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The White House said the controversial visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan was not a change in policy, governed by THIS long-standing Washington approach to the U.S.-China relationship.

  1. Global realism
  2. One nation, two systems
  3. Strategic ambiguity
  4. Don’t ask, don’t tell
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Strategic Ambiguity

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“Forty-three years ago, America made a promise to always stand with Taiwan… today our delegation came to Taiwan to make it unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to Taiwan,” House Speaker Pelosi said in remarks made during her visit to THIS capital.

  1. Kuala Lumpur
  2. Taipei
  3. Taiyuan
  4. Chengdu
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Taipei

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The United States Senate approved 95-1 the accession of THESE countries to NATO. The application of the countries was considered unlikely prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

  1. Finland and Ukraine
  2. Moldova and Montenegro
  3. Sweden and Finland
  4. Switzerland and Sweden
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Sweden and Finland

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The killing of two Palestinian militant group commanders touched off days of counterstrikes between Israelis and Palestinians resulting in over 40 dead and hundreds wounded in THIS territory.

  1. West Bank
  2. Gaza
  3. Golan
  4. Sinai
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Gaza

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The head of a UN agency is raising alarms over fighting in Ukraine at THIS facility at Zaporizhzhia.

  1. Grain shipment depot
  2. Uranium mine
  3. Hydroelectric station and dam
  4. Nuclear power plant
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Nuclear Power Plant

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The Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, welcomed THIS far-right head of government to its conference in Texas as a keynote speaker. He is a champion of white nationalism at home and has a long-standing relationship with American right-wing figures.

  1. Viktor Orban
  2. Andrzej Duda
  3. Milo Dukanovic
  4. Klaus Iohannis
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Viktor Orban

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The People’s Liberation Army extended military drills for at least one more week, beyond the expected Sunday end date. China’s belligerent exercises, said to respond to Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit, now extend into THIS body of water, separating China from the Korean Peninsula.

  1. Yellow Sea
  2. South China Sea
  3. West Korea Sea
  4. Sea of Japan
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Yellow Sea

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Colombia’s first left-wing president was sworn in last week. THIS former Marxist guerilla announced plans for reform of the economy, health care, education, drug enforcement and the oil and gas industry.

  1. Gustavo Petro
  2. Petro Poroshenko
  3. Nicolas Maduro
  4. Jair Bolsonaro
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Gustavo Petro

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The United States aims to counter Russian influence in Africa during the visit of THIS American official to South Africa, Rwanda and Congo.

  1. Kamala Harris
  2. Lloyd Austin
  3. Antony Bilnken
  4. Pete Buttigieg
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Antony Bliken

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres attacked the largest companies in THIS industry that showed first quarter profits of almost $100 billion. He said their “grotesque greed” punished “the poorest and most vulnerable people, while destroying our only home.”

  1. Nuclear Power
  2. Agricultural Commodities
  3. Fossil Fuels
  4. Arms Manufacturers
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Fossil Fuels

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Scandal-plagued British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s successor will be THIS former Conservative Party politician and Foreign Secretary.

  1. Rishi Sunak
  2. Liz Truss
  3. Amanda Greene
  4. Theresa May
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Liz Truss

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A UN report from the human rights chief charged China said the detention of Muslin minority Uyghurs in THIS province may “constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity.”

  1. Xinjiang
  2. Sichuan
  3. Kong Kong
  4. Hunan
A

Xinjiang

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Engine trouble forced NASA to cancel the launch of the first of THIS project’s rockets that are set to take people back to the moon by 2025.

  1. Apollo
  2. Artemis
  3. Archimedes
  4. Athena
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Artemis

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres blamed ciimate change for the flooding that has blanketed a third of THIS country last week. He said world leaders were “sleepwalking towards the destruction of our planet,” as more than a 1,300 people there lost their lives and a half million were forced from their homes to live in camps.

  1. Bangladesh
  2. Timor-Leste
  3. Sri Lanka
  4. Pakistan
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Pakistan

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A Chinese drone was shot down by THESE armed forces as they warned of counter attacks against Chinese forces entering its territory. China has conducted unprecedented, provocative military exercises around its territory since the visit of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

  1. South Korea
  2. Hong Kong
  3. Taiwan
  4. Hainan
A

Taiwan

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Beijing protested Washington’s announced $1.1B arms sale to Taipei saying it would “resolutely take legitimate and necessary counter-measures.” The sale was announced just days after two U.S. warships transited THIS international waterway, another irritant to China.

