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1. When will Spain hold its next general election?
[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”]June 26. Elections last December did not produce a majority government as the People’s Party, Podemos, and Socialists split the vote. Observers are skeptical that new elections will produce a different result, but Spain has to try to get a stable government to deal with the nation’s economic problems.[/toggle]
2. What was Mexico’s proposed “3-out-of-3” law?
[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 law would have required that Mexican political officials publish declarations of assets, taxes, and possible conflicts of interest. It was intended as an anti-corruption measure, but the Mexican Senate blocked the legislation last week.[/toggle]
3. Why did Brazil order a shutdown of WhatsApp 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”]Brazilian officials claimed that the messaging service withheld information from police that were conducting a drug-trafficking investigation. An appeals court overturned the government’s shutdown, but the incident showcases how messaging services and government authorities are experiencing greater conflict.[/toggle]
4. Who is the new mayor of London?
[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”]Sadiq Khan. Khan is part of the British Labour Party and he is the first Muslim mayor of the city. Khan defeated Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith by nearly 400,000 votes in last week’s election.[/toggle]
5. Uber and Lyft recently ceased their operations in this U.S. city after unfavorable legislation was passed against them.
[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”]Austin, Texas. The city was looking to regulate both ride-hailing apps as taxis, requiring drivers to be fingerprinted as part of a background check. Austin’s voters backed the city ordinance instead of a looser statewide, prompting both companies to put a halt to their business in the city.[/toggle]
6. Who is supposed to be the chairman of the Republican National Convention?
[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”]Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump has said that he may move to oust Ryan from that post if Ryan does not endorse his candidacy. Ryan said that he still has reservations about Trump’s policies and rhetoric and has not yet decided to endorse him.[/toggle]
7. What area of the world has had to endure a massive wildfire 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”]Alberta, Canada. The province has endured a wildfire that has forced 25,000 people to leave their homes. An estimated 397,831 acres have burned in the blaze. Officials are still uncertain as to what caused the fire.[/toggle]
8. Who is poised to become the Philippines next president?
[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”]Rodrigo Duterte, the mayor of Davao city. Duterte is an outsider, having little experience in foreign policy. He was elected on pledges to kill criminals and wipe out crime and corruption in six months. With 60% of the vote counted, it appears that Duterte will win the election with at least 39% of the vote.[/toggle]
9. Roughly how many troops does the U.S. military have based in South Korea?
[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”]30,000. The troops work with South Korean forces on defense measures against the North as the two sides have never settled their civil war that lasted from 1950-1953.[/toggle]
10. These two former Republican presidential candidates said that they would not vote for Donald Trump in the general election 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”]Lindsey Graham and Jeb Bush. Both candidates said that they could not support Trump as the Republican Party’s presidential nominee despite having promised earlier in the year to support the winner of the Republican primary.[/toggle]