The United Nations General Assembly kicked off on Tuesday in New York City. Can you generally assemble the week’s events? Find out with our international news quiz!
1. Which leader visited Haiti over the weekend to assess the ongoing progress of a multinational security support mission there?
The crisis in Haiti has driven a wave of migration to the United States—and provided a much-needed influx of talent for some Rust Belt cities facing labor shortages, Julian E. Zelizer writes.
2. Meanwhile, in New York, which nation’s leader spoke first at the opening session of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday?
Brazil makes the opening remarks at the United Nations almost every year in a tradition that dates back to the organization’s earliest days, FP’s Amy Mackinnon and Jack Detsch write in Situation Report.
3. Venezuela’s attorney general asked Interpol on Tuesday to issue an arrest warrant for which Latin American president?
Milei, meanwhile, spent his week traveling to the U.N., where he called the organization a “leviathan” during his first speech to the General Assembly, FP’s Catherine Osborn writes in Latin America Brief.
4. China test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. When was the last time it performed such a test in international waters?
Chinese President Xi Jinping may have made a critical miscalculation by prioritizing military power over his country’s long-term growth, Jo Inge Bekkevold writes.
5. The prime minister of Tuvalu urged the U.N. on Wednesday to permanently recognize the country’s current boundaries, which are threatened by rising sea levels. How much of the Tuvalu’s main island is expected to be submerged by daily tides by 2050?
A recent deal created a special visa to allow 280 citizens of Tuvalu to migrate to Australia each year, Clare Francis wrote in Foreign Policy last year.
6. On Thursday, Sudan’s army launched a major invasion against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in which city?
As the people of Sudan battle threats of famine and cholera, Russia has been making gold mining deals with the country, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi writes in Africa Brief.
7. Authorities charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday with conspiring with which country to receive illegal campaign contributions, among other allegations?
In exchange for the contributions and other gifts, prosecutors allege that Adams pressured the city’s fire department to allow a new Turkish consulate building in Manhattan despite apparent safety problems, FP’s Alexandra Sharp reports in World Brief.
8. The U.N. Refugee Agency announced on Friday that roughly how many people had crossed the border from Lebanon into Syria over the previous 72 hours?
Thousands of other civilians fleeing Israeli airstrikes have sought refuge in the capital city of Beirut this week, Stefanie Glinski reports. More than 700 people have been killed in Lebanon since Monday.
9. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer released a photo over the weekend of the latest recruit to No. 10 Downing St.: a kitten. What is its name?
10. Scientists published findings this week announcing that they had used DNA testing to identify the remains of which longtime missing person?
More than 30 search missions between 1847 and 1859 failed to turn up any evidence of the expedition from which Fitzjames and the rest of the crew vanished in the Canadian Arctic, Smithsonian magazine reports.
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