World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – June 5-11, 2023

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart, Li Shangfu, met in THIS city hosting the Shangri-La Dialogue but only shook hands. China declined talks between the defense leaders citing U.S. sanctions imposed on Li over purchases of Russian military hardware.

A week after a Chinese fighter flew dangerously close to an American reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace a Chinese warship made a hazardous pass in front of a U.S. Navy destroyer conducting a routine transit of THIS body of water.

Moscow said a major attack, part of the expected counteroffensive, in THIS annexed region of Ukraine, was repelled a claim disputed by Kyiv.

Diplomats will meet in Germany this week to review global climate goals in advance of the next UN landmark summit, number 28, in THIS series set for November.

North Korea’s launch of THIS type of vehicle failed, dealing a blow to the nuclear-armed state’s efforts to strengthen its military capabilities amid ongoing tensions with the United States and its neighbors. Moscow and Beijing refused to condemn the launch which violated multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions.

Yoweri Museveni, president of THIS country, signed a controversial anti-LGBTQ bill that will allow the death penalty for some same-sex relations, placing the African country in jeopardy with international donors.

A deadly rail crash in India killed over 300 people and injured 900 more, shifting the focus from the rapid expansion and modernization under THIS Prime Minister to safety in the 170-year-old system long considered the lifeline of India.  

A half-million Poles demonstrated in Warsaw and in other cities, against the government of THIS president over measures to undermine democracy by the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party.

A production cut of one million barrels a day of oil was announced by THIS key OPEC+ member to rally global prices.

 

Hong Kong authorities detained and restricted protesters – such as a woman holding a candle – marking the 34th anniversary of bloody attack on pro-democracy demonstrators in THIS city.