| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| A magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes Acre and Amazonas states, in this country | Brazil | 79%
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| This country announces an agreement with Somaliland to use a part of their coastline | Ethiopia | 71%
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| Both Nicolas Maduro and Edmundo Gonzáles claim victory in this country's presidential elections | Venezuela | 71%
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| This country elects its 47th President, who happens to be the same person as its 45th President | United States | 69%
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| Keir Starmer becomes Prime Minister of this country | United Kingdom | 67%
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| Narendra Modi is sworn in for his third term as Prime Minister of this country | India | 65%
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| Widespread floodings hit the regions of Valencia, Murcia and Andalusia in this country, killing at least 230 people | Spain | 65%
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| President Lukashenko of this country announces he will run for a next presidential term | Belarus | 63%
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| This country limits the number of permits it issues to those seeking to climb the highest mountain on the continent | Nepal | 63%
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| Alexei Navalny, prominent opposition leader, dies while serving a 19-year sentence in prison in this country | Russia | 63%
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| This country makes an incursion in Kursk oblast in their neighbouring country, as part of an ongoing conflict | Ukraine | 63%
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| The Etna and Stromboli volcanoes in this country erupt, forcing the temporary closure of an airport | Italy | 62%
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| The first metro line is opened in Thessaloniki, in this country | Greece | 60%
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| Explosions in this country cause outages in water supply and electricity nationwide. The government blames Serbia for the incident | Kosovo | 60%
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| The regime of this country falls and its president recieves asylum in Russia | Syria | 60%
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| Pope Francis visits this country, becoming the first pope to do so since the country gained independence in 2002 | East-Timor | 58%
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| This country hosts the Summer Olympics | France | 58%
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| The village of Grindavík in this country is evacuated following a resurgence in activity of a nearby volcano | Iceland | 58%
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| Cillian Murphy becomes the first actor born in this country to win the best actor award at the Oscar ceremony | Ireland | 58%
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| This country joins NATO | Sweden | 58%
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| This country succeeds in retrieving the first lunar samples from the far side of the moon | China | 56%
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| The government of this country approves a plan to build a 1.9 billion-euro undersea electricity cable to link the country's electric grid with that of Greece | Cyprus | 56%
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| The government of this country announces plans to deport 10,000 Haitian immigrants on a weekly basis | Dominican Republic | 56%
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| Turkey launches airstrikes in the northern part of this country, targeting members of a separatist movement | Iraq | 56%
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| A taco stand in this country's capital recieves a Michelin Star | Mexico | 56%
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| New images of the extensive car collection of this country's sultan are leaked | Brunei | 54%
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| This country, together with Mali and Niger, forms the Alliance of Sahel States | Burkina Faso | 54%
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| The Grand Duke of this country prepares for his eventual abdication | Luxembourg | 54%
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| The government of this country agrees to restart the search for a plane that went missing in 2014, with 239 people on board | Malaysia | 54%
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| The population of this country exceeds 250 million for the first time | Pakistan | 54%
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| Houthi rebels in this country attack several ships in the bordering seas | Yemen | 54%
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| Javier Milei, the President of this country, is criticized for his attempts to reform the country's economy | Argentina | 52%
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| This country announces a "no-go zone" in the Białowieża Forest in order to prevent migrants from crossing the border from a neighbouring country | Poland | 52%
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| The son of the Crown Princess of this country is arrested on suspicion of sexual assault | Norway | 50%
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| King Vajiralongkorn of this country signs a law allowing same-sex marriages to be held | Thailand | 50%
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| Culture Minister Nayuribe Guadamuz of this country is dismissed for giving official backing for a pride parade in San Jose | Costa Rica | 48%
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| This country orders the banning of Ethiopian Airlines from operating over its airspace | Eritrea | 48%
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| This country fails to move its capital to the new city of Nusantara | Indonesia | 48%
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| The Nikkei 225 Stock Index in this countrysuffers its worst two-day decline in history | Japan | 48%
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| This country, together with two countries on another continent, wins the hosting rights for the 2030 FIFA World Cup | Morocco | 48%
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| This country's former Prime Minister Mark Rutte is chosen as the new NATO Secretary-General | Netherlands | 48%
