"What in the World?" - Week of April 9-15, 2017

Dozens of Syrian civilians were killed in the village of Khan Sheikhoun, vicitims of a bombing that used THIS banned nerve agent:

With the first round of voting in the French presidential election set for Sunday, April 23, banks are beginning to estimate the political impact of the Elysée Palace's new occupant. According to most estimates, a win by THIS candidate would result in sharp losses in European stocks —up to 35 percent according to UBS; according to JP Morgan, the euro could fall to $0.98:

Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the U.S. This week did not include THIS activity, viewed by his country's Communist Party as a capitalist symbol of corruption, and forbidden to its members:

The leader of THIS country ordered troops to occupy some of the Spratly Islands, located in the disputed South China Sea:

April 6 marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the United States' involvement in THIS armed conflict:

A truck plowed into a department store, killing four and injuring 15 in the main shopping district of THIS Scandinavian city:

Six years after it called a cease-fire, the Basque separatist group ETA surrendered WHAT to police in Bayonne, France, this week?

Beginning in July 2017, THIS Latin American nation will be the world's first to sell marijuana for recreational purposes:

Tens of thousands of protestors have taken to the streets across South Africa this week, demanding the resignation of the nation's president. Who currently holds that title?

Citing the risk of injury by slipping or falling, as well as potential damage to feet, legs, and backs, the government of THIS Canadian province passed a law banning requirements that women wear high heels at work: