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Global News Quiz: Trump in Europe, Taunts From North Korea, Changes on U.S. Border

By BRYANT ROUSSEAU

President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir V. Putin at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on Friday. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
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In his first face-to-face meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin, President Trump:

Engaged in a “robust and lengthy” discussion with Mr. Putin about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, according to Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson.
Agreed “without reservation” to lift the U.S. sanctions currently in place against Russia over its seizure of Crimea, according to Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov.
Discussed a “historic and huge” cease-fire in Ukraine, according to President Trump.
A military parade to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il-sung, North Korea’s founder, in Pyongyang in April. Wong Maye-E/Associated Press
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North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, taunted the United States, saying, “The American bastards must be quite unhappy” after what happened on Tuesday?

North Korea successfully tested a nuclear bomb at least five times more powerful than any it had produced before.
North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile analysts believe is capable of reaching Alaska.
South Korea’s new president, Moon Jae-in, announced he wanted U.S. troop levels in his country cut in half.
Residents in a poor neighborhood of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, which has gang activity and is one of the most violent cities in the world. Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times
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From February through May, the number of undocumented immigrants stopped or caught along the southwest border of the United States did what from the same period last year?

Stayed approximately the same.
Increased 122 percent.
Decreased 60 percent.
Women being treated in May at a hospital in Sana, Yemen. Yahya Arhab/European Pressphoto Agency
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Yemen, an impoverished country in the midst of a civil war, has suffered one of the worst outbreaks in recent times of what disease?

Typhus.
Cholera.
Plague.
Smallpox.
Yellow fever.
President Trump during his speech in Krasinski Square, in Warsaw, on Thursday. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
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President Trump in a speech in Warsaw on Thursday said, “The fundamental question of our time is whether…”

“…the world can join together to combat climate change.”
“…the United Nations will do whatever it takes to end North Korea’s nuclear program.”
“…the West has the will to survive.”
“…media organizations will stop reporting horrific lies and fake news.”
“…the European Union can avoid a disastrous splintering.”
Protesters, mainly American Jews belonging to the Reform movement, demonstrated last week outside the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. Abir Sultan/European Pressphoto Agency
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Jews around the world have been in an uproar since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel did what?

Suspended a plan to provide a better space for non-Orthodox men and women to worship together at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Announced a settlement for up to 25,000 Israelis to be built within the city limits of Ramallah in the West Bank.
Changed the eligibility requirements of the Law of Return, severely restricting who can claim Israeli citizenship.
Demonstrators were hit by a police water cannon on Friday. David Young/DPA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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The photograph above was taken at protests in what city on Friday?

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at a protest over a decision to drop a corruption case against President Michel Temer.
Istanbul, Turkey, at a protest over extended powers given to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Athens, Greece, at a protest over a new budget severely curtailing public services and health care.
Hamburg, Germany, at the Group of 20 summit.
Opposition lawmakers fight with pro-government militia members who are trying to force their way into the National Assembly during a special session coinciding with Venezuela’s independence day in Caracas on Wednesday. Fernando Llano/Associated Press
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While National Assembly lawmakers in Venezuela have been assaulted before, an attack on Wednesday was remarkable because:

The assailants appeared to face no resistance from government troops charged with securing the compound.
The assailants, wielding automatic rifles, killed five lawmakers, the first such fatalities.
Once the assailants took over the building, they claimed legislative authority and passed a bill making Nicolás Maduro president for life.
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