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What in the World?

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11.09.2026

School is back in session in much of the world, so it feels appropriate to proctor a quiz for our readers. Find out if you’ve kept up with the globe’s latest developments!

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School is back in session in much of the world, so it feels appropriate to proctor a quiz for our readers. Find out if you’ve kept up with the globe’s latest developments!

1. The far-right Alternative for Germany party won a state election on Sunday but fell short of the majority needed to form a government without a coalition. If the party succeeds in coalition-building, it would be the first far-right party to lead a German state since when?

The fall of the Berlin Wall

The Soviet consolidation of East Germany

The rise of the far right in Germany signals the end of German postwar democracy as we know it, John Kampfner argues.

2. Philippine police arrested a lawmaker and cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday over his alleged involvement in a massive corruption scandal concerning what?

Road restoration projects in Manila

Housing allowances for national legislators

A slush fund for the military

Flood-control projects

Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez was officially charged with plunder and personally accused of misappropriating $118 million, FP’s Joseph Rachman reports in Southeast Asia Brief.

3. Jamaica’s culture minister........

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