Global News Flashcards
Which 3 countries signed an accord at the Whitehouse?
Israel, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain
Which country had over 1000 police officers private information been leaked?
Belarus
Who is the current president of Belarus?
Alexander Lukashenko
A statue of Melania Trump has been unveiled near her home town in what country?
Slovenia
Name of the accused child sex abuser to be extradited to Australia
Malka Leifer (lifer)
Which US Supreme Court Justice passed away last Friday?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
How old was Ruth Bader Ginsburg when she passed away?
87 years old
Who was the Russian politician allegedly poisoned?
Alexei Navalny (Na-Val-Ly)
How was Alexei Navalny allegedly poisoned?
Novichok laced in his water bottle
What’s happened this week with the NYC Police?
An officer has been accused of spying for Chinese Authorities (Baimadajie Angwang)
Twitter has launched internal investigations over what issue?
Racially biased image-cropping function
US judge blocks Executive Ban on what app?
Which company is currently in negotiations to buy Tiktok
Oracle
Which 2 organisations have the Aust. Govt. made a vaccine deal with?
Astrazeneca and Oxford University
Julian Assange was offered a pardon in exchange for what?
The source of the Democratic National Convention hack
What was found under a house in Romania this week?
1st Edition Books by Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton
What deal did the European Space Agency make this week?
Deal with NASA make a spacecraft capable of deflecting Asteroids
Boycott movement to strip China of hosting rights to the ______?
2022 Winter Olympic Games
Thai protesters have spent the last 2 months doing what?
Challenge the Thai Monarchy
US Underscretary of State Keith Krach was sent on a visit what country?
Taiwan
Who was elected to be the next Prime Minister of Japan?
Yoshihide Suga (formerly Chief Cabinet Secretary) (Yoshi-hi’day)
The Venezuelian President Maduro has been accused of what?
Crimes against humanity
Background: Who is the NZ opposition leader?
Judith Collins
Background: Who is the President of Brazil?
President Bolsonaro (recieving surgery bladder stone)
What happened with the US Treasury this week?
Buzzfeed obtained leaks to the FinCEN Files
Is “FinCEN” is short for what organisation?
US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FinCEN Files are comprised of 2,100 what?
Suspicious Activity Reports ($2.7 Trillion)
Background: Who is Joe Biden’s running mate?
Kamala Harris
Trevor Milton Resigns as Executive Chairman from what company?
Nikola (Fraud Allegations)
Italy has recently passed a referendum to do what?
Reduce the size of parliament by a third (63% voted For)
Why is Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in the news?
His royal pardon has been challenged by the court
