The Week of October 27, 2024 by CoenM

A surprise among the final polls in the US presidential race was one finding that Kamala Harris led Donald Trump by three points in what MIDWESTERN STATE? The poll, administered by Ann Selzer, found shifts among older and independent women voters as the basis for Harris' lead.

Japan's snap election proved costly for what RULING PARTY, as it lost its solo majority in the lower house, as voters punished it and coalition partner Komeito for a variety of scandals? The party is likely to stay in power, as the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party does not have a clear path to form a coalition government.

What FURNITURE AND HOME GOODS COMPANY agreed to pay 6 million Euros into a fund for former East German prisoners to compensate for forced labor? The company used political prisoners to build its flat-pack furniture as late as the 1980s.

Russia fined what company 2 undecillion rubles ($20 decillion) for its decision to ban 17 Russian media outlets from You Tube, which it owns? The fine is structured to continue multiplying as long as it isn't paid.

Over 200 people died in what REGION OF SPAIN, when a year's worth of rain fell in a single day? The sudden rains caused the Magro, Turio, and Poyo rivers to overflow, inundating the region's namesake city and its suburbs.

What RESTAURANT CHAIN known for its red and white signs and flair-bedecked servers filed for bankruptcy? The chain, which said it had been unable to rebound after the Covid-19 pandemic, had already closed over 160 locations this year.

Nvidia was announced as replacing what OTHER CHIPMAKER on the Dow Jones Industrial Average? While Nvidia has seen its market cap rise over $3 trillion, the other company has made little headway in the AI marketplace and continues to lose share in the PC chip market to companies like Advanced Micro Devices.

What SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRY put the ruling Democratic Party out of power for the first time since the country became independent in 1966? Duma Boko of the Umbrella for Democratic Change is expected to become the country's next president.

Thieves in the Netherlands stole four silkscreens of what AMERICAN ARTIST's Reigning Queens series, keeping the depictions of Queen Elizabeth II and Denmark's Magrethe II, but leaving behind pictures of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Queen Ntombi Tfwala of eSwatini?

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Rally. Donald Trump held a rally at Madison Square Garden which caused controversy when one speaker compared what US COMMONWEALTH to an island of garbage?

Kamala Harris had her own rally at what WASHINGTON, DC LOCATION, the same place where Donald Trump spoke on January 6, 2021, prior to the attack on the Capitol?

What MOUNTAIN in Asia was snowless through October for the first time since records were first kept in the 1890s? A volcano and the country's highest mountain at over 12000 feet, it usually gets its first snowfall in early October.