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A TV series has made history as the first non-English drama series to earn an Emmy nomination. Which TV show made history in this way?

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Netflix’s “Squid Game,” a Korean dystopian thriller, earned 14 Emmy nominations in total.

Which company has sued billionaire Elon Musk?

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Twitter filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk because the billionaire backed out of a pricey $44 billion deal to buy the social-media company.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit a country next week. Which country is Putin visiting?

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Putin will visit Iran to attend a trilateral meeting with the leaders of Iran and Turkey.

An individual who testified before the January 6 committee said tweets from former President Donald Trump indicated violence was expected at the U.S. Capitol. Who testified that Trump’s tweets incited violence?

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An anonymous ex-Twitter employee believes that a particular tweet from Trump was all his supporters needed to join a rally with him. It read: “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there. Will be wild.”

Ukraine is getting an additional $1.7 billion in aid from the U.S. government and the World Bank to pay salaries. Which salaries will be paid?

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The money will pay the salaries of its health-care workers as the country deals with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “brutal war of aggression.”

The President of Sri Lanka has fled the country as protesters stormed the prime minister’s office. Where did the Sri Lankan President flee to?

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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives without resigning first — which is a promise he had already made.

Prosecutors from this country raided its main spy agency. Which country was it?

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South Korea’s main spy agency was raided as part of an investigation into two past North Korea-related incidents that involved abuse of power, damaging public records and falsifying documents.

Which airport said it is capping daily passenger numbers for the summer?

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London’s Heathrow Airport told airlines to stop selling tickets and that it is setting a limit of 100,000 passengers a day through mid-September.

Pope Francis named three new individuals to serve as members of the Vatican’s Dicastery, the office that vets bishop nominations. Who was named to these positions?

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Pope Francis' nominations mark another first when it comes to women being able to have a say in Catholic Church governance.

Inflation hit a new 40-year high in June. What is the new inflation rate?

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Data from the Labor Department's Consumer Price Index showed that prices increased 9.1% from a year earlier.

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