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1. If North Korea actually did test a nuclear weapon, this would be how many tests within the last twenty years?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Four. Some type of explosion triggered a magnitude-5 earthquake in China and the North Koran regime says it detonated its first thermonuclear device. The U.S. has called for restarting six-party talks to deal with North Korea’s nuclear program, which it was supposed to have abandoned after reaching an accord with other international actors in 1994.[/toggle]
2. What does British Prime Minister David Cameron want from the European Union (EU) in order to avoid a Brexit?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Cameron wants the EU to allow Great Britain to not give welfare benefits to immigrants until they have worked for four years and to allow Britain to receive protections for not being part of the euro. While other EU leaders are sympathetic to Cameron’s concerns, they argue that his welfare proposal violates the EU principle of avoiding discrimination by nationality. However, Cameron says that if his demands are not met then Britain may vote to leave the EU later this year.[/toggle]
3. Why have militia groups occupied the local headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Last week militants took control of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in order to demand the pardoning of two people convicted of arson on federal land and an end to government control in the area. Militia-federal tensions are typical in the Western states, where the federal government owns sizable chunks of territory and its regulations can significantly impact residents of rural communities.[/toggle]
4. Why have tensions risen recently between Saudi Arabia and Iran?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Saudi Arabia two weeks ago executed forty-seven people convicted of terrorism and sedition and one of those executed was Nimr Baqr al-Nimr, a Shia cleric that stood accused of organizing violent protests against the Saudi monarchy in 2011-2012. In response, mobs in Tehran set the Saudi embassy on fire, leading Saudi Arabia and other Sunni powers in the Middle East to cut off diplomatic relations with Iran.[/toggle]
5. This American university is set to revoke Bill Cosby’s honorary degree.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]George Washington University. The degree was awarded in 1997. George Washington justified the revoking of the degree on the principle of concern for survivors of sexual assault. Cosby has recently been charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in Pennsylvania in 2004. Many other women have accused Cosby of similar behaviors.[/toggle]
6. This major American city saw a “sick-out” by teachers that closed sixty public schools.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Detroit. Teachers there are protesting what they call “deplorable teaching conditions.” Some believe that the sick-outs (where teachers call in sick en masse to the point that no substitutes can replace them) are the precursor to a larger district-wide strike.[/toggle]
7. Why is the Obama administration receiving criticism over the General Motors ignition switch recall?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Critics allege that the Obama administration slowed the recall on ignition switches so as not to damage General Motors, which received an $80 billion bailout in 2008-2009. Media outlets note that whereas the government was keen to target Toyota for problematic pedals after its takeover of GM, they were less robust in investigating sudden deceleration claims on GM vehicles.[/toggle]
8. Who is set to become Northern Ireland’s first female leader?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Arlene Foster. Foster will be in charge of Northern Ireland’s unity government after taking control of the Democratic Unionist Party. She has pledged to work with Irish nationalists and aims to reduce tensions between Catholics and Protestants.[/toggle]
9. What is the issue in the case of Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Whether or not California teachers should be required to pay dues to the state’s teachers union. Public employee unions argue that mandatory contributions are vital to their existence, while opponents say that mandatory contributions violate an individual’s First Amendment rights. Unions also argue that mandatory contributions avoid the “free rider” problem of an individual paying and then receiving the benefits of collective bargaining.[/toggle]
10. On what grounds does the U.S. want Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman extradited to the Unted States?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Guzman faces seven indictments in the United States on charges related to the smuggling and distribution of illegal narcotics. Guzman was recently recaptured by Mexican officials after escaping from a Mexican prison for the second time six months ago. It will probably take at least one year for Mexico to extradite Guzman to the United States.[/toggle]