"What in the World?" - Week of Aug 13-19, 2017

Beginning in May 2018, five weekly non-stop flights will connect Nashville International Airport with London's Heathrow Airport. Which airline will offer the flights?

South African President Jacob Zuma survived his seventh no-confidence vote by the nation's parliament, despite the defection of some members of his own party, the African National Congress (ANC). What characteristic of this latest no-confidence vote made it different from the six that preceded it?

Following the deaths of two teenage girls, Nepal's Supreme Court has outlawed the practice of chaupadi, stating that those convicted of it will face prison time or fines. What is chaupadi?

U.S. president Donald Trump warned North Korea against new provocations, threatening "fire and fury like the world has never seen." In response, Pyongyang announced a detailed plan to launch missiles aimed at waters off the coast of which U.S. territory?

Despite accusations of improprieties and incorrect results, Uhuru Kenyatta, the incumbent president of THIS African nation, has been declared the winner in his bid for re-election.

The contamination of THIS agricultural product with fipronil grew this week as samples taken from 15 European nations and Hong Kong tested positive for the insecticide, which can damage humans' kidneys, liver, and thyroid if consumed in large quantities.

One day after US diplomats reported suffering from strong headaches and hearing loss possibly caused by a covert sonic device, a Canadian diplomat also stationed in THIS country has reported the same symptoms.

Forty people were killed and scores more injured when one passenger train crashed into the back of another one outside THIS Egyptian city.

In the face of continued dry conditions and excessive heat that threaten to prolong the worst fire season on record, officials from THIS nation asked the EU for help battling wildfires that continue to flare up.

In the process of excavating a hut used by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott in Antarctica, conservators with the Antarctic Heritage Trust found a tin filled with THIS food. After opening the tin, the conservators said that the item in question still "smelled edible."