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

Concerned by an influx of asylum-seekers entering his country illegally, Canadian public safety minister Ralph Goodale met in Ottawa this week with officials from which country, cited as the source of the uptick in illegal immigration into Canada?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP party won a decisive victory, taking an estimated 75% of the seats in the assembly of India's most populous state. His win in which Indian state sets Mr. Modi as the frontrunner for the 2019 general elections?

Citing fears that decades of a one-child policy would result in a shortage of younger workers to support an aging population, Chinese officials began allowing married couples to have two children. Reports this week indicate that the policy appears to be working, since the number of live births in China is up by two million. When did China adopt the two-child policy?

The White House announced that President Trump has invited the Palestinian president for an official visit; who currently holds that title?

Several German cities cancelled rallies organized by Turkish emigres ahead of an April referendum to eliminate the post of prime minister and give Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan considerably more power; a few days later riots erupted in the Netherlands when Dutch authorities refused to allow two Turkish ministers to address crowds of potential Turkish voters. Which of the following European nations also cancelled rallies organized for Turkish emigres?

On a voyage undertaken to raise money for children in his home country, South African surfer Chris Bertish became the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean on a (modified) stand-up paddleboard. Mr. Bertish left Morocco on December 6, 2016, and landed on which Caribbean island on March 9, 2017?

Citing famine due to conflict and drought in the Middle East and North Africa, United Nations humanitarian coordinator Stephen O'Brien told the U.N. Security Council this week that the organization is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since its founding, with an estimated 20 million people at risk of starving to death if immediate, coordinated action isn't taken. In which year was the U.N. founded?

This European leader will be in Washington next week for meetings with President Trump who will ask for advice on how to deal with Vladimir Putin according to US officials.

South Korea's election commission approved the December 9th impeachment judgement of parliament against THIS president:

Three families in Hong Kong who sheltered former U.S. National Security Agency (2013) contractor Edward Snowden after he leaked information about massive surveillance by the NSA in 2013 are shifting their request for asylum from Hong Kong to which country?