"What in the World?" - Week of Jan 7-13, 2018

Cyber security researchers announced this week that there are two flaws that affect the microprocessors of almost all the world’s computers, leaving them vulnerable to hackers. One of the two flaws has been nicknamed Meltdown; the other one is called THIS:

Cobra

Le Chiffre

Spectre

Hydra

Kinshasa, the capital of THIS nation, has been hit by heavy flooding that left almost 40 people dead:

Burundi

Angola

Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

On the heels of a harshly worded tweet from the U.S. President accusing Pakistan of “lies and deceit,” the United States announced that it was temporarily suspending THIS to punish Islamabad:

Diplomatic relations

Humanitarian aid

Security aid

Visas granted to Pakistani nationals

In a response to economic sanctions imposed by the United States, both Russia and Venezuela are considering THIS:

Establishing offshore territories that function as financially neutral zones

Complying with U.S. Demands so that sanctions will be lifted

Developing their own digital currencies

Establishing a common market with other sanctioned nations

Recent widespread, anti-government protests in Iran have drawn considerable international attention, and some comparison to the 2009 protests. The most recent protests, however, differ from the 2009 “Green Revolution” in what way?

The most recent protests are simultaneous, and occur primarily in rural areas

Reformists are keeping their distance from the most recent protests

The most recent protests have not included significant participation by the urban middle class

All of the above

North Korea has accepted South Korea’s offer to attend high-level talks that will focus on THIS:

Participation of North Korean athletes in the upcoming winter Olympics

Scaling back of North Korea’s nuclear program

Food and humanitarian aid

Visas for highly skilled North Korean workers

In a Twitter response to Kim Jong Un’s statement about his country’s nuclear program, U.S. president Donald Trump stated that THIS is considerably larger than North Korea’s:

The U.S. Nuclear arsenal

The U.S. president’s IQ

The number of allies ready to aid the U.S. In an armed conflict

The U.S. president’s nuclear button

A presidential pardon ended the 25-year prison sentence of THIS former Peruvian president. He was serving time on charges of human rights abuses committed during his administration.

Agosto Pinochet

Hugo Banzer

Alberto Fujimori

Rafael Trujillo

A bottle of THIS spirit was stolen from a bar in Copenhagen, and later found at a construction site. The bottle is valued at $1.3 million, and is made of gold, silver, and diamonds.

Cognac

Vodka

Bourbon

Gin

On January 1, Iceland became the first nation in the world to make THIS illegal:

Paying women less than men

Gender discrimination in public office

Catcalling

Marital infidelity

"What in the World?" - Week of Jan 7-13, 2018

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