This week in FP’s worldwide information quiz: Ukraine fights on, Kenya votes and Trump’s house is searched.
An official with the Kenya Electoral Fee counts the votes after polling stations formally closed throughout Kenya’s normal election August 9 in Nairobi. LUIS TATO/AFP by way of Getty Photographs
Aug 12, 2022 at three:25 p.m
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1. Together with new army support introduced Monday, how a lot such support has the US pledged to Ukraine up to now throughout the Biden administration?
40 billion
10 billion
2 billion
$550 million
The necessity for continued worldwide help for Ukraine in its battle in opposition to Russia is obvious, argues Alexey Kovalev.
2. Which middleman nation brokered a ceasefire after combating broke out between Israel and Islamic Jihad fighters in Gaza final weekend?
America
Lebanon
Morocco
Egypt
three. Kenyans are nonetheless awaiting the ultimate outcomes of Tuesday’s normal election. The race between presidential candidates Raila Odinga and William Ruto is prone to be shut.
Unusually for Kenyan politics, not one of the candidates come from the nation’s largest ethnic group. What’s the identify of this group?
kikuyu
luhya
luo
four. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his cupboard this week as he struggled to fend off a scrutiny of his celebration’s ties to which non secular group?
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Roman Catholic Church
The Unification Church
The African Methodist Episcopal Church
Eyes turned to Japan’s ruling celebration’s ties to the Unification Church after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated, together with his killer citing the chief’s ties to the Church as a motive.
5. Argentina’s central financial institution hiked rates of interest on Thursday amid persistent inflation. How excessive do Argentine economists estimate the annual inflation fee till the top of the yr?
30 %
60 %
90 %
130 %
6. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to a number of nations this week as he unveiled the brand new US technique for which area?
Central Asia
Northern Europe
Central America
Africa southern of the Sahara
FP’s Robbie Gramer previewed the brand new technique final week.
7. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is in bother over what current scandal?
Utilizing marketing campaign funds to throw a household party
Secret companies faucet the telephone of an opposition politician
His deputy publicly contradicts him concerning the battle in Ukraine
Insulting the looks of a former minister
Mitsotakis has denied information of the wiretapping, however a number of senior advisers and officers have already resigned over the incident.
eight. Drought has triggered dangerously low water ranges by which main German river that flows from the Swiss Alps by way of Germany and on to the Netherlands?
Danube
Primarily
Elbe
Rhine
Elisabeth Braw from FP explains the central significance of the Rhine for the German financial system.
9. The FBI on Monday raided former US President Donald Trump’s non-public resort in Florida, generally known as what?
Man-a-Lago
Mar-a-Lago
Mar-a-Largo
man a protracted
Paperwork seized throughout the raid are mentioned to have associated to nuclear weapons.
10. Which US pizza chain was just lately compelled to shut its operations in Italy after failing to enter the native market?
Pizza Hut
dominoes
papa johns
Little Caesars
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