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| The Durbar festival in Kano, in this country, is recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible cultural heritage | Nigeria | 48%
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| The United Kingdom relinquishes sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago to this country | Mauritius | 46%
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| This dictatorship sends soldiers to assist their neighbouring country in an ongoing conflict in another continent | North Korea | 46%
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| Nayib Bukele is re-elected president of this country. He gets around 85% of the votes | El Salvador | 44%
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| The Instagram accounts of this country's Supreme Leader are removed | Iran | 44%
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| Pagers used by a militant group in this country explode, killing at least twelve people and injuring thousands | Lebanon | 44%
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| Imane Khelif, from this country, wins a gold medal in boxing at the Summer Olympics, although many people did not believe she was a female | Algeria | 42%
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| A referendum is held in this country, allowing the construction of a nuclear power plant near Lake Balkhash | Kazakhstan | 42%
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| Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah is nominated as Crown Prince of this country | Kuwait | 42%
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| The Formula One Grand Prix in this country is won by a local for the first time | Monaco | 42%
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| In this country, more than 1,300 pilgrims die from heat-related causes within one week | Saudi Arabia | 42%
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| Construction minister Goran Vesić announces his resignation amid criticism over a railway station canopy collapse in this country | Serbia | 42%
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| This country becomes the first NATO country to apply for membership of BRICS | Turkey | 42%
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| This country, while being already in an armed conflict, launches attacks in two other neighbouring countries | Israel | 40%
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| Tensions in the Essequibo region continue to rise between this country and its western neighbour | Guyana | 38%
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| The army of this country, backed by the Wagner Group, was defeated in the Battle of Tinzaouaten | Mali | 38%
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| The junta of this country pardons 9,652 prisoners to mark its independence day | Myanmar | 38%
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| A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes off the coast of this country's Arequipa department | Peru | 38%
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| Eight people are killed in mudslides in this country's Cox’s Bazar, location of the longest beach in the world | Bangladesh | 37%
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| This country, together with its northern neighbour, is granted entry to the Schengen Area | Bulgaria | 37%
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| This country loses the final of the Copa América | Colombia | 37%
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| King Letsie III of this country celebrates his 61st birthday | Lesotho | 37%
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| Puntland, a region in this country, declares itself autonomous | Somalia | 37%
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| An international court case, started by this country, results in Israel being ordered to prevent acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip | South Africa | 37%
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| The Supreme Patriarchof this country,Tep Vong, dies aged 92 | Cambodia | 35%
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| Tamás Sulyok is elected president of this country | Hungary | 35%
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| Balloons filled with rubbish, sent by its only neighbouring country, land in this country | South Korea | 35%
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| This country holds a census, confirming it is the least populated country on mainland Africa | Djibouti | 33%
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| This country celebrates the 125th birthday of king Sobhuza II, the longest verifiable reigning monarch in recorded history | Eswatini | 33%
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| The funeral of Ismail Haniyeh, the assassinated political leader of Hamas, is held in Lusail, in this country | Qatar | 33%
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| The national football team of this country wins their first victory in 20 years | San Marino | 33%
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| Prime minister Robert Fico from this country is critically injured after having been shot | Slovakia | 33%
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| President Xiomara Castro of this country announces new measures to reduce gang activity, including building a 20,000-capacity megaprison | Honduras | 31%
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| This country cedes control of some villages to its eastern neighbour, as part of efforts towards a final peace agreement | Armenia | 29%
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| The president of this country threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany | Botswana | 29%
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| Paul Kagame is inaugurated for a fourth term as President of this country | Rwanda | 29%
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| The singer from this country wins the Eurovision Song Festival | Switzerland | 29%
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| Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò is found guilty of schism for denying the legitimacy of the Head of State of this country | Vatican City | 29%
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| A plane departing from this country and heading to Russia, crashes in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people | Azerbaijan | 27%
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| This country hosts the first Formula One Grand Prix of the year | Bahrain | 27%
