World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – December 5-11, 2022

Talking about talking. President Biden suggested he would meet President Putin under certain circumstances to talk about ending the conflict in Ukraine. Moscow’s response was to demand THIS.

Rejection of Ukraine’s application to join NATO

Recognition of the Ukraine regions Russia annexed by America and the West.

Rejection of accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO

Resumption of oil and gas purchases by Western European countries

The first Biden Administration State Dinner was held to honor THIS visiting leader and to recognize America’s earliest strategic ally.

Rishi Sunak

Olaf Scholz

Giorgia Meloni

Emmanuel Macron

Iran announced construction of its second nuclear power plant as negotiations to restore provisions of THIS nuclear agreement with the P5+1 group continued to stall. The 2015 pact to put Iran’s nuclear enrichment activities in a box in exchange for economic sanctions relief was shelved by President Trump in 2018.

Iran Nuclear Control Plan

Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

Comprehensive Persian Gulf Nuclear Disarmament Treaty

The Geneva Agreement

China relaxed some Zero-Covid measures including easing testing requirements and quarantine rules following THIS development.

Protests spread across the country to at least 20 cities

Covid spread numbers started to bottom out

China’s Ministry of Health released a new, effective vaccine

Economic data suggested Zero-Covid policies were harming growth

Iranian officials sent mixed signals about the disbanding or limitation on power of THIS government function as Tehran continues a harsh crackdown of continuing nationwide protests. Hundreds have been killed and imprisoned.

Ministry of Intelligence

Revolutionary Guard Corps

Extra judicial capital punishment committees

Morality police

In an effort to limit Russian economic benefits and punish Moscow over the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the G-7, EU and Australia agreed to THIS.

Cap oil sales as $60 a barrel

Imposition of tariffs on Russian grain exports

Ban exports of Russian military equipment

Freeze assets of Russian oligarchs

Britain’s opposition party, the Labour Party, announced a plan for “the biggest ever transfer of power” away from the central government including abolishing THIS institution.

MI-6

House of Commons

The Exchequer

House of Lords

Turkey has launched strikes against Kurdish militia forces in THIS country complicating the United States partnership with those forces in the battle against ISIS.

Iraq

Iran

Syria

Lebanon

The African National Congress party’s Executive Committee is meeting to discuss its response to charges of corruption against President and party leader Cyril Ramaphosa in THIS country.

Mozambique

South Africa

Rwanda

Ghana

The United States team at the World Cup in Qatar was eliminated from the tournament in the round of 16 by THIS team.

Japan

England

Netherlands

Argentina

World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – December 5-11, 2022

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