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This runner-up in the 2017 and 2022 French presidential elections is banned from standing in elections for five years after they are convicted of embezzlement.
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Marine Le Pen
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In a round of tariffs dubbed the "______ Day tariffs" the second Trump administration imposes tariffs on most countries.
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Liberation
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This court in South Korea removes Yoon Suk Yeol from the office of the presidency.
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Constitutional Court of Korea
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This horse, ridden by Patrick Mullins, wins the Grand National.
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Nick Rockett
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This National Hockey League athlete breaks Wayne Gretzky's record for most goals scored
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Alexander Ovechkin
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Name either the women's or men's team that won the NCAA Division I March Madness championship.
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UConn Huskies / Florida Gators
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A nightclub roof collapse in this Caribbean capital city kills 226 people
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Santo Domingo
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This Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate dies at the age of 89
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Mario Vargas Llosa
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Daniel Noboa is re-elected as president of this nation
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Ecuador
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Pope Francis dies at this age
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Eighty-eight
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Pakistani militants attack a group of tourists in an Indian-administered area of this disputed region
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Kashmir
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A car attack at a street festival in this city kills at least eleven people and injures more than twenty others
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Vancouver
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An explosion and fire occurs at Shahid Rajaee, one of these facilities that makes up a large part of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran
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Port
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A major power outage affects most of this European peninsula
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Iberian Peninsula
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In Canada, the Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, wins the most seats in the federal election but does not achieve this.
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A majority
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In this island country, the United National Congress wins a majority in the general election.
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Trinidad and Tobago
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The Australian Labor Party, led by this current prime minister, wins a majority in the federal election
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Anthony Albanese
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In the Singaporean general election, the People's Action Party retains this in parliament
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A supermajority
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This horse, ridden by Junior Alvarado, wins the Kentucky Derby
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Sovereignty
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Zhao Xintong wins the World Championship in this cue sport
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Snooker
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This man is elected Chancellor of Germany
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Friedrich Merz
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These two countries exchange missile strikes on May 7
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India and Pakistan
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Robert Francis Prevost is elected as this (be specific)
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Pope Leo XIV
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This party, led by current prime minister Edi Rama, wins an outright majority in the Albanian parliamentary election
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Socialist Party of Albania
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This militant political organization and armed guerrilla group announces its plan for dissolution on May 12
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Kurdistan Workers' Party
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Name either the electoral alliance that won the most seats in the Senate or the party that won the most seats in the House of Representatives during the general election in the Philippines
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Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas / Lakas–CMD
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This former president of Uruguay dies at the age of 89
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José Mujica
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An outbreak of these whether phenomena leaves at least 26 people dead in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States
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Tornadoes
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Austria, represented by JJ with this song, wins the Eurovision Song Contest
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"Wasted Love"
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The Democratic Alliance, led by this prime minister, wins the most seats in parliament following a Portuguese legislative election
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Luís Montenegro
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Nicușor Dan is elected as president of this country
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Romania
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Author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi win the International Booker Prize for this collection of short stories
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Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
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This Jafar Panahi-directed film wins the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
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It Was Just an Accident
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Fenerbahçe wins the Final Four Playoff in this basketball club competition
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EuroLeague
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This man wins the Indianapolis 500
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Álex Palou
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This club wins the Premier League
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Liverpool F.C.
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The National Democratic Party wins the most seats in the National Assembly in this country's general election
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Suriname
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Ōnosato Daiki is promoted to this highest rank in sumo
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Yokozuna
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This Kenyan writer and activist dies at the age of 87
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
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Flooding submerges the town of Mokwa in this country and leaves more than 200 people dead
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Nigeria
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Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat is sworn in as the new episcopal form of this head of state in Andorra
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Co-prince
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Karol Nawrocki is elected president of this country
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Poland
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This man is elected as president of South Korea
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Lee Jae-myung
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The Indian Premier League, which is a competition in this form of cricket, concludes with Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeating Punjab Kings
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Twenty20
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Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, prime minister of this country, resigns after weeks of protests
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Mongolia
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An early election is called in the Netherlands after the Schoof cabinet collapses following this party's abandonment of the governing coalition
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Party for Freedom
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Name either the work that won Best Play or the work that won Best Musical at the Tony Awards
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Purpose / Maybe Happy Ending
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A shooting at a secondary school in this Austrian city leaves eleven people dead
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Graz
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This Beach Boys co-founder dies at the age of 82
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Brian Wilson
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Air India Flight 171 crashes in this Indian city approximately thirty seconds after takeoff
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Ahmedabad
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Israel's airstrikes on Iran's nuclear program kill this IRGC Commander-in-Chief
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Hossein Salami
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In this U.S. state, an assassin kills state representative Melissa Hortman and kills state senator John Hoffman
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Minnesota
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This former president of Nicaragua and first elected female president in the Americas dies at the age of 95
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Violeta Chamorro
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Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye, and Phil Hanson of this auto racing team win the 24 Hours of Le Mans
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AF Corse
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This ice hockey team wins the Stanley Cup
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Florida Panthers
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The Crusaders defeat the Chiefs to win this rugby union club competition
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Super Rugby Pacific
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This non-Israel country conducts missile strikes on Iran on June 22
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United States
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This basketball team wins the NBA Finals
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Oklahoma City Thunder
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A Chilean astronomical observatory named after this American astronomer releases its first light images on June 23
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Vera C. Rubin
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