Belmont University Center for Global Citizenship What in the World? Weekly Quiz – November 27-December 3, 2023

Israel and Hamas agreed to a four-day pause in fighting to facilitate the freeing of hostages in the Gaza Strip in exchange for Palestinian women and children held in Israeli prisons. The deal, brokered by THIS Persian Gulf state, will also allow more aid into Gaza.

Over 30 rioters were arrested THIS capital following the arrest of a man, incorrectly identified as an immigrant, in connection with a stabbing of four, including three children, in a school.

Russia launched its largest barrage of Iranian-made drones at Kyiv with all but one being shot down by Ukraine air defenses. The attack came on the commemoration of the 1932-1933 Holodomor famine, brought on by THIS Soviet leader, which killed several million Ukrainians.

The expected addition of THIS African country to the East African Community (EAC), a bloc that is both a forum for diplomacy and a market for business, will add more than 3,000km of coastline to the EAC, which officials say will boost trade with the Arabian Peninsula.

Investors pulled nearly $1 billion from the world's largest crypto exchange service, THIS company, after its chief, Changpeng Zhao, pleaded guilty to settle a years-long U.S. Illicit finance probe.