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1. Former U.S. President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt on Saturday, but he suffered an injury to which body part?
This political moment in the United States is ripe for even greater violence, as would-be assassins of all political stripes see a benefit in setting the nation ablaze, Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware write.
2. The Pakistani government announced on Monday that it wants to ban former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party. What is the party’s name?
Such a ban is unlikely to hold up in court, FP’s Michael Kugelman writes in South Asia Brief.
3. The U.S. Republican National Convention, where the party announces its presidential nominee and updated platform, began on Monday in which city?
With the GOP poised to turn inward, nervous European allies flocked to the convention to argue the merits of their partnerships with the United States, FP’s Robbie Gramer reports.
4. Incumbent Rwandan President Paul Kagame reportedly received what percent of the vote in the country’s presidential election on Monday, according to provisional results?
Kagame ran virtually unopposed, with most of his opponents banned from standing in the vote, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi writes in Africa Brief.
5. At least five people were reported killed in demonstrations in Bangladesh on Tuesday. What are the protests contesting?
Under the system, 30 percent of all government positions are reserved for family members of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971, a policy that the protesters believe is discriminatory, FP’s Christina Lu explains in World Brief.
6. A Human Rights Watch report issued Tuesday estimated that how many children had been detained since Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele began his crackdown on gangs two years ago?
Around 1 percent of El Salvador’s population has been detained since Bukele declared a state of emergency in the country in March 2022, FP’s Catherine Osborn writes in Latin America Brief.
7. U.S. officials announced on Wednesday that the military-built pier that the country constructed off the coast of Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid would no longer be used, following numerous logistical, technical, and weather-related challenges. For around how long was the pier in operation?
An earlier collapse of the pier “was an apt metaphor for the Biden administration’s handling of the whole Gaza conflict,” FP’s Stephen M. Walt wrote in June.
8. South Korea’s Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples were eligible to receive what benefit on Thursday?
Protecting and expanding LGBTQ+ rights around the world—including at home—is essential to a strong U.S. foreign policy, Jessica Stern and Suzanne B. Goldberg argue.
9. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the Seine on Wednesday, hoping to prove that the river no longer poses a major health risk ahead of scheduled open-water swimming events at the Paris Olympics. About how much did the effort to decontaminate the river for the Games cost?
Hidalgo and French President Emmanuel Macron are jostling to take political credit for the Games—including for the Seine cleanup, Michele Barbero wrote last week.
10. Billionaire scions Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant finally tied the knot last weekend in India after months of pre-marriage events. Around how much did the festivities cost in total?
The celebrations included a cruise around the Mediterranean and performances by entertainers Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Justin Bieber, Vanity Fair reports.
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