During a week dominated by U.S. headlines, did you remember to keep up with developments in the rest of the world, too?
1. On Sunday, U.S. President Joe Biden announced he was ending his reelection campaign. Whom did he endorse for president instead?
Biden was widely praised for his decision—but his legacy ultimately rests on what happens in November’s vote, FP’s Michael Hirsh writes.
2. The Philippines and China on Sunday reached a “provisional agreement” to allow Manila to run resupply missions to a military outpost on which maritime feature in the South China Sea?
Despite the tentative accord, China is still careering toward a collision with the United States in the South China Sea, where Beijing has repeatedly confronted the Philippines, a U.S. treaty ally, and other states in the region, Craig Singleton argues.
3. Leonidas Iza, the head of a powerful Indigenous organization, announced on Sunday that he would run for president next year in which Latin American country?
Iza could be a key negotiator if his Indigenous Pachakutik party and the leftist Correísmo movement stitch together a progressive alliance in an attempt to oust Ecuador’s center-right president, FP’s Catherine Osborn writes in Latin America Brief.
4. Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said state security forces broke into his party’s headquarters on Monday and arrested a number of officials. What is the name of Wine’s party?
Young people across Africa have taken inspiration from Kenya’s anti-corruption protests, with similar demonstrations planned for later this month and August in Nigeria and Ghana, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi reports in Africa Brief.
5. About how many citizens did Malaysia evacuate from Bangladesh on Tuesday in response to ongoing violent protests that country?
The protests, which began last month in response to a government job quota policy, have morphed into a nationwide uprising against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule, Salil Tripathi writes.
6. Which Middle Eastern leader addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday?
Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress wasn’t about mending fences, but about buying time in the Israel-Hamas war and boosting his political stock at home, Aaron David Miller and Adam Israelevitz write.
7. A balloon from North Korea fell on South Korea’s presidential compound on Wednesday. What was it carrying?
Two months ago, Pyongyang sent some 2,000 balloons carrying trash into South Korea; those were a response to Seoul sending balloons to North Korea with propaganda materials, FP’s Alexandra Sharp writes in World Brief.
8. Saboteurs on Friday damaged what infrastructure system in France just hours before the Olympic opening ceremony was set to begin?
Terrorism experts have warned of potential sabotage during the Paris Games, Tore Hamming and Colin P. Clarke write.
9. Thousands of local residents took to the streets in Mallorca, Spain, on Sunday to protest what?
Anti-tourism protests have been gaining popularity across Spain. Residents say visitors have driven up housing costs and made central city areas unaffordable, Reuters reports.
10. The Olympic men’s soccer tournament kicked off Wednesday with a shocking upset defeat against two-time gold medalist Argentina. Which team beat the Albiceleste?
The match was not without drama: Morocco fans stormed the pitch to protest an extra-time goal by the Argentine side, which was later ruled offside, The Associated Press reports.
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