The Week of April 10, 2022 by CoenM

For the second time, French president Emanuel Macron will square off against what FAR RIGHT CANDIDATE in a runoff election for the presidency of France?

What INVENTOR, the single largest individual shareholder in Twitter, declined a seat on the company's board and then launched a bid to buy it outright?

The US Environmental Protection Agency issued a waiver that will allow the sale of a gasoline blend made with 15 percent of what OTHER FUEL? Sales are usually banned over the summer due to air quality concerns.

Ten people were shot and 23 injured overall when a gunman opened fire in a subway station in the Sunset Park neighborhood of what NEW YORK CITY BOROUGH? The shooter was arrested the following day, apparently calling police himself to give his location.

What FLAGSHIP OF RUSSIA'S BLACK SEA FLEET, a guided missile cruiser originally launched in 1979 as the Slava, sank after either being struck by Neptune anti-ship missiles (as claimed by Ukraine) or after being damaged by a fire in a munitions store (as claimed by Russia)?

What US STATE joined the growing number to adopt laws that strongly limit abortion, approving of a ban after the 15th week of pregnancy when its legislature overrode the veto of governor Andy Beshear?

The UK unveiled a plan that would send refugees who entered the country illegally to be processed and potentially be granted asylum in what EAST AFRICAN NATION? Opponents cite the country's dismal human rights record and the failure of a similar program with Israel as points against the UK's plan.

Problems with a valve and a leaky umbilical line of liquid hydrogen led NASA to roll what ROCKET, the launch vehicle for the Artemis moon program, back to the Vertical Assembly Building for repair? NASA Is still hoping for the unmanned Artemis 1 mission to launch this year.

What SOUTH ASIAN NATION announced it would temporarily default on its foreign debt due to a lack of hard currency? The country, run by the Rajapaksa brothers, has also seen weeks of protests over the rising prices and falling stocks of fuel and food.

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (tm): Riding the Wave... Again. What US CITY on the east coast reinstated an indoor mask mandate due to a rise in cases of the "stealth" omicron variant of Covid-19?

The US State Department ordered non-emergency personnel stationed in what CHINESE CITY's US consulate to leave due to an outbreak of Covid-19? The US cited China's policy of separating Covid-positive parents from their children in making the announcement.

What US STATE ended a policy of enhanced inspection of trucks entering the US from Mexico that paralyzed trade and led to Mexican truck drivers slowing food shipments into the US by blocking border bridges? The governor of the US state also announced that he had signed agreements with the leaders of four Mexican states that swapped ending the enhanced inspections for pledges of improved border security in Mexico.