Catholic Church's immediate reaction was to protect itself as an institution and it has shown complete, even cruel, indifference to those having suffered abuse.” [#WACquiz]