Leaders & Legacies
The position of U.S. Secretary of State, responsible for foreign affairs, is currently held by this official.
Who is Marco Rubio?
This emerging disease, known by this four character term, is currently posing a threat to bird flocks globally.
What is H5N1?
In 2023, this South American country, home to the world’s largest rainforest, elected a president committed to reversing deforestation.
What is Brazil?
These three countries have been the subject of tariffs under President Donald Trump in his new term.
What are China, Mexico, and Canada?
Education for women in universities was banned in this country in 2023.
What is Afghanistan?
In 2023, Sweden finally joined this military alliance after years of neutrality, following Finland's accession in 2022.
What is NATO?
This Global South country has the highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the world.
What is South Africa?
This international environmental treaty about climate change response efforts has been a point of contention for previous and current U.S. presidents.
What is the Paris Agreement?
This global infrastructure project led by one of the largest East Asian countries seeks to expand the country's global influence, particularly in Africa.
What is the Belt and Road Initiative?
The UN labeled the treatment of this group in the Xinjiang region of China as a possible crime against humanity.
What are the Uyghur Muslims?
The U.S. recently sent out strikes to combat the Houthis in this small Middle Eastern country.
What is Yemen?
Wild-type polio has been eliminated globally except for in these two countries in the Greater Middle East.
What are Afghanistan and Pakistan?
The city of N'Djamena, in this African country, was ranked the most polluted capital city in the world in 2025 by the WHO.
What is Chad?
This international financial institution, established in 1944, provides loans and grants to the world’s most impoverished countries for capital projects and development.
What is the World Bank?
This Asian country most recently legalized gay marriage, marking a landmark decision in a region of the world that primarily utilizes discriminatory LGBT+ policies.
What is Thailand?
This Asian country's president was impeached in December after attempting a failed political coup through declaring martial law.
What is South Korea?
The Carter Center has led efforts to eradicate this waterborne parasitic disease, which will likely be the world's next eradicated disease.
What is Guinea worm disease?
Deforestation of this Southeast Asian island, home to orangutans, has been accelerated by palm oil production.
What is Borneo?
The BRICS economic bloc expanded in 2024 by inviting new members to this established group of five countries.
What is Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa?
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is currently hearing a case brought by South Africa accusing this country of committing genocide.
What is Israel?
These five countries are permanent members of the UN Security Council and have veto power, which has been instrumental in blocking countries like Palestine and Taiwan from joining the UN.
What are China, France, Russia, the U.K., and the U.S.?
This mosquito-borne infectious disease causes long-lasting joint pain and rash, and is primarily found in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as South and Southeast Asia. (Hint: Simon's uncle had it)
What is chikungunya?
This Asian country is moving its capital to Nusantara, as its current capital is facing the threat of sinking due to rising sea levels.
What is Indonesia?
This African country announced a new current (the ZiG) in 2024 after a history of some of the world's worst hyperinflation rates, with a maximum annual inflation rate of 89,700,000,000,000,000,000,000% in 2008.
What is Zimbabwe?
The war between Israel and Hamas just surpassed a Palestinian death count of this number.
What is 50,000?