The Week of November 7, 2021 by CoenM

Not surprisingly, Daniel Ortega won re-election as the president of what CENTRAL AMERICAN NATION, assisted by his regime jailing seven potential opposition candidates?

What US SENATOR, one of the few Republicans to vote for convicting Donald Trump in the aftermath of the January 6 riot at the Capitol, announced she would run for re-election, where she will face a primary challenge from Kelly Tshibaka, the head of the state's Department of Administration?

Louisiana's Board of Pardons voted unanimously to pardon what MAN ARRESTED IN 1892 for refusing to leave a whites-only train car, whose name is most associated with the 1896 US Supreme Court case that affirmed "separate but equal" state segregation laws?

A judge approved the $626 million dollar settlement for cases stemming from the contamination of what CITY's water supply by lead and bacteria? The state of Michigan will provide the bulk of the settlement amount.

With Covid-19 cases on the rise again in Europe, chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced a plan for what COUNTRY that would see a lockdown only of the unvaccinated?

The agreement reached at the end of the COP26 climate conference contained the first-ever language in a climate deal about a reduction in the use of what FUEL? The language was softened, from "phase out" to "phased down" at the behest of China and India.

What MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY agreed to be the "protecting power" for the US in Afghanistan, representing US interests and providing consular services? The country had hosted several rounds of peace talks between the US and the Taliban, and was a popular transit point during the US evacuation.

Russia issued a rare rebuke of the leadership of what COUNTRY, saying its threat to cut off European gas supplies if there were any sanctions over its use of migrants against the EU would be a breach of contract?

NASA cited budget issues and a lawsuit brought by Blue Origin over lunar lander contracts when announcing that what MANNED SPACEFLIGHT PROJECT would not return humans to the Moon until 2025?

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): Breaking Up Is Maybe Not So Hard To Do. What COMPANY announced final plans to split into three public companies - one each focusing on healthcare, aviation, and energy - breaking up the conglomerate built by Jack Welch in the 1980s?

What PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY announced it would split into two companies, one for its consumer product division (with brands like Tylenol and Q-TIps) and a second for its pharmaceutical and medical devices division? The move is in large part to protect the pharma division from lawsuits against the consumer product division.

It wasn't just US companies planning to split, as what JAPANESE COMPANY, best known in the US for consumer electronics products, would also be splitting into three companies by 2023? The move is part of the lingering effects of a 2015 scandal where the company admitted to claiming more than $1 billion in profits than it actually made.