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Europe is supposed to come together on Saturday to be "United in Music", as the slogan for Eurovision 2024 would have it. But a glance at the week's headlines – from

Britain's Tory party tearing itself apart to allegations that Russia is jamming GPS in the Baltics – will tell you that this year the song contest has its work cut out. To get all the

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delivered directly to your inbox. 1. A BRITISH THINK TANK THIS WEEK SUGGESTED THE GOVERNMENT COULD REDUCE LONELINESS BY OFFERING SUBSIDIES FOR WHAT? * Coach trips * Pub crawls * Street

parties * Weddings 2. What type of ape became the first wild animal reported to have tended TO A WOUND WITH A SUBSTANCE KNOWN TO HAVE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES? * Gibbon * Chimpanzee  * Orangutan

* Gorilla  3. Which institution this week announced that it was changing its name to be more inclusive? * Cheltenham Ladies' College * The YMCA * Boy Scouts of America * The

Women's Institute 4. Which country this week halted all trade with Israel? * Germany * Turkey * India  * China 5. Which country reportedly hacked the UK's Ministry of Defence and

accessed details of armed forces personnel? * Russia * China * Iran  * North Korea 6. Which US state is poised to become the 13th to ban child marriage? * North Dakota * New Hampshire *

Alabama * Maine 7. A new Ipsos poll found what percentage of Brits have a favourable impression of the royal family? * 56% * 40% * 33% * 71% 8. What is the name of Panama's newly

elected president?  * José Raúl Mulino * Luis Manuel Mulino * Juan Carlos Mulino * Alejandro Jesús Mulino 9. Drake appeared to call an end to his two-week rap feud with fellow superstar

Kendrick Lamar on Sunday with a track titled what? * "Not Like Us" * "Family Matters" * "The Heart Part 6" * "Meet the Grahams" 10. US presidential

candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr claimed that what caused him to have memory loss? * A brain-eating worm * A coma * An alien abduction  * A drug experiment  1. Weddings Research by the Centre

for Social Justice found that married couples were the least likely to report feeling lonely, but a majority of low-income people said they were priced out of getting hitched. The think tank

suggested a government subsidy of up to £550 to cover the basic costs. 2. Orangutan Rakus, a Sumatran orangutan, was observed chewing and applying juice from the akar kuning, or yellow

root, plant to a wound on his face, then using the chewed leaves like a bandage. A month later the wound had completely healed. 3. Boy Scouts of America The organisation will now be known as

Scouting America, 114 years since it was founded. Britain's equivalent, The Scout Association, dropped the 'Boy' from its name in 1967. 4. Turkey Turkey has suspended all

trade with Israel over the "worsening humanitarian tragedy" in Gaza. It will join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice until the

Israeli government "allows an uninterrupted and sufficient flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza". 5. China The breach targeted a third-party payroll system containing personal data of

about 270,000 military personnel, including regulars, reservists and veterans. China has denied any involvement. 6. NEW HAMPSHIRE Governor Chris Sununu is considering whether to sign a bill

passed by state representatives that would raise the minimum age for marriage to 18. Find out more about the growing movement to end child marriage in the US on the latest episode of The

Week Unwrapped. 7. 56% The same percentage told the Ipsos survey they had a positive impression of the King. However, he came only third in the royal popularity stakes behind the Prince and

Princess of Wales, both of whom had a favourability rating of 69%. 8. José Raúl Mulino José Raúl Mulino won Panama’s presidency as a last-minute stand-in for former President Ricardo

Martinelli after he was convicted of money laundering and sentenced to five years in prison. Martinelli has been campaigning for Mulino from inside the Nicaraguan Embassy, where he was

granted asylum. 9. "The Heart Part 6" A play on Lamar's series of "Heart" tracks, Drake's latest salvo contained the line "I don't wanna diss you

anymore" – perhaps because rap tastemakers have conclusively judged Lamar the winner of the sometimes brutal war of words. 10. A brain-eating worm In a newly reported divorce case

deposition from 2012, independent presidential candidate Kennedy disclosed previously unreported health issues. He claimed his mental fogginess was the result of mercury poisoning and a

parasitic "worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died". Explore More Quiz of the Week