current events- term 1, august-october Flashcards
British royal susseccion
Sept- Lizzie(now dead), her son Charles III becomes king, Prince William now 1st in line for throne.
britians revolving door of prime ministers
Oct- will have 5 prime ministers in 6 years. Liz Truss resigned.
trial of alex jones
sept-oct- Sandy hook school shooter from 2012 $1 billion verdict against him.
Biden administration and student lones
aug-oct- Providing up to $20,000 loan debt for eligable (low-middle) borrorrwers
Biden administration and marijuana convictions
oct- Granted a pardon to all people convicted simple marijuana possesion under federal law
Hurricane ian
Sept- teared up florida
mudslides and flooding in japan
sept- deadly mudslides- winds 176 km/h
Indiana’s abortion ban
sept- Abortion bans- arrested if you have one. very bad against women.
Hurricane fiona
sept- catagory 4- puerto rico
floods in pakistan
sept- killed 1717 people- taking over most of the lands.
DeSantic, Abbot, and migrants
sept-oct- migrants taken out of texas, to florida, then sent to mathas vineyard. migrants now sueing
heatwaves across the us
sept-oct- big heatwaves, peoples getting sick
Us rail strike
sept- renewed threat of rail strikes- dont want to do/build the railroads
monkeypox
sept- outbreaks of monkeypox virus, now in us
japan, iran, and russia
sept-oct- Japan sactions on russia over its invasion of ukraine, resort to Iran for supplies and equiptment.
gang violence in Haiti
oct- gangs using sexual violence and rape to instal fear– children as young as 10 and elderley women.
russia- ukraine war
aug-oct- big war. russia taking over ukraine.
South american world leader assassination attempt
sept- assassination attempt of Argintina ice president, Christina Fernandes de Kirchner
president of the US
Joe Biden
vice president of the us
Kmala Harris
secretary of the state
mark kohler
secretary of defence
Lloyd james austin III
attorney general of the us
merrick b. garland
director of the cia
William(Bill) J. Burns
director of the fbi
christopher wray
Director of homeland security
alejandro n. mayorkas
cheif justice of the us supreme court
john g. roberts, jr.
chair of the federal reserve board
jerome h. powell
speaker of the house
nancy pelos
house majority leader
Steny Hamilton
house minority leader
kevin mccarty
senate majority leader
charles schumer
senate minority leader
mitch mcconell
mayorof your city
jeffery macmillion
governer of your state
ned lamont
your representative in congress
rosa pelaruo
senior senator from your state
richard blumenthal
junior senator from your state
chris murphy
your local state representative
vincent candelora
your local state senator
christine cohen
prime minister of great briten
it was liz truss, but she resigned
president of france
emmanuel macrom
chancellor of germony
olaf schulz
leader of peoples republic of china
xi jinping
leaderof the dprk/china
kim jong-un
president of russia
vladimir putin
prime minister of isral
yair lapid
president of the palestinian authority
mahmoud abbas
the pope
francis
president of iran
ebrahim raisi
prime minister of iraq
mustafa al-kadhimi
president of afghanistan
no one- taliban
prime minister of canada
justin trudeau
president of mexico
andres manuel lopez obrador
president of brazil
jair bulsonaro
president of venezuela
nicolas maduro
prime minister of india
shir narendra mudi