The Week of December 29, 2019 by CoenM

Tensions between Iran and the US escalated after an American drone strike in Iraq that killed what IRANIAN GENERAL, the head of the Quds Force and a major figure in Iranian military and foreign policy?

What COMPANY announced that it would not hire new employees who use nicotine products in the 21 US states where they are legally allowed to do so?

A Turkish private jet firm said a rogue employee was to blame for the escape from Japan to Lebanon of Carlos Ghosn, the former CEO of what AUTOMAKER, who was free on bail awaiting trial on charges of embezzlement?

Bush fires continued to ravage Australia, caused in part by a drought brought on by a positive dipole event in what OCEAN, which has lashed eastern African with greater than average rain?

The 2020 Democratic presidential primary field narrowed as what FORMER OBAMA CABINET MEMBER, and the only Latino in the field, announced he was suspending operations?

What WORLD LEADER used his first address of 2020 to apologize for slapping a woman's hand on New Year's Eve as she grabbed his arm?

What EUROPEAN COUNTRY saw conservative leader Sebastian Kurz form a new government with the Green Party, whose leader Werner Kogler is expected to be named vice-chancellor?

A meeting of leaders of what PROTESTANT DENOMINATION approved a plan to restructure and form a new, conservative denomination that would split from the current one? The plan is an attempt to solve a year-long dispute over gay marriage and the ordination of gay clergy.

What ASIAN COUNTRY's air force resorted to seeding clouds in the hope of triggering rainfall before the clouds reached its already sinking capital, which saw thousands displaced in floods due to torrential rains?

Pharmaceutical companies rang in the new year by raising prices on more than 400 prescription drugs, most notably a seven percent jump in the price of what injected ANTI-INFLAMMATORY medication from AbbVie with the chemical name adalimumab, used to treat diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and Crohn's disease?

The US Food and Drug Administration finalized rules for banning fruit and mint-flavored e-cigarettes, but did not ban vapes with a tobacco or what MINT-DERIVED FLAVORING, saying that these are not popular with minors, who were the intended target of the flavor ban?

Princeton University published letters sent between Emily Hale and what POET, also releasing a statement written by the poet five years before his death, in which he says he loved Hale but later felt that it was "the love of a ghost for a ghost?"