Easter is on Sunday! Since eggs are in short supply in the United States, try hunting instead for this week’s headlines in our international news quiz.
1. Gabon’s military coup leader won a presidential election on Saturday with more than 90 percent of the vote. When was the last election held in Gabon?
Brice Oligui Nguema’s landslide victory is unlikely to bring about significant change due to his connections to Gabon’s recently deposed ruling family, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi reports in Africa Brief.
2. In further election news, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa won reelection in a runoff contest on Sunday. Around what percentage of votes did he receive?
Noboa has drawn closer to the United States and U.S. President Donald Trump in an effort to bolster his tough-on-crime image, Nick Aspinwall writes.
3. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday attended the signings of dozens of bilateral cooperation agreements with which country?
Xi is using his tour of Southeast Asia to sell Beijing as a bulwark of “stability and certainty”—in contrast to Washington, FP’s James Palmer writes in China Brief.
4. Former Peruvian first lady Nadine Heredia requested asylum at the Brazilian Embassy in Lima on Tuesday after being sentenced to prison for what crime?
Peru’s ongoing instability can be boiled down to a single factor: corruption, Simeon Tegel argued in 2023.
5. The Maldives on Tuesday announced it would ban the entry of nationals from which country?
The gesture was intended to express “resolute solidarity” with Palestinians in Gaza, FP’s Michael Kugelman reports in South Asia Brief.
6. Which U.S. tech company received a letter from the U.S. House Select Committee on China on Wednesday demanding details of its business dealings with Beijing?
The letter follows a new report released by the committee that found that Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek may have used Nvidia chips to develop its latest AI model, FP’s John Haltiwanger and Rishi Iyengar write in Situation Report.
7. On Thursday, which European leader became the first to meet with Trump since his imposition of tariffs on countries around the world?
The European Union is hoping to take advantage of Trump’s 90-day pause on most duties to negotiate better trade terms, FP’s Alexandra Sharp reports in World Brief.
8. Iran on Friday said it had requested the help of which nation in upcoming talks with the United States over its nuclear program?
Trump will come to learn that Iran’s nuclear program is a problem without an easy solution, Aaron David Miller and Lauren Morganbesser write.
9. Which American pop singer participated in Blue Origin’s spaceflight on Monday?
The all-women flight was the first of its kind since Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, NPR reports.
10. On Tuesday, Sweden kicked off a new season of a hit reality TV show that provides live 24-hour coverage of what?
The 20-day event hit 9 million viewers in 2024; this year, it began a week ahead of schedule due to warm weather and early moose movement, The Associated Press reports.
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