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In October 2024, the Israel Parliament (Knesset) passed controversial legislation banning which UN agency from operating within Israeli territory?
AUNHCR
BUNICEF
CUNOCHA
DUNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees)
South Korean author Han Kang was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature. She became the first writer from South Korea and first Asian female writer to win this award. What is one of her most famous novels?
AGreek Lessons
BHuman Acts
CThe Vegetarian
DThe White Book
Which Gulf state hosted the 8th edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII8), also known as ‘Davos in the Desert’, in October 2024?
AUnited Arab Emirates
BQatar
CKuwait
DSaudi Arabia
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of:
AMRNA vaccine technology
BPeripheral immune tolerance
CHepatitis C virus
DmicroRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation
The 8th Future Investment Initiative (FII8) held in Riyadh in October 2024 was organized under which theme?
AThe New Compass
BInfinite Horizons: Investing Today, Shaping Tomorrow
CInvesting in Humanity
DImpact on Humanity
John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton were awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for foundational discoveries in:
AExoplanet discovery
BMachine learning with artificial neural networks
CAttosecond physics
DQuantum entanglement
In October 2024, Mark Rutte officially assumed office as the 14th Secretary General of NATO, succeeding whom?
AJaap de Hoop Scheffer
BAnders Fogh Rasmussen
CGeorge Robertson
DJens Stoltenberg
Who were awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for computational protein design and protein structure prediction?
AMoungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, and Alexei Ekimov
BDavid Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M. Jumper
CBenjamin List and David MacMillan
DCarolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless
Mark Rutte, who became NATO Secretary General in October 2024, previously served for 14 years as the Prime Minister of which country?
ANorway
BBelgium
CDenmark
DNetherlands
The 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson for studies on:
ABehavioral economics and decision making
BHow institutions are formed and affect prosperity
CFinancial crises and banks
DLabor economics and minimum wages