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Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in Namibia's capital to disperse demonstrators in a third straight day of protests to call for action to stop violence against women. With one of the world's highest rates of reported rapes, Namibia also has over 200 documented cases of domestic violence each month. WHICH of the following cities is Namibia's capital?

Asmara

Gaborone

Windhoek

Accra

In the span of 48 hours last week over 1,000 African migrants landed on the Canary Islands, 60 miles west of the continent's Atlantic coast. The influx of migrants was the highest number reported since 2006, when the number of people who arrived in the Canaries from Africa reached 30,000 for the entire year. The Canaries belong to WHICH European country?

France

Portugal

Great Britain

Spain

North Korea held its first military parade since Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump met in 2018. According to experts on North Korea, the pre-dawn parade was held to showcase THIS:

North Korea's annual celebration of Kim Jong-un's birthday

New weaponry; this most recent parade featured a "monster" intercontinental ballistic missiles

The graduation of new military cadets

The nation's purported COVID-free status

Owners say that the Dukling, Hong Kong's last original boat from the British colonial era, is struggling to stay afloat financially. Normally a tourist attraction that gives rides around Hong Kong's world-famous harbor, the Dukling has fallen on hard times since the beginning of the pandemic. Although other boats like the Dukling exist, they are all replicas. The Dukling and her sister ships are commonly referred to by THIS term:

Junks

Catamarans

Sampans

Wherries

[USIP Question of the Week] “As people in Belarus continue massive protests against an autocratic ruler and a rigged election, risks are rising that Russia’s military could take a direct role, less visible than an overt invasion, projecting power westward toward NATO and threatening Ukraine from the north.” WHAT is the one “critical” difference between the prodemocracy protests in Belarus from those in Ukraine?

Protestors in Minsk do not seek a sharp break with Russia.

Protestors in Kiev did not seek a sharp break with Russia.

Protestors in Minsk seek closer ties with NATO and the West.

Protestors in Kiev did not seek closer ties with NATO and the West.

The government of THIS European capital invoked constitutional authority to oppose a court ruling that overturned lockdown orders last week. In spite of city leaders' protests, the capital is now under a state of emergency and must comply with a government-mandated 15-day lockdown to try and stop the spread of COVID-19 with an infection rate of more than 500 per each 100,000 residents:

Paris

Berlin

Madrid

London

Conservationists in Costa Rica devised a way to thwart poachers who steal and sell sea turtle eggs by doing THIS:

They developed artificial eggs, called "InvestEGGators," and outfitted with satellite transmitters to help track the eggs to the final consumers

They booby-trapped sea turtle nests with the same paint bombs used to thwart bank robbers

They offered an egg buy-back program, paying each end consumer double for turning in any eggs purchased

They enlisted the help of the Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny to raise awareness of how purchasing eggs further endangers the sea turtle population

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to THIS UN agency:

The World Health Organization

The World Food Programme

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

After a five-year trial, a court in Greece determined this week that the Golden Dawn Party was a criminal organization, convicting 68 party members of crimes, including murder. Golden Dawn is a part that espouses THIS political ideology:

Extreme Greek nationalism

Core tenets of violence, including the destruction of Turkey

Anarchy

Neo-Nazism

The cabinet in Israel approved the normalization deal with the United Arab Emirates and Prime Minister Netanyahu has plans to meet the UAE’s leader. WHO is the leader of the United Arab Emirates?

Sharjah Emir Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi

Ajman Crown Prince Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi

Crown Prince of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan

What in the World? Weekly Quiz | October 12-18, 2020

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