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1. The World Health Organization is concerned about the outbreak of this virus in Africa, notably in places such as Angola.
[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”]Yellow fever. 2,400 people have reportedly been infected by the virus since December, of which 300 have died. Experts say that the outbreak is the worst that Southern Africa has seen in three decades.[/toggle]
2. Who was the Afghan Taliban leader that was killed in a U.S. drone strike two weeks ago?
[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”]Mullah Akhtar Mansour. Mansour was killed in a drone strike in Balochistan, where he was reportedly traveling from Iran. The attack took place in Pakistani territory, leading to some cries of how America was violating Pakistani sovereignty, but experts think the U.S. lost patience with Pakistan’s ability to control militant activity in their territory, which has had a destabilizing impact on neighboring Afghanistan.[/toggle]
3. What were the terms of the deal Verizon struck to recently end an employee strike?
[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 deal would give workers an 11% increase in pay, Verizon agreed to reduce the number of call center closings, and Verizon has the ability to buyout employees contracts once a year without union approval. Pension cuts, which Verizon sought to impose, did not go through with the deal, though.[/toggle]
4. Jordan is aiming to hold new parliamentary elections by this month.
[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”]October. King Abdullah II recently appointed veteran politician Hani Mulki as caretaker prime minister to oversee and organize the elections. King Abdullah has said that he wants the new prime minister to be chosen via parliamentary majority rather than one picked by the monarchy, although that may prove difficult due to the nation’s various tribal and family allegiances.[/toggle]
5. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Muslims should reject this medical advance.
[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”]Birth control. Erdogan said that Muslim families should abandon family planning because it would “multiply our descendants.” He also said that Turkish women must bear the burden of not using birth control methods. This aligns with statements Erdogan has made in the past as he has said Turkish women should have at least three children and that the use of birth control is “treason.”[/toggle]
6. A soccer star in this country was abducted by a local gang over the weekend.
[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”]Mexico. Soccer player Alan Pulido was kidnapped at gunpoint in Ciudad Victoria. He was freed by police after managing to call for help when his kidnappers were distracted.[/toggle]
7. What city are Iraqi forces attempting to recapture in their fight against the Islamic State?
[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”]Fallujah. The city was the first major place that Islamic State forces seized in 2014 and Iraqi politicians have long argued that the group has used that city as a launching point for attacks. Iraqi forces are attempting to recapture the city with the help of U.S. air forces.[/toggle]
8. The former president of this nation was sentenced to life in prison for war crimes by the Extraordinary African Chambers this 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”]Chad. Former President Hissene Habre was sentenced to life in prison for rape, sexual slavery, and the killings of 40,000 people during his rule between 1982-1990. Habre said that the court that tried him, which was created by the African Union in February 2013, was illegitimate. Habre becomes the first former African head of state to be convicted in a continental trial.[/toggle]
9. Zookeepers shot and killed a gorilla at this city’s zoo last weekend after a three-year-old boy entered its enclosure.
[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”]Cincinnati. According to reports, the boy managed to climb into the gorilla enclosure and the 450-pound gorilla, named Harambe, then began dragging the boy around. Zookeepers felt that they needed to shoot and kill Harambe to save the boy, but critics say that the zoo could have used less lethal means to accomplish the task.[/toggle]
10. The Commerce Department recently updated data related to America’s gross domestic product (GDP) from the first quarter of 2016. According to this revision, how much did the U.S. economy grow during the first quarter of this year?
[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”]0.8%. The first estimate from the Commerce Department last month said that GDP rose by 0.5%. Critics say that the anemic economic performance shows that there are still structural weaknesses in the American economy, but proponents say that first quarter GDP numbers have been poor for years and that second quarter numbers are traditionally impressive.[/toggle]