"What in the World?" - Week of April 8-14 2018

The United States and North Korea have opened discussions on details for the meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jung-un. THIS American official will take the lead in shaping the summit:

NSA Director Mike Rogers

CIA Director Mike Pompeo

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coates

National Security Advisor John Bolton

Who was the New York Times talking about in an article that opened this way: “He talked about the movie business with Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Dwayne Johnson over dinner at Rupert Murdoch’s house. He discussed space travel with Richard Branson in the California desert, and philanthropy with Bill Gates and technology with Jeff Bezos in Seattle. He visited Harvard and MIT, brokered arms deals with President Trump and sat down with Wall Street financiers. He even met with Oprah Winfrey.”

President Kersti Kaljulaid of Estonia

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia

President Emmanuel Macron of France

Violent clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israelis resulting in over 30 Palestinians killed and thousands wounded over the last two weeks as a result of THIS action:

Protests over the blockade of Gaza.

Palestinian labor action in response to cutbacks in access to Israel from the West Bank.

Announcement that a new block of settlements was approved for East Jerusalem.

The United States plan to open its new embassy in Jerusalem.

THIS right-wing, nationalist prime minister, who projected himself as “a savior of Hungary’s Christian culture against Muslim migration into Europe, an image which resonated with millions of voters, especially in rural areas” according to Reuters, won a third term on Sunday.

Dragan Covic

Victor Orban

Rumen Radev

Milos Zeman

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined THIS community for a vigil honoring 15 junior hockey players who were killed Friday in an accident when they were traveling by bus to a playoff game.

Red Deer, Alberta

Portage la Prarie, Manitoba

Thunder Bay, Ontario

Humboldt, Saskatchewan

On Thursday President Trump indicated the United States would impose $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods under the Trade Act to punish Beijing for unfair trading practices. This was on top of $50 billion in tariffs announced earlier in the week. China responded in kind leading to talks of a trade war. What was Trump’s reason for invoking the Trade Act provisions?

Intellectual property theft

Favoring Canadian timber exports

Dumping steel

None of the above

Houthi rebels took this action they labeled a response for an air strike in the port city of Al Hudaydah, Yemen said to have killed 14 civilians.

Launched three surface to surface missiles at Mecca.

Kidnapped a UAE diplomat traveling to Sanaa, Yemen.

Shot down a cargo plane delivering supplies to Saudi-backed troops.

Struck a Saudi oil tanker with a missile.

President Trump changed plans for a rapid withdrawal of combat troops from THIS country after his remarks to the press triggered a scramble among American diplomats and the military to respond.

Iraq

South Korea

Syria

Qatar

In the harshest criticism of Vladimir Putin since taking office President Trump warned the Russian leader that there would be a “big price to pay” for THIS:

The firing was a case of age discrimination; the Russian interference in American political campaigns. Is older than all the other staff

Chemical warfare agent attack in Syria that killed 70 people.

Nerve agent assassination attempt in Zurich.

Deployment of new intermediate nuclear weapons.

"What in the World?" - Week of April 8-14 2018

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