World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – December 5-11, 2022
Talking about talking. President Biden suggested he would meet President Putin under certain circumstances to talk about ending the conflict in Ukraine. Moscow’s response was to demand THIS.
Rejection of Ukraine’s application to join NATO
Recognition of the Ukraine regions Russia annexed by America and the West.
Rejection of accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO
Resumption of oil and gas purchases by Western European countries
The first Biden Administration State Dinner was held to honor THIS visiting leader and to recognize America’s earliest strategic ally.
Rishi Sunak
Olaf Scholz
Giorgia Meloni
Emmanuel Macron
Iran announced construction of its second nuclear power plant as negotiations to restore provisions of THIS nuclear agreement with the P5+1 group continued to stall. The 2015 pact to put Iran’s nuclear enrichment activities in a box in exchange for economic sanctions relief was shelved by President Trump in 2018.
Iran Nuclear Control Plan
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Comprehensive Persian Gulf Nuclear Disarmament Treaty
The Geneva Agreement
China relaxed some Zero-Covid measures including easing testing requirements and quarantine rules following THIS development.
Protests spread across the country to at least 20 cities
Covid spread numbers started to bottom out
China’s Ministry of Health released a new, effective vaccine
Economic data suggested Zero-Covid policies were harming growth
Iranian officials sent mixed signals about the disbanding or limitation on power of THIS government fun
Ministry of Intelligence
Revolutionary Guard Corps
Extra judicial capital punishment committees
Morality police
In an effort to limit Russian economic benefits and punish Moscow over the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the G-7, EU and Australia agreed to THIS.
Cap oil sales as $60 a barrel
Imposition of tariffs on Russian grain exports
Ban exports of Russian military equipment
Freeze assets of Russian oligarchs
Britain’s opposition party, the Labour Party, announced a plan for “the biggest ever transfer of power” away from the central government including abolishing THIS institution.
MI-6
House of Commons
The Exchequer
House of Lords
Turkey has launched strikes against Kurdish militia forces in THIS country complicating the United States partnership with those forces in the battle against ISIS.
Iraq
Iran
Syria
Lebanon
The African National Congress party’s Executive Committee is meeting to discuss its response to charges of corruption against President and party leader Cyril Ramaphosa in THIS country.
Mozambique
South Africa
Rwanda
Ghana
The United States team at the World Cup in Qatar was eliminated from the tournament in the round of 16 by THIS team.
Japan
England
Netherlands
Argentina
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