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1. Which individual was elected as Myanmar’s president last week?
[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”]Htin Kyaw. Kyaw is from the National League for Democracy (NLD) party and he won in a 274-29 vote. NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi could not run for office because her children have citizenship in a foreign nation, but she likely intends for Kyaw to be a figurehead for her decisions.[/toggle]
2. This nation’s prime minister came to Washington, D.C. for a state dinner last week.
[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”]Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was invited to the dinner by President Barack Obama as a sign of warming ties between the two nations after Trudeau’s big victory in Canadian elections last fall.[/toggle]
3. This individual, who was contemplating a third party run for president, announced that they would not seek the office last week.
[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”]Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg said that he would not run because he feared that his candidacy would help Donald Trump win the presidency.[/toggle]
4. The U.S. carried out drone strikes that killed more than 150 militants in this country last week.
[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”]Somalia. The U.S. said that the Islamic militants there, who were killed at a training camp, were planning to attack U.S. forces in Africa. The U.S. also said the attackers were going to attack African Union troops.[/toggle]
5. What is the “right to be forgotten”?
[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”]This concept comes from the European Union (EU) to order search engines such as Google to remove links from results that come when a specific person’s name is searched. People can request that Google remove such links, which critics say makes the Internet less global.[/toggle]
6. According to the Economist’s “Environment for Working Women” index, which nation scored the best?
[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”]Iceland. The index takes into account weeks of paid leave for mothers, as well as how many women are represented in boardrooms and parliaments. The United States ranks nineteenth on the index.[/toggle]
7. Which country has the largest GDP in Africa?
[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”]Nigeria. It replaced South Africa as the continent’s largest economy two years ago after it recalculated its GDP figures. Both nations are seeking to repair relations with each other which have been strained over immigration and trade barriers.[/toggle]
8. Which former Brazilian president was indicted last week?
[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”]Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. He stands accused of money laundering as part of the corruption probe into the state oil company Petrobras. da Silva says that the charges are politically motivated.[/toggle]
9. What condition has the Taliban given the Afghan government for there to be direct peace negotiations?
[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”]The departure of foreign troops from the country. The United States still has troops in Afghanistan in order to train the Afghan government and bolster its effectiveness versus Islamic militants.[/toggle]
10. Why did Iran recently sentence Babak Zanjani, a wealthy businessman, to death?
[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”]Corruption charges. Zanjani was accused of embezzling oil revenues during the time when Iran was facing international sanctions.[/toggle]