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| Peace talks between Israel and Hamas are held in the capital of this country | Egypt | 27%
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| This country wins the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup after defeating Japan | Fiji | 27%
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| Joseph Boakai succeeds outgoing President George Weah in this country | Liberia | 27%
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| The High Court of this country convicts former Lord's Resistance Army commander Thomas Kwoyelo of war crimes | Uganda | 27%
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| This country issues a new currency called ___ Gold | Zimbabwe | 27%
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| King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of this country celebrates his 44th birthday | Bhutan | 25%
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| Former president Sebastián Piñera from this country dies in a helicopter crash | Chile | 25%
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| Several submarine telecommunication cables between this country and at least three other countries are cut. The goverment accuses a neighbouring country | Finland | 25%
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| This country fights a legal battle with its northwestern neighbour over the islands of Conga, Mbanié and Cocotiers | Gabon | 25%
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| After a heavy outbreak of gang violence, this country's Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns | Haiti | 25%
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| Authorities arrest 771 people during a special raid in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone | Laos | 25%
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| Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova becomes the first woman to be elected as President of this country | North Macedonia | 25%
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| President Klaus Iohannis from this country announces that he will run for Secretary-General of the NATO, but later withdraws | Romania | 25%
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| This country announces an agreement with Iran to build a 125-kilometer pipeline that would deliver 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Iraq annually | Turkmenistan | 25%
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| This country issues a commemorative Euro coin to celebrate 100 years of skiing in the country | Andorra | 23%
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| This country suffers attacks from the M23 group, which is supported by its neighbouring country | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 23%
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| Julian Assange returns to this country, after serving five years of prison time in the United Kingdom | Australia | 21%
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| The entire national power grid in this country collapses twice, following the collapse of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant | Cuba | 21%
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| The Vatican recognises Medjugorje in this country as a Catholic shrine | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19%
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| This island country is declared malaria-free for the first time in 50 years | Cape Verde | 19%
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| This country hosts the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship | Czech Republic | 19%
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| The Mexican embassy in this country is raided by the police, followed by a diplomatic row | Ecuador | 19%
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| The USA military withdraws entirely from this country, after the junta revokes a military accord | Niger | 19%
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| Protests are held after a foreign government official threats to seize a strategically important waterway in this country | Panama | 19%
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| The World Food Programme releases a report stating over 95% of the population of this country cannot afford a meal a day | Sudan | 19%
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| This Pacific island country hold its first national constitutional referendum | Vanuatu | 19%
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| ____ Dream wins a majority in this country's parliament amid allegations of fraud by opposition parties | Georgia | 17%
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| This country hosts and wins the Africa Cup of Nations | Ivory Coast | 17%
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| General Juan José Zúñiga plots a coup in this country, ultimately leading to his arrest | Bolivia | 15%
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| 800 protesters storm a Tesla plant near the capital of this country, in protest of the company's expansion's impact on the environment | Germany | 15%
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| Officials from the city of Derna in this country are convicted for mismanagement and negligence following a dam collapse | Libya | 15%
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| This country, along Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Slovakia, is officially reprimanded by the European Commission for breaking budget rules | Malta | 15%
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| a 60-day state of emergency is announced in this country amid concerns of possible power outages caused by the end of Russian gas supplies | Moldova | 15%
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| Julien Alfred clinches this country's first ever Olympic medal after winning gold in the 100-metre dash | Saint Lucia | 15%
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| This island country hosts the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting | Samoa | 15%
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| Australia and this country sign a new security agreement, revising a previous one over sovereignty concerns | Tuvalu | 15%
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| The HCMC Metro begins operations in this country's largest city | Vietnam | 15%
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| This country announces a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles and a 25% tariff on Chinese steel and aluminium | Canada | 13%
