The Week of October 24, 2021 by CoenM

What AFRICAN COUNTRY saw army general Abdel Fattah Burhan seize power in a coup, two years after another coup ousted Omar al-Bashir?

What EURASIAN COUNTRY stepped back from plans to declare ten ambassadors, from countries including the US, Canada, Germany, and France, persona non grata over calls from those countries to release jailed activist Osman Kavala from prison? Kavala was jailed without charges in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt.

The European Union's Court of Justice levied a fine of 1 million euros a day against what EU MEMBER NATION over its recent adoption of laws that are seen to weaken judicial independence in that country?

The US State Department issued its first passport using what LETTER to indicate that the bearer does not identify as either strictly male or female?

World leaders met in what UK CITY for COP26, the latest in a series of UN-sponsored "Conference of the Parties" on addressing climate change?

What FORMER NEW YORK GOVERNOR was charged with a misdemeanor count of forcible touching based on a 2020 unwanted touching claim by a former aide?

Building on an earlier announcement, the parent company of Facebook announced it was adopting what new NAME?

Researchers behind the MicroBooNE experiment announced it did not discover the sterile version of what SUBATOMIC PARTICLE? The existence of the particle would help explain some anomalies in particle physics and dark matter.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a new standard for the allowable level of what METAL in children, now set at 3.5 micrograms per deciliter of blood?

UNESCO reported that ten forests that are also World Heritage Sites - including Yosemite National Park and the Grand Canyon - now release more of what GREENHOUSE GAS than they absorb, due to causes including wildfires, logging, and conversion of land to agriculture?

Three faculty members at the flagship public university in what US STATE were barred by the school's administration from testifying against the state's recently-enacted voting law, saying it would be a conflict of interest? The lawsuit in question pits a number of voting rights groups who oppose the law - known as SB 90 - against state attorney general Laurel Lee.

The US Food and Drug Administration gave emergency approval for the use of what COMPANY's Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11?