This week Chicago hosted the Democratic Nationwide Conference, the place appearances by the Obamas, Oprah and – not on anybody’s bingo card – Atlanta rap legend Lil Jon threatened to overshadow Kamala Harris as she formally accepted the occasion’s nomination for president.
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1. Whom did the US authorities dispatch to the Center East to try to safe a last-ditch Gaza ceasefire deal?
2. A Accomplice monument in Decatur, Georgia, was changed with a statue of which civil rights chief?
Martin Luther King Jr.Fannie Lou HamerBayard RustinJohn Lewis
3. Which nation has retained the doubtful title of getting the very best variety of drug deaths in Europe?
EstoniaSwedenScotlandRomania
4. The deadlier Clade 1b variant of mpox has reached Asia, after a case was confirmed by which nation?
ThailandChinaSouth KoreaMalaysia
5. Which A-list couple has filed for divorce on the anniversary of their wedding ceremony celebration?
Blake Energetic and Ryan ReynoldsBen Affleck and Jennifer LopezWill Smith and Jada Pinkett SmithEmily Blunt and John Krasinski
6. Brian Niccol was the CEO and chair of which fast-food chain earlier than turning into the brand new CEO of Starbucks?
5 GuysChipotleBurger KingSubway
7. Which publishing big has signed a take care of OpenAI to share content material from its magazines with the AI platform?
HearstBauerCondé NastDotdash Meredith
8. After giving an emotional speech on the Democratic Nationwide Conference, Joe Biden left for a household trip by which state?
FloridaHawaiiCaliforniaColorado
9. Which British personal college has come underneath hearth for plans to open a brand new franchise in China?
EtonWinchesterDulwichHarrow
10. The second-largest diamond ever unearthed has been discovered by which African nation?
South AfricaGhanaBotswanaThe Democratic Republic of Congo
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1. Antony Blinken
It was the Secretary of State’s ninth go to to the Center East because the battle started, with this spherical of talks focussing on a “bridging settlement” which might safe a ceasefire and permit for the discharge of Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity.
2. John Lewis
Employees put in a 12ft bronze statue of John Lewis in entrance of the DeKalb County Courthouse, previously the location of a 30ft obelisk erected in reminiscence of the Accomplice trigger in 1908. The statue of the civil rights hero shall be formally unveiled on 24 August.
3. Scotland
Figures revealed by the Nationwide Information of Scotland confirmed that there have been 1,172 drug misuse deaths in 2023, a rise on the 12 months earlier than. Of these, 80% concerned opiates or opioids corresponding to heroin, morphine and methadone.
4. Thailand
Thai authorities stated the affected person was a 66-year-old European man who had not too long ago been in an African nation experiencing an mpox outbreak earlier than arriving in Bangkok on 14 August. He’s being handled in hospital after exhibiting signs of the virus.
5. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
It has been a bumpy highway to say the least for the couple, who first dated in 2003 earlier than separating, marrying different folks, divorcing them, after which lastly reuniting in 2021 in what was termed “Bennifer 2.0”. Nonetheless, after two years of marriage, the pair are as soon as once more calling it quits.
6. Chipotle
Brian Niccol will exchange Laxman Narasimhan, who has served as Starbucks’ CEO beginning in 2023. Niccol has been the CEO and chair of Mexican fast-food chain Chipotle since 2018.
7. Condé Nast
Underneath the phrases of the deal, OpenAI shall be licensed to make use of content material from the writer’s manufacturers, which embody Vogue, GQ and The New Yorker. Condé Nast is the newest in a collection of companies to signal offers with AI platforms in an try and safe attribution and income sharing, and defend towards unauthorised use by rival AI firms.
8. California
Biden left the conference for a household trip in California, and after he “lays low for the remainder of the month, the president and his senior advisers have fixated on the ending touches of his profession”, Politico stated.
9. Harrow
Harrow’s new campus in Guangzhou shall be its ninth Chinese language outpost, however the first since President Xi’s schooling reforms emphasising a “patriotic” curriculum – prompting accusations within the British media that public faculties are promoting out.
10. Botswana
The two,492-carat gem was discovered within the Canadian-owned Karowe mine. The diamond commerce is vital to Botswana’s economic system, accounting for roughly 25% of the nation’s GDP.
