In January 2023, which country carries out the first execution of transgender person?
- A. UK
- B. China
- C. USA
- D. Indonesia
Correct Answer: C. USA
A transgender woman convicted of murder was put to death late on 3 January 2023 in the first such execution in the United States, officials said. Amber McLaughlin, 49, was pronounced dead shortly before 7 pm local time at the Diagnostic and Correctional Center in the town of Bonne Terre, Missouri, according to a statement from the state prison department.
Correct Answer: D. OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmented (OECD) has created a new global tax transparency framework for the automatic exchange of information related to crypto assets between countries. The framework named Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) will be used by the countries to track the cross-border transfer of crypto assets. CARF will be presented to G20 Finance Ministers this week in Washington DC.
Correct Answer: A. November 16, 2020
Correct Answer: C. Uzbekistan
Nodirbek Abdusattorov from Uzbekistan became the youngest ever World Rapid Chess champion, at 17 years three months. Magnus Carlsen had won the 2009 World Blitz Title at the age of 18. He also defeated the Ace player Magnus Carlsen to win the World Rapid Championship in Warsaw, Poland. France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the World Blitz title.
Correct Answer: B. Volodymyr Zelensky
Time magazine named President Volodymyr Zelensky as well as the spirit of Ukraine as its 2022 person of the year on December 7, 2022, for the resistance the country has shown in the face of Russia`s invasion.
Correct Answer: C. Samantha Cristoforetti
Italy’s Samantha Cristoforetti on September 28, 2022, became the first European woman to take over command of the International Space Station during a ceremony broadcast live from space. The outgoing commander, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, used the occasion to seemingly make a rare space-bound reference to the war in Ukraine, saying that “despite the storms on Earth, our international cooperation continues”. She is the fifth woman — and the first non-US woman — to become commander since the role was created in 2000.
Correct Answer: C. August 10, 2020
Lebanon`s prime minister announced the government`s resignation on Monday, August 10, 2020, saying a massive explosion that devastated Beirut last week and triggered public outrage was the result of endemic corruption.