The dismal U.S. presidential debate on Thursday wasn’t the only news this week. See what else you can remember with our weekly quiz!
1. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s office on Saturday unveiled a “reinvigorated” national strategy for what?
Sharif later clarified that the strategy will focus on intensifying existing intelligence-based operations rather than on launching new military offensives, FP’s Michael Kugelman writes in South Asia Brief.
2. The European Union on Monday announced that it would downgrade political contacts with which country over its recent anti-democratic actions?
Last month, Giovanni Legorano predicted that the EU might play hardball with Georgia after Tbilisi passed a “foreign agents” law.
3. Indonesian authorities said on Monday that the country’s national data center had been compromised—but insisted the government would not pay the requested ransom of how much?
While the identity of the attacker is unknown, the last several years have seen a major surge in cyberattacks originating from Russia and China, FP’s Rishi Iyengar reported in April.
4. The African Chiefs of Defense Conference began on Tuesday. It was hosted by the United States and which African nation?
This year was the first time the conference was held in Africa, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi writes in Africa Brief.
5. Why did Kenyans protest at the country’s Parliament on Tuesday?
The protests may come as a shock to observers in the United States, where Kenyan President William Ruto has been feted—all while his popularity at home sank further and further, FP’s Robbie Gramer writes.
6. Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that which group of people is no longer exempt from the military draft?
As the Israel-Hamas war rages on, unrest at home over who is required to serve on the battlefield—and who isn’t—has threatened to rupture Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, David E. Rosenberg wrote in March.
7. Armed forces seized the capital city of which Latin American country on Wednesday in an apparent attempted coup?
The attack appears to have been led by Gen. Juan José Zúñiga, Bolivia’s recently fired military chief, FP’s Alexandra Sharp reports in World Brief. The coup failed shortly after it began, and Zúñiga was arrested.
8. In a surprise to many observers, which foreign-policy topic was not addressed by the moderators during Thursday’s U.S. presidential debate?
One reason may be that on China, former U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. President Joe Biden are closer together than on any other foreign-policy issue, FP’s Christina Lu and Rishi Iyengar write.
9. On Wednesday, a city council in South Korea said its first administrative robot had become defunct after it did what?
Witnesses saw the robot circling in one spot before the accident occurred, with local media labeling the event as a robot suicide, CNA reports.
10. In an overwhelming loss, how many votes did Canadian politician Félix-Antoine Hamel receive in a local election in Toronto-St. Paul on Monday?
The election performance was the first in federal Canadian electoral history, making Hamel a winner of sorts, after all, CBC reports.
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