No. 67

Saturday, October 10, 2026

World

Navi Pillay, winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, hails from which country?

Ghana
Kenya
South Africa
Nigeria

Pillay is a South African human rights lawyer.

NPR

Politics

Trump announced the U.S. would import diesel fuel from which country to help lower energy prices before the midterms?

Canada
Russia
Venezuela
Saudi Arabia

Trump said the U.S. will get diesel from Russia, easing pressure on Moscow.

NPR

Business

The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in August, driven largely by a record influx of imports related to what technology?

Artificial intelligence
5G networks
Solar panels
Electric vehicles

Imports of AI-related capital goods hit a record, widening the trade deficit.

CNBC · read the story

Science

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found evidence of collisions between what kind of bodies in young star systems?

Mars-sized planetary bodies
Brown dwarfs
Comets
Asteroid belts

Webb detected signs of Mars-sized worlds smashing together, producing extreme debris disks.

ScienceDaily/NASA

Tech

Masayoshi Son is reportedly seeking up to $100 billion from investors in which region to launch a new AI investment fund?

The Middle East
South America
Southeast Asia
Western Europe

Son has been in talks with Gulf investors, including the UAE, for the fund.

Reuters (via Tech Startups) · read the story

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