Test your self on the week of Nov. 26: China protests, Germany and Qatar signal a deal, and Biden hosts his first state go to.


Paul Mashatile, the African National Congress’s acting secretary-general, addresses the media at the Johannesburg Expo Centre in Johannesburg on Dec. 2.

Paul Mashatile, the African National Congress’s performing secretary-general, addresses the media on the Johannesburg Expo Centre in Johannesburg on Dec. 2.

Paul Mashatile, the African National Congress’s performing secretary-general, addresses the media on the Johannesburg Expo Centre in Johannesburg on Dec. 2. GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP through Getty Images

After a vacation hiatus, we’re again with our signature information quiz! How a lot do you bear in mind in regards to the world this week?

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After a vacation hiatus, we’re again with our signature information quiz! How a lot do you bear in mind in regards to the world this week?

1. Thousands of individuals took to China’s streets over the weekend to protest the nation’s strict zero-COVID measures. Which image are protesters utilizing to defy Beijing’s censorship legal guidelines?




These demonstrations characterize “the largest wave of popular protest” since these earlier than the 1989 Tiananmen Square bloodbath, FP’s James Palmer explains.

2. A monthslong cease-fire between Pakistan’s authorities and which group collapsed on Monday after an uptick in assaults?




The terrorist group is exploiting weak governance and political turmoil, FP’s Lynne O’Donnell stories.

3. U.S. President Joe Biden met with which nationwide chief this week for the primary state go to of his administration?




The Biden administration hopes this assembly will restore diplomatic injury after the so-called AUKUS deal snubbed France final 12 months.

4. Germany and Qatar signed a 15-year deal for liquefied pure fuel (LNG) on Tuesday. Beginning in 2026, what number of tons of LNG will Doha provide to Berlin every year?




Germany has struggled to diversify its vitality provide sources since Russia minimize its fuel flows to the nation, FP’s Anchal Vohra wrote in August.

5. Which former world chief—a proponent of market reform—died on Wednesday on the age of 96?




Many could also be nostalgic for Jiang’s openness to Western tradition in addition to his seeming willingness to listen to some criticism of the Chinese Communist Party, Victor Shih remembers.

6. Also on Wednesday, the European Union proposed establishing a particular tribunal to deal with which crimes in opposition to humanity?




The two fashions into consideration are a global court docket or a hybrid court docket, each of which have been utilized in previous conflicts, I defined in July.

7. UNICEF and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance despatched 2 million vaccines to Syria this week to fight the outbreak of which illness?




Preparing for pandemics is now not solely the well being sector’s downside however a difficulty that have to be addressed by world leaders, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark argued in August.

8. Authorities in South Africa are accusing President Cyril Ramaphosa of probably violating the nation’s structure after failing to report that he was the sufferer of a theft of greater than $4 million in 2020—although he claims solely about $500,000 was taken. From the place does Ramaphosa say the cash got here?




Despite Ramaphosa’s appeal and confidence, he has struggled to steer the African National Congress occasion, Eusebius McKaiser argued in 2019, a 12 months earlier than the 2020 “Farmgate” scandal occurred.

9. On Thursday, Mexico introduced it could increase the nation’s minimal wage by 20 % starting in 2023. What is the present minimal wage?




From fueling the drug conflict to disputing commerce agreements with its North American neighbors, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has made drastic modifications to his nation’s financial foundations all through his tenure.

10. UNESCO added which traditional meals to its well-known cultural heritage listing on Wednesday?




Macron hailed the U.N. physique’s choice, calling the loaf “250 grams of magic and perfection in our daily lives.” The creator of this quiz enthusiastically agrees.

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