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What in the World?

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12.06.2026

The FIFA Men’s World Cup kicked off this week! Thankfully, whether you’re athletic or not, you can take your own shot at victory with our international news quiz.

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The FIFA Men’s World Cup kicked off this week! Thankfully, whether you’re athletic or not, you can take your own shot at victory with our international news quiz.

1. The results of Peru’s presidential runoff election on Sunday were still too close to call at time of writing. How many presidents has the country had in the past decade?

Whoever wins will still face an uphill battle to govern effectively, as Peruvians have forced out six of those nine leaders, Foreign Policy’s Catherine Osborn reports in Latin America Brief.

2. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Southeast Asia on Monday. Which country was home to its epicenter?

The disaster struck just eight months after another major quake hit the Philippine province of Cebu, FP’s Joseph Rachman writes in Southeast Asia Brief.

3. On Monday, the European Union voted to expand its Operation Irini to inspect ships suspected of transporting oil from which country?

The move—along with the........

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