This week brought plenty of non-US election news thats worth reviewing (and testing your knowledge about)
The first shake-up happened when Joe Biden decided to skip an important meeting: hes not going to the climate conference in Azerbaijan. Meanwhile in Eastern Europe Maia Sandu won her re-election in Moldova getting about 60% of votes despite some foreign-made trouble
Interpol started its 92nd meeting in Doha Qatar focusing on fighting organized crime; while in the pacific region Tommy Remengesau won Palaus election beating his brother-in-law (which made this race quite interesting)
Some notable political changes happened in mid-week: Benjamin Netanyahu fired defense minister Yoav Gallant - a move that might affect US-Israel relations. In Germany Olaf Scholz had to break up the so-called traffic-light coalition because of budget disagreements
- Panama tried to fix its social security system
- South Africa closed its Mozambique border due to unrest
- Scientists found signs of an ancient ocean on Mars from about 37 billion years ago
- The Associated Press (which started calling elections way back in 1832) announced election results
Organized crime is becoming more complex and needs immediate attention