Tennessee World Affairs Council What in the World? Weekly Quiz – Sep 25-Oct 1, 2023

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at the House of Commons that “agents of the government” of THIS country carried out an assassination of a Canadian citizen in British Columbia in June.

Five Americans illegally detained by Iran for years were freed after the U.S. Agreed to THIS term.

 

President Biden will host leaders from 20 nations from THIS region in an effort to woo them away from China’s advances diplomatically, economically, militarily and politically.

Balkan tensions are rising as 30 Serb gunmen killed a police officer in THIS
country that broke away from Serbia in 2008 but remains unrecognized by Belgrade.

Thousands of Armenian refugees are fleeing THIS conflicted region following Azerbaijan’s attack and capture of the territory, home to over 120,000 ethnic Armenians. Yerevan warned that those who remained faced ethnic cleansing by Azerbaijanis who said they would be re-integrated as “equal citizens.”

President Biden hosted THIS world leader who had spoken at the opening of the UN General Assembly earlier in the week, to discuss military aid and stamping out corruption and to pledge continuing support. He also made a stop to thank Canadians for their support.

 

China and THIS war-torn Middle East nation will upgrade their ties to a strategic partnership as President Bashar al Assad paid a visit to China.

The lower house of parliament in THIS EU nation introduced use of Catalan, Basque and Galician languages for official business in exchange for political compromise on a new speaker. The move is seen as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’ effort to cultivate regional parties.