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| Thea LaFond clinches this country's first ever Olympic medal after winning gold in the Women's triple jump at the Summer Olympics | Dominica | 13%
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| Hilda Heine is sworn-in as president of this island country | Marshall Islands | 13%
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| This country announces plans to cull 723 wild animals,including 83 elephants,and distribute the meat to feed people | Namibia | 13%
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| Yamandú Orsi defeats Álvaro Delgado to become president of this country | Uruguay | 13%
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| The FIFA Futsal World Cup is held in this country | Uzbekistan | 13%
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| This country becomes the 36st country in the world where same-sex couples can legally marry | Estonia | 12%
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| President Arévalo declares a state of national disaster due to 44 wildfires raging across this country | Guatemala | 12%
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| At least 56 people are killed in a crush caused by police opening fire on angry football fans during a match in Nzérékoré, in this country | Guinea | 12%
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| This Central American country becomes the 140th UN member state to recognise the State of Palestine | Jamaica | 12%
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| Cyclone Gamane hits this country's Vohemar district, killing at least 18 people | Madagascar | 12%
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| This country is urged by Ukraine to arrest Vladimir Putin following an ICC arrest warrant, but does not comply | Mongolia | 12%
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| This island country reclaims the number one position in the Citizenship by Investment Index, scoring 76 points | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12%
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| This country launches a nation-wide vaccination campaign against Ebola | Sierra Leone | 12%
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| The National Assembly of this muslim-majority country approves a bill banning the hijab | Tajikistan | 12%
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| Eleven people are killed in an explosion at a sugar factory in this country's Morogoro region | Tanzania | 12%
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| Prime Minister Keith Rowley announces a revision of this country's coat of arms in an effort to remove colonial vestiges | Trinidad and Tobago | 12%
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| This country held the presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first six months of the year | Belgium | 10%
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| President Evariste Ndayishimiye issues pardons to 5,442 inmates, equivalent to 41% of this country's prison population | Burundi | 10%
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| The World Health Organization announces the eradication of sleeping sickness in this country | Chad | 10%
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| For the first time in history, a person from this country wins the Miss Universe pageant | Denmark | 10%
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| Jafar Hassan succeeds Bisher Khasawneh as Prime Minister of this country | Jordan | 10%
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| This country bans nationals of Russia, Belarus and China from joining its armed forces | Lithuania | 10%
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| This country's team wins the America's Cup yacht race | New Zealand | 10%
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| Surangel Whipps Jr. is re-elected president of this island country, defeating Thomas Remengesau Jr. | Palau | 10%
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| Bassirou Diomaye Faye is elected president in postponed presidential elections in this country | Senegal | 10%
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| Jeremiah Manele is elected Prime Minister of this island state | Solomon Islands | 10%
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| This country officially extends compulsory military service from four months to one year | Taiwan | 10%
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| Firas Katoussi wins this country's first Olympic gold medal in Taekwondo | Tunisia | 10%
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| This country issues a one-year ban on TikTok, following the stabbing and death of a teenager following a dispute that began on the social media platform | Albania | 8%
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| This country mediates in ceasefire talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. The ceasefire collapses before it formally begins | Angola | 8%
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| In August, the government of this island country announces the suspension or cancellation of all scheduled diplomatic visits to the country until 2025 | Kiribati | 8%
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| This country holds a total of eight referendums in one year | Liechtenstein | 8%
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| A plane, carrying the vice-president and the former First Lady of this country, crashes in the Chikangawa Forest Reserve, killing everyone on board | Malawi | 8%
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| President Muizzu from this country announces that Eid al-Fitr holiday is an annual holiday starting this year | Maldives | 8%
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| An appeals court in this country allows the extradition of Do Kwon, a cryptocurrency mogul, to South Korea | Montenegro | 8%
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| This country's NORI company continues its efforts to start deep sea mining in the Pacific Ocean | Nauru | 8%
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| In July, police from this country seize over four tons of cocaine, worth $240 million, at a river port in this country's capital | Paraguay | 8%
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| Shafiqua Maloney becomes this country's first athlete to reach the final stage of an Olympic event | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8%
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| President Faure Gnassingbé of this country signs a law changing its constitution | Togo | 8%
