World Vibe Check
From the Secretary
Daily Double
100

This country has joined the US and EU in enacting a sweeping ban preventing TikTok from being installed on all government-issued mobile devices, as western officials take action over the Chinese-owned video-sharing app.

Where is Canada?

100

The US EPA has opened an office for public information about clean up services and efforts in this US city after the train derailment caused chemical spill that occured there early in February.

Where is East Palestine, OH?

200

This country's Competition and Consumer Commission has decided to step up its probe of companies’ environmental claims after an initial sweep found more than half made misleading statements ranging from overstating climate action to developing their own certification schemes.

Where is Australia?

200

A US special envoy has claimed that this country has been spending billions of dollars on spreading pro-Russia disinformation globally, spending even more than Russia itself.

Where is China?

200

1.) The president of this country posted on twitter two photos of what is supposed to be an alux, a mischievous woodland spirit in Maya folklore, adding "Everything is mystical" to the post's tagline. 

2.) Brazilian cocoa farmers petition government for ban on imported cocoa beans from this country over concerns of these crops bringing diseases, insects, and weeds, with farmers trying to stop incoming beans from entering the country at all costs.

What is MexiCôte d'Ivoire?

300

This country’s finance ministry has accused the BBC of tax evasion, saying that it had not fully declared its income and profits from its operations in the country after three days of searching the BBC offices in the country.

Where is India?

300

One third of this country’s households now boast solar panels and will soon have the capacity to produce more electricity than the country’s entire coal industry, according to the industry consultancy SunWiz.

Where is Australia?

400

A head on collision of two trains in this country has led to the deaths of at least 43 people with many more still missing of the over 200 people who were in the trains, becoming the deadliest train crash in the country's history.

Where is Greece?

400

This country has begun a special mission to crack down on illegal mining in indigenous lands after the country's former administration had allowed tens of thousands of illegal miners to devastate these region's rainforests.

Where is Brazil?

500

Election results in this country show the current ruling party leading despite weeks of protests across the country over the past weeks, leading to accusations of a rigged election by opposition parties as well as election observers from abroad.

Where is Nigeria?

500

Hundreds of people in this country took to the streets in the capital on Saturday to protest over the president’s anti-migrant clampdown after the president accused undocumented sub-Saharan migrants of being part of a plot to change the country’s character. 

Where is Tunisa?