Current Events 4/21

Question 0

USA

Answer 0

The US state department gives federal agencies more time to review the keystone XL oil pipeline before determining whether to issue a permit

Question 1

Nigeria

Answer 1

The headmistress of a school in Nigeria calls on the government to do more to save teenage girls abducted by suspected Islamist militants

Question 2

Brazil

Answer 2

Residents of a poor community near rio de janeiro torch vehicles in protest at the deaths of two young men in incidents involving the police

Question 3

Ukraine

Answer 3

The Russian foreign ministry expresses outrage at a fatal shooting incident in eastern Ukraine which it blames on Ukrainian nationalists

Question 4

Iran

Answer 4

Condemns a decision by the US to seize a manhattan high-rise belonging to a charitable foundation and sell proceeds to victims of attacks by Iran-backed militants

Question 5

South Sudan

Answer 5

Rebels deny a UN report that they killed hundreds of civilians after taking control of the oil hub, bentiu, last week
400 ppl murdered

Question 6

Nigeria

Answer 6

Some 190 schoolgirls remain missing after being abducted last week, - far more than the official figure (teacher says)

Question 7

Oklahoma

Answer 7

Highest court delays the execution of two murderers who challenged state secrecy over the drugs used to kill death row inmates

Question 8

US

Answer 8

Vice President Joe Biden, on a visit to Kiev, says America stands with Ukraine’s new leaders in facing “humiliating threats”

Question 9

South Korea

Answer 9

The confirmed death toll from the ferry that capsized last week reaches 108, as divers recover more bodies from the sunken hull

Question 10

Supreme Court

Answer 10

Voters approved ban on racial preference in admissions to colleges upheld

Question 11

McDonalds

Answer 11

Profits fell for the first time in 3 months (sales in the US down)

Question 12

Russia

Answer 12

Says the USA is “running the show” in the Ukraine