  1. South China Sea
  2. Taiwan Strait
  3. East China Sea
  4. Hong Kong Harbor
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Taiwan Strait

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A right-wing gunman attempted to assassinate Cristina Fernández, leftist-populist Vice President of THIS country but the gun he stuck in her face failed to fire. Fernández who was returning to her home in Buenos Aires is being pursued on corruption charges.

  1. Argentina
  2. Brazil
  3. Chile
  4. Ecuador
A

Argentina

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Russian energy supplier Gazprom announced an implausible technical glitch as reason to stop shipments via THIS pipeline driving gas prices up over a third in Western Europe. The G7 had just announced a plan to cap Russian oil export prices.

  1. Trans-Ukraine-Pipeline
  2. Nordstream 1
  3. Durzhba Piple
  4. Yamal-Europe Gas Pipeline
A

Nordstream 1

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A manhunt is underway in THIS Canadian province following a murder spree said to be carried out by two man that left ten people stabbed to death and over a dozen more sent to hospitals.

  1. Saskatchewan
  2. Manitoba
  3. Alberta
  4. British Columbia
A

Saskatchewan

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Voters in THIS South American country rejected a new left-leaning constitution replacing the 1980s version passed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

  1. Argentina
  2. Brazil
  3. Chile
  4. Ecuador
A

Chile

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The incumbent Brazilian president did better than expected in Sunday’s elections but fell short of challenger, THIS former president who led with 48 percent, two points shy of victory. The two will meet in a runoff vote later this month as worries mount the incumbent might not recognize the election as legal.

  1. Jair Bolsonaro
  2. Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva
  3. Nicolas Maduro
  4. Juan Guaido
A

Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva

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Moscow annexed four provinces in Ukraine including THIS area where Russian forces were pushed back from the strategic hub of Lyman.

  1. Lviv
  2. Donetsk
  3. Odesa
  4. Chernihiv
A

Donetsk

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British Prime Minister Liz Truss is under fire for a botched “mini-budget” and tax cut plan as her party conference – THIS party called the Tories – opens this week.

  1. Labour
  2. Christian Democrats
  3. Conservatives
  4. Liberal Democrats
A

Conservatives

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A stampede to the exits at a soccer stadium in THIS archipelagic nation was caused by police firing tear gas at fans who rushed the pitch after a home-team loss, resulted in 125 deaths and hundreds injured.

  1. Indonesia
  2. Philippines
  3. Malaysia
  4. Papua New Guinea
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Indonesia

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U.S. military forces began two weeks of exercises with THIS Pacific nation as tensions continue over China’s claims to control areas of the South China Sea.THIS country, once an American territory, hosted a major naval and air base during the Cold War.

  1. Japan
  2. Korea
  3. Philippines
  4. Singapore
A

Philippines

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The Nord Stream pipelines ruptured in likely sabotage have stopped leaking. Nord Stream provides gas from Russia to Western Europe through THIS body of water.

  1. Black Sea
  2. Sea of Okhotsk
  3. Baltic Sea
  4. Sea of Azov
A

Baltic Sea

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October 3rd is Germany Unity Day which celebrates THIS.

  1. Reunification of West and East Germany in 1990
  2. End of World War II in Europe in 1945
  3. End of the Berlin blockade in 1949
  4. Founding of West Germany 1949
A

Reunification of West and East Germany in 1990

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Somalia’s government announced the death of a co-founder of THIS militant off-shoot of Al Qaeda that has terrorized the country and other parts of East Africa in a joint international operation.

  1. Al Shabaab
  2. AQAP
  3. Hezbollah
  4. ISIS
A

Al Shabaab

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Violent protests continued in Iran as security forces crack down on demonstrations sparked by THIS incident last month.

  1. The spiraling national inflation rate resulting from energy and food shortages.
  2. The death of a young woman in police custody for a head covering violation.
  3. The government’s rejection of the “nuclear deal” that would loosen sanction.
  4. The new restrictions on travel abroad for dual Iranian nationals.
A

The death of a young women in police custody for a head covering violation.

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Tensions remain high on the Korean peninsula with a twin test fire of ballistic missiles in the North and the end of military exercises among the U.S., Japan and South Korea and visit of VP Kamala Harris to the DMZ. THIS South Korean president warned the North of a “resolute and overwhelming response” to any use of nuclear weapons.

  1. Moon Jae-in
  2. Park Gun-hye
  3. Kim Dae-jung
  4. Yoon Suk-yeol
A

Yoon Suk-yeol

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