While numerous world records were broken in track and field, did you remember to keep up to date with non-Olympic headlines this week? Find out with our international news quiz!
1. Why did hundreds of right-wing rioters attempt to set fire to a Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, England, on Sunday?
An emerging far-right elite has capitalized on how easy it is to spread misinformation online to fuel discontent in Western states, James Bloodworth writes.
2. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Sunday began a three-nation trip to Africa. Which countries did he visit?
This was Kuleba’s fourth visit to the continent in the last two years, part of Ukraine’s efforts to bolster support in its war against Russia, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi writes in Africa Brief.
3. What happened on Monday in Bangladesh as a result of ongoing protests?
Hasina leaves chaos in her wake, with violent protests still ensnaring the country as an interim government under Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus works to reestablish order, Salil Tripathi writes.
4. Japan’s stock market on Monday suffered its biggest one-day drop since what year?
Fears of a slowdown in the U.S. economy helped drive the declines in markets across Asia, Europe, and the United States, FP’s Keith Johnson reports.
5. Colombia on Monday announced that it was restarting offensive operations against which domestic rebel group?
It was a step back for President Gustavo Petro’s “total peace” strategy of trying to cut deals with armed groups, FP’s Catherine Osborn writes in Latin America Brief.
6. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, picked her running mate on Tuesday. Whom did she select?
If they win, Harris and Walz have an opportunity to remake U.S. foreign policy—and abandon the reflexive military interventionism that has so long defined the United States’ approach to global diplomacy, Mark Hannah and Rachel Rizzo argue.
7. Thailand’s Constitutional Court unanimously ordered the dissolution of the opposition Move Forward Party on Wednesday for trying to do what?
Eleven of the party’s executives received 10-year political bans as a result of the ruling, FP’s Alexandra Sharp reports in World Brief.
8. At least how many people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Thursday?
Washington should throw its full weight behind a cease-fire and hostage deal in Gaza to prevent a wider regional war between Israel and Iran, Comfort Ero argues.
9. Over the weekend, U.S. cyclist Kristen Faulkner won gold in the women’s road race. What year did she turn pro?
Faulkner became the first American woman to win gold in the road race since Connie Carpenter did so in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, CNBC reports.
10. Which of the following is not included in the package of gifts for gymnast Carlos Yulo after he won his second Olympic gold medal on Sunday?
Yulo’s twin gold medals over the weekend—on the floor exercise and vault—made him only the second Philippine athlete to win the No. 1 prize, after weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz accomplished the feat three years ago in Tokyo, BBC News reports.
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