"What in the World?" Weekly Quiz -- July 22-28, 2018

President Trump met Russian President Putin in Helsinki last week following all of these events EXCEPT:
 
A meeting of the NATO heads of state in Brussels, Belguim.
A visit to a golf resort in Scotland.
A head of state visit to England to meet Prime Minister May and Queen Elizabeth.
A visit to Rome to meet with Pope Francis.
President Trump’s comments at the Helsinki Summit on Monday kicked off a tsunami of accusations from both sides of the political divide about his obeisance to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Especially incendiary were his remarks concerning THIS:
His offer to hand over former American diplomats for questioning.
His contention that Montenegro might incite World War III.
His statement that the European Union was a foe of the U.S. in some respects.
His faith in the U.S. Intelligence Community versus President Putin’s denials of meddling.

With nine months to go until “Brexit” the British government is in crisis over how the separation from the EU will be handled.  No plan has been agreed to and the ruling Conservative party is in the midst of cabinet resignations and infighting. Prime Minister May had won agreement within her party for “soft” departure from the EU but subsequent support for that plan has fallen apart. That plan is called:

The Birmingham White Paper
The 20-Point Plan
The Chequers Plan
A Separate Unity Proposal
Over 400 “White Helmets” – a volunteer guard force that protected civilians in Syrian war zones – and family members were evacuated from Syria by THIS country.
Russia
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon

Foreign Minister Lavrov said charges in the US against a woman arrested as being an agent of Russia were fabricated and she should be released. The woman was accused of infiltrating U.S. political institutions on behalf of Russian intelligence. Her name is:

Martina Navratalova
Maria Butina
Marina Oswald
Maria Ivanov

"I'm ready to go to 500," said President Trump in reference to this action.

The Pentagon proposal to increase U.S. defense spending to $500 billion in FY 2019.
A new limit on the number of U.S. troops deployed inside Syria.
The threat to impose sanctions on all $500 billion of imports from China.
The upper limit of funds committed to the southern U.S. border wall, $500 million.

The President of Iran warned U.S. President Trump about hostile action against Tehran in a meeting with diplomats this week. It followed reports Washington has launched a propaganda campaign against the regime. He said, “America should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars.”  Who is the President of Iran?

Ali Khamenei
Hassan Rouhani
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Salman Rushdie

THIS organization – the “premier forum” for its members economic cooperation – concluded its finance ministers meeting with a communiqué that warned about rising trade tensions warning about, “…rising financial vulnerabilities, heightened trade and geopolitical tensions, global imbalances, inequality and structurally weak growth, particularly in some advanced economies.”

 

Group of Twenty
Group of Eight
European Commission
OECD

Thirteen Latin America countries have called for an immediate end of repression and violence from paramilitary and government forces in Nicaragua that has resulted in over 300 killed in recent months. Protesters are opposed to the rule of THIS leader.

Violeta Chamorro
Daniel Ortega
Enrique Bolanos
Arnoldo Aleman

Chinese President Xi Jinping began a tour of Africa in Senegal where he reaffirmed Beijing’s economic ties with Africa. Xi is visiting the continent as part of his planned participation in a summit of the “BRICS” countries.  The “BRICS” countries include China and all of these EXCEPT:

Brazil
Russia
Indonesia
South Africa
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