Leader Divas Down (a year in review)
This week, Yoon Suk Yeol was officially impeached as President of this country.
South Korea
On Thursday, this non-European Nation indicated that it wanted to send troops to join a NATO command to support Ukraine
Japan
Dozens of supporters for this famous politician gathered outside the hospital where the politician underwent a 12-hour surgery to reconstitute his abdominal wall.
Jair Bolsonaro
This US president was famously worked on by a doctor named Doctor Bliss, meaning his full title was Dr. Doctor Bliss
James A. Garfield
On Sunday, this nation’s first transgender Men’s soccer team hit the field for the first time as a part of festivities for International Transgender Day of Visibility, showing the immense progress that transgender individuals have achieved in this nation.
The mysterious death of 23-year-old sound engineer from Maryland named Dinari McAlmont on Thursday has had this nation in a panic, as the US ambassador to this nation has made threats to take diplomatic action against the country if the death isn't investigated further. The young man was with his parents on a trip, and when he left his hotel room to grab his coat that he left in their car, he never returned, and his body was found hours later on the beach. Foul play is heavily suspected.
CuBahamas
Diva Down Watch: The President of this country underwent a multi-hour surgery this past week and has made a successful recovery much to the delight of his supporters.
Italy (Sergio Mattarella, Ha, you all thought it was Jair Bolsonaro)
This infamous forum website was hacked, had its source code and information on all its staff members leaked (revealing that federal workers had infiltrated it), and was taken down on Monday night by a hacker from a rival site, possibly shutting it down for good
4Chan
Daily Double: An ostrich at a wildlife reservation in Texas pecked at the former PM of this nation, resulting in an injury to his hand.
Boris Johnson and the UK (https://www.instagram.com/p/DIHtmWKoDWA/)
This president, the one in office for the third shortest amount of time, died from complications from doctors cutting into his stomach to relieve severe food poisoning he got from eating cherries and milk during a White House Fourth of July celebration
Zachary Taylor
Daily Double: Ahmed al-Sharaa became this country's de facto President after its former leader's army was overpowered, causing the former leader to flee to Russia.
Syria and Bashar al-Assad
Yesterday, this island nation banned entry into the country for anyone with an Israeli passport
The Maldives
A helicopter in this country crashed earlier this year in this nation, and the cause of the crash was deemed to be a penguin, which was not documented on the helicopter's cargo. The helicopter was severely damaged, but the crew and passengers were only 50 ft in the air, so all who flew, including the penguin, survived.
South Africa (What had happened was that the passenger sitting in the front left seat of the helicopter was holding the penguin in their lap (obviously unsecured) when the "cardboard box slid off to the right and onto the pilot’s cyclic pitch control lever.)
Daily Double: There have been two major presidential candidates who have run for president three times and were unsuccessful each time. Who were they?
Henry Clay and William Jennings Bryan
Sheik Hasina, the former PM of this country, was ousted/resigned in August 2024 after increasing protests against her crackdown on dissidents as well as illegal siphoning of $150 billion from the government.
Bangladesh
This past week, this non-African nation held talks between the DRC and M23 rebels during one of the first ceasefires of the deadly conflict in the Congo
Qatar
A foster mother in this US state has been charged with child abuse and endangerment as authorities investigate whether she traded an adopted daughter to someone in Texas for a monkey and mistreated other children in her care.
Missouri
This US president was the only president whose first language was not English, but rather Dutch
Martin Van Buren
Alice Guo, a mayor in this nation, was removed from her position last year by the Office of the Ombudsman (not a typo), which investigates corruption of political officials. She now stands trial for alleged illegal gambling, human trafficking, spying for China, graft, corruption, tax evasion, perjury, money laundering, and falsifying documents. All this came after she received a Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) award the year before (2023).
Phillipines
On Tuesday, a massive event was held in this country to break the world record for the most people playing Monopoly at once, with 918 people playing it simultaneously
Australia
A woman in this nation unknowingly gave birth to a stranger’s baby after she received another patient’s embryo from her in vitro fertilization clinic due to “human error,” the clinic said.
Australia
This US president and former Secretary of State famously swam naked in the Potomac River during his free time. He once even gave an interview to a reporter while sitting on the shore of the lake nude
John Quincy Adams