Tennessee World Affairs Council What in the World? Weekly Quiz – Oct 24-30, 2022

The third British Prime Minister resignation in three years signaled a deepening political crisis in the United Kingdom. THIS Conservative Party leader misstepped on repairs to Britain’s economic troubles saying, as she offered her resignation, “I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party.”

In a move being called “Maximum Xi,” China’s President Xi Jinping was named to a third term in THIS Chinese Communist Party office, customarily limited to two five-year terms. Xi has accumulated more power than Chinese leaders since Chairman Mao Zedong.

Italy’s first woman Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, head of a far-right coalition, began forming the next Italian government, which will include the Forza Italia party led by THIS 86 year-old flamboyant former Prime Minister. He has been criticized for his pro-Putin views underscored by recently leaked audio recordings in which he called the Russian leader "number one among his five best friends."

Forbes reported THIS social media platform’s parent company in China, ByteDance, had planned to collect data on U.S. citizens, a charge the world’s fastest growing social media app has denied.

Many protestors in the women’s rebellions that have broken out across Iran have called for the removal of THIS 83 year-old spiritual leader who has overseen all aspects of the country’s rule since 1989.

A White House spokesman said troops from THIS country were “now directly engaged on the ground,” referring to support to Russians in Crimea to launch drone attacks against Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced THIS action in the four-regions illegally annexed from Ukraine and eight Russian regions near the border area, a sign of the Kremlin’s tightening grip.

The ongoing feud between THIS pro-Putin Prime Minister of Hungary and the EU took a new turn when he compared the European group to the Soviets who invaded his country in 1956.

Forces from THIS Horn of Africa nation have intensified their support of Ethiopia, its former parent country, in the effort to battle rebels in Tigray, a restive region sandwiched between the two.