Which global organisation has adopted a new voting procedure involving secret ballots for its elections, amidst Covid-19 pandemic?
- A. European Union
- B. United Nations
- C. World Health Organisation
- D. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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On February 17, 2022, which country to list Hamas as terrorist organization?
- A. France
- B. Germany
- C. Australia
- D. None of these
Correct Answer: C. Australia
The Australian government intends to list the entirety of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas as a terrorist organization under the country`s criminal code, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said on February 17, 2022. A listing by Australia of the whole group, rather than just its military wing as at present, would bring Canberra`s stance in line with the United States, the European Union, and Britain.
A street in front of the Saudi embassy in Washington DC has been renamed as:
- A. Saud al-Qahtani Way
- B. Hatice Cengiz Way
- C. Jamal Khashoggi Way
- D. Salman bin Abdulaziz Way
Correct Answer: C. Jamal Khashoggi Way
The street in front of Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Washington was renamed on 15 June 2022 as Jamal Khashoggi Way as activists vowed never to forget the slain journalist despite President Joe Biden’s planned visit to the kingdom. The capital’s local government changed signs on one block in front of the imposing embassy to read “Jamal Khashoggi Way” in honor of the Saudi dissident who was strangled to death and dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. The street will serve as “a constant reminder, a memorial to Jamal Khashoggi’s memory that cannot be covered up,” said Phil Mendelson, president of the District of Columbia Council that voted unanimously to rename the stretch of New Hampshire Avenue which also lies along with the storied Watergate building.
Which country ordered authorizing sanctions against individuals involved in the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation?
- A. China
- B. United States
- C. Germany
- D. North Korea
Correct Answer: B. United States
The United States President Donald Trump has issued an executive order authorizing sanctions against individuals involved in an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo can block assets in the U.S. of ICC employees involved in the probe and also block their entry into the U.S. The investigation was held to find whether the U.S. forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan. While Afghanistan is a member of ICC, the U.S. is not a member.
When India and China hold it’s first meeting after Ladakh border clash?
- A. June 22, 2020
- B. June 24, 2020
- C. June 26, 2020
- D. June 27, 2020
Correct Answer: A. June 22, 2020
Indian and Chinese military commanders met on June 22, 2020 to try to ease tensions at their disputed Himalayan border. India said 20 of its soldiers were killed in a clash last Monday 15 June, with Chinese troops in a major escalation of a weeks-long standoff between the nuclear-armed Asian giants in the western Himalayas.
In November 2023, Kazakhstan sign uranium deal with which country?
- A. Pakistan
- B. Azerbaijan
- C. Bangladesh
- D. China
Correct Answer: D. China
Kazakhstan, the world`s top uranium producer, announced on Thursday a long-term deal to supply the radioactive metal to China, as the resource-rich Central Asian country step up cooperation with Beijing. The deal was struck between the national atomic company, Kazatomprom, and China National Uranium Corporation Limit to deliver an unspecified amount of natural uranium concentrate, which is used in the nuclear fuel cycle
When Norway`s Princess Martha Louise relinquished her royal duties?
- A. November 8, 2022
- B. November 25, 2022
- C. November 12, 2022
- D. November 18, 2022
Correct Answer: A. November 8, 2022
Norway`s Princess Martha Louise on November 8, 2022 relinquish her royal duties in order to focus on her alternative medicine business with her fiance, a self-proclaimed shaman.