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Quiz of The Week: 14 - 20 May

Quiz of The Week: 14 - 20 May
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20 May 2022
Why the US is facing an ‘emergency’ shortage of baby milk

Why the US is facing an ‘emergency’ shortage of baby milk
Supply chains went into crisis after major supplier shut down factory following two infant deaths
20 May 2022
Nato’s renaissance: how the world’s most powerful military alliance has taken centre stage

Nato’s renaissance: how the world’s most powerful military alliance has taken centre stage
While avoiding direct involvement, Nato has played a crucial role in the Ukraine war
20 May 2022
Curtailing abortion rights: will Republicans rue their victory? 

Curtailing abortion rights: will Republicans rue their victory?
The next few years are likely to be ‘chaotic or worse’, predicts the Los Angeles Times
20 May 2022
Will Russia’s ‘Terminator’ tanks break Ukraine’s resistance? 

Will Russia’s ‘Terminator’ tanks break Ukraine’s resistance?
Moscow deploys armoured fighting vehicles in ‘sign of increasing frustration’
20 May 2022
How the Taliban is rolling back the freedoms of the past 20 years 

How the Taliban is rolling back the freedoms of the past 20 years
Supreme leader has now announced that all women must cover their faces in public
20 May 2022
‘Can we now just focus on the big issues?’ 

‘Can we now just focus on the big issues?’
A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages
20 May 2022

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George W Bush performs ‘history’s greatest Freudian slip’

George W Bush performs ‘history’s greatest Freudian slip’
And other stories from the stranger side of life
20 May 2022
What is the ‘great replacement’ theory?

What is the ‘great replacement’ theory?
Manifesto linked to Buffalo shooting suspect Payton Gendron described black Americans and immigrants as ‘replacers’
19 May 2022
Will Ukraine invasion trigger a global food security crisis?

Will Ukraine invasion trigger a global food security crisis?
Shortages of grain and fertiliser could last years, UN warns
19 May 2022
Why Turkey is threatening to block Nato’s Nordic expansion

Why Turkey is threatening to block Nato’s Nordic expansion
Ankara delays early vote on Sweden and Finland joining military alliance
19 May 2022
Russian roulette for McDonald’s, Unilever and Renault

Russian roulette for McDonald’s, Unilever and Renault
McDonald’s exit from Russia will put pressure on other big companies
19 May 2022
Inside Cairo’s City of the Dead

Inside Cairo’s City of the Dead
Authorities planning to demolish historic graves in bid to ease traffic congestion
19 May 2022
Women ‘benefit more from hugs than men’

Women ‘benefit more from hugs than men’
And other stories from the stranger side of life
19 May 2022
Can North Korea control a major Covid outbreak?

Can North Korea control a major Covid outbreak?
Notoriously secretive state ‘on verge of catastrophe’
18 May 2022
Inside the first public US hearing on UFOs in half a century

Inside the first public US hearing on UFOs in half a century
Reports of unidentified aerial phenomena have doubled in the last year, say intelligence officials
18 May 2022
Can Ukraine beat Russia in the battle for Donbas?

Can Ukraine beat Russia in the battle for Donbas?
Azovstal steel works ‘heroic hold-out’ could prove decisive
18 May 2022
What will happen to Ukraine’s captured Mariupol troops?

What will happen to Ukraine’s captured Mariupol troops?
Russian MPs call for fighters evacuated from Azovstal steelworks to be put to death
18 May 2022
Why the US is deploying troops to Somalia

Why the US is deploying troops to Somalia
Joe Biden overturns Trump-era decision to withdraw from African terrorism battle
18 May 2022
New checkouts will let you pay with a smile

New checkouts will let you pay with a smile
And other stories from the stranger side of life
18 May 2022
What are the phosphorus bombs ‘pummelling’ Ukraine?

What are the phosphorus bombs ‘pummelling’ Ukraine?
Footage shows ‘brightly burning munitions’ launched by Russian forces hitting Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks
17 May 2022
What could happen if China invaded Taiwan?

What could happen if China invaded Taiwan?
Beijing ‘working hard’ to take over Taipei militarily, US official warns
17 May 2022
How the UK’s cost-of-living crisis compares with the rest of the world

How the UK’s cost-of-living crisis compares with the rest of the world
‘Toxic combination’ of factors make Britain especially vulnerable to economic pain
17 May 2022
Is Bosnia on the brink of another civil war?

Is Bosnia on the brink of another civil war?
Sarajevo calls for rapid Nato membership following Russian invasion of Ukraine
17 May 2022
Shein: inside China’s e-commerce fashion giant 

Shein: inside China’s e-commerce fashion giant
The brand has gone from ‘low-cost apparel merchant to global juggernaut’ in less than five years
17 May 2022
Depp v. Heard: what the latest battle has revealed

Depp v. Heard: what the latest battle has revealed
Hollywood stars back in court after break in second libel case
17 May 2022
How much has the UK spent on Ukraine?

How much has the UK spent on Ukraine?
The government announced earlier this month it would send £1.3bn in military support to war-torn country
17 May 2022
Is Hezbollah losing its grip in Lebanon?

Is Hezbollah losing its grip in Lebanon?
Voters abandon Islamist group in first election since economic collapse
17 May 2022
Rare banknote sells for 1,400 times its original value

Rare banknote sells for 1,400 times its original value
And other stories from the stranger side of life
17 May 2022
‘Grim game of our times’: what is sportswashing?

‘Grim game of our times’: what is sportswashing?
Leaked photos seem to reveal Newcastle’s ‘Saudi kit’ while golf is at ‘civil war’ over new LIV series
16 May 2022
The fallout of Finland’s Nato membership bid

The fallout of Finland’s Nato membership bid
Helsinki formally declares intention to join military alliance
16 May 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol: is there hope for a ‘landing zone’?

Northern Ireland Protocol: is there hope for a ‘landing zone’?
Boris Johnson visits Belfast in a bid to end political deadlock
16 May 2022
Everything we know about the Buffalo shooting

Everything we know about the Buffalo shooting
Police investigated suspected shooter after school threat last year
16 May 2022
Kayakers to be told to stop getting naked in public

Kayakers to be told to stop getting naked in public
And other stories from the stranger side of life
16 May 2022