The World News Crossword - October 21st, 2018

The World News Crossword - October 21st, 2018

A 6-page PDF document that includes:

1. A crossword based the events of last week’s news,
2. A crossword about China,
3. A crossword about Brazil, and
4. A crossword about Marie Curie (from our recently published Women who changed the World book).

So, what happened in the news last week? A journalist was killed in the Saudi Arabia embassy in Istanbul and no one believes the explanation. Trains crashed in India and Taiwan. Lionel Messi broke his arm and Christiano Ronaldo became the first player to score 400 goals. Croatians protested against their government’s proposal to raise the retirement age to 67. The FYROM’s government changed the country’s name to North Macedonia. Brazilians voted in a presidential election, Afghans voted in a parliamentary election, Australians voted in a by-election, and 700,000 British people marched in London demanding a vote on the details of the Brexit deal. Moscow’s government did not approve the annual memorial day for victims of Stalin’s brutal regime and sent officials for a meeting with Syria’s president.