World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – September 18-24, 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit the United States this week to meet with President Joe Biden following his speech at THIS event.
UN General Assembly session opens
A Joint Session of the U.S. Congress
The NATO Summit set for
The 2023 Defense Industries Production Convention
A torrential flash flood struck the northeast coast of Libya. The flood, caused by THIS extreme event, broke two dams, killing more than 10,000 people and leaving over 11,000 missing.
Mediterranean Storm Daniel
Hurricane Henry
6.8 Magnitude Earthquake
A hailstorm
Gustavo Petro, president of THIS country that lies between Venezuela and the Darien Gap jungle into Panama, has said it was not his job to stop the record U.S.-bound flow of migrants despite an agreement signed with Washington. He noted the flow was “the product of poorly taken measures against Latin American peoples.”
Peru
Bolivia
Colombia
Paraguay
The first prison sentence – 17 years – was handed down to a supporter of THIS former president of Brazil. About 1,500 people were detained in January for attempting to forcefully restore him after his electoral defeat.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Jair Bolsonaro
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Alejandro Giammattei
A new office opened in Kyiv by THIS organization will help adjudicate the over 100,000 reported war crimes committed since Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
UN Security Council (UNSC)
International Criminal Court (ICC)
The Hague Court on War Crimes and Genocide (HCWCG)
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
All 15 of Israel’s Supreme Court justices assembled for a case for the first time in its history. They started hearing petitions against a law passed in July that dramatically limits THIS, and resulted in nationwide protests.
Aid to Ukraine
Freedom of speech
Government protests
Powers of the judiciary
Iraq is increasing attention on repatriation of members and family members of THIS militant group held in the Al Hol camp in Syria. Baghdad has already brought over 5,000 Iraqis home to defuse the security threat posed by the group which was mostly defeated by a U.S.-led coalition in 2017.
Al Qaeda
PFLP
ISIS
Hezbollah
After the G20 summit in New Delhi, President Biden visited the Communist Party Headquarters in THIS capital to upgrade the formal relationship to the highest level. The two countries signed business deals on tech and AI.
Havana
Hanoi
Lisbon
Vientiane
Saudi Arabia will host five days of peace talks with THIS Iran-backed rebel Yemeni group. Riyadh has led a coalition fighting them in a civil war since 2014.
Yazidis
Baluchis
Rohingya
Houthis
Two merchant ships reached Ukrainian ports by following a new route along the western edges of the Black Sea, spoiling a Russian blockade. The ships were the first to arrive since Moscow backed out of a deal to facilitate THIS export to world markets.
Coal
Oil
Grain
Rubber
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