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| Siaosi Sovaleni resigns as Prime Minister of this country | Tonga | 8%
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| This country becomes the second country to be designated as a "major defense partner" by the USA | United Arab Emirates | 8%
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| Muzala Samukonga wins a bronze medal in the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Men's 400 metres, setting a new national record for this country | Zambia | 8%
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| This country hosts the 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States | Antigua and Barbuda | 6%
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| This country hosts the European Women's Handball Championship | Austria | 6%
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| This country celebrates Errol Barrow Day for the 36st time | Barbados | 6%
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| The United Nations Security Council votes to lift the weapons embargo on this country | Central African Republic | 6%
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| Tasi Limtiaco and Kestra Kihleng were this country's flag bearers on the Summer Olympics | Federated States of Micronesia | 6%
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| On February 7, this country celebrates the 50th anniversary of its independence from the United Kingdom | Grenada | 6%
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| Germany and this country agree on a labour migration deal which will see 250,000 skilled and semi-skilled workers from this country go work in Germany | Kenya | 6%
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| This country, with an adult smoking prevalence of 26,9%, announces a ban on the sale of tobacco and nicotine products to persons under 20 years | Latvia | 6%
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| Fifteen people are killed, and more than 195 others are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsizes near this country's capital | Mauritania | 6%
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| At least 6,000 inmates escape from a prison in the capital of this country on Christmas Day | Mozambique | 6%
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| This country expels the Brazilian ambassador amid a diplomatic row | Nicaragua | 6%
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| In March and April, this country is striked twice by magnitude 6.5 and 6.9 earthquakes | Papua New Guinea | 6%
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| Oil tanker MT Terra Nova capsizes off the coast of this country, spilling nearly 1.5 million liters of oil | Philippines | 6%
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| This country hosts the European Trampoline Championships | Portugal | 6%
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| Dylan Sicobo and Khema Elizabeth were the flag bearers of this country at the Summer Olympics | Seychelles | 6%
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| This country hosts the Chess World Cup, where Dommaraju Gukesh is crowned as the youngest Chess World Champion ever | Singapore | 6%
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| This African country, with an annual average temperature around 27 ºC/80 ºF, closes schools for a day due to an extreme heatwave | South Sudan | 6%
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| This country is ranked as the best destination for solo female travellers according to the magazine Time Out | Sri Lanka | 6%
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| This country celebrates Ketikoti for the 70th time as a public holiday | Suriname | 6%
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| This country bans mixed martial arts, saying it is too violent and has a risk of death | Afghanistan | 4%
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| Rashad Sweeting becomes the first person from this country to participate in a PDC World Darts Championship | Bahamas | 4%
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| This country celebares its fourth George Price Day | Belize | 4%
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| Of the countries elected to a seat at the United Nations Human Rights Council from 2025-2027, this country comes alphabetically first | Benin | 4%
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| The European Union announces a 91 million euro loan to this country, aimed at developing its energy sector, road infrastructure, and transportation links | Cameroon | 4%
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| This islands country joins the World Trade Organization as its 165th member | Comoros | 4%
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| This country hosts the European Judo Championships | Croatia | 4%
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| A high government official of this country is arrested after more than 400 explicit videos are revealed, involving the wives of prominent government personalities | Equatorial Guinea | 4%
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| A plane heading to Ivory Coast, transporting this country's national football team, makes an emergency landing due to a loss of cabin pressure | Gambia | 4%
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| Foreign minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, from this country, is named as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations | Ghana | 4%
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| The Pidjguiti massacre, 65 years ago, is remembered in this country | Guinea-Bissau | 4%
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| This country declares that 94% of the border with its southern neighbour has been agreed upon | Kyrgyzstan | 4%
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| Nine people are killed in a shooting in a mosque in this country. Islamic State claims the responsibility for the attack, its first in the country | Oman | 4%
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| Former Prime Minister Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty, from this country, dies | Republic of the Congo | 4%
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| On July 12, this country celebrates the 49th anniversary of its independency | São Tomé and Príncipe | 4%
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| This country realises the breakthrough of the second tube of the Karawanks motorway tunnel, under construction since 2018 | Slovenia | 4%
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