"What in the World?" - Week of Nov 12-18, 2017

THIS part of the United Kingdom announced that it would not remain part of the EU single market or customs union after Brexit.

The Philippines has begun upgrading its military facilities on Thitu Island, the largest bit of territory it holds in the Spratly Islands. The Spratly Islands are located in the South China Sea, nearly all of which China currently claims as its own. Which of the following nations does NOT also claim territory in the disputed South China Sea?

Saad Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon, announced his resignation while on a visit to THIS country, which Lebanese officials accuse of detaining Mr. Hariri against his will.

Officials in Delhi closed schools and delayed flights because of THIS:

Commemorative ceremonies were held world-wide to mark the 99th anniversary of the end of World War I; the Sydney Opera House was adorned with images of THIS flower:

An American woman was granted bail after being held on charges of attempting to overthrow the government for tweets allegedly criticizing Robert Mugabe. Four other people were arrested on charges of “undermining the authority of the government,” when they heckled Mr. Mugabe’s wife, Grace, while she was speaking at a political rally. Mr. Mugabe is president of THIS nation:

After an initial investigation—plagued by accusation of missteps and mishandled evidence—by federal police ruled Argentinian attorney Alberto Nisman’s death a suicide, another investigation, this time by a team comprised of international border police, ruled this week that Mr. Nisman had been murdered. Mr. Nisman had been investigating the link between Argentinian officials and a 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that left 85 people dead. Days before his death, Mr. Nisman had publicly accused THIS person of making deals to protect Iranian officials believed to have been involved in planning the 1994 attack.

Three Chinese students were injured when a driver intentionally drove into a group of pedestrians in a suburb of THIS French city:

International outrage prompted a museum in Jakarta to remove an exhibit that allowed visitors to take selfies with a life-size model of THIS infamous person:

A state-of-the art light show, projected twice nightly on THIS Parisian monument in commemoration of the end of World War I, features a storyline that includes a wounded American soldier telling a French nurse that he’s afraid of dying without having seen the structure in question.