Important Summer News Stories

We're only half way through the summer but but there have been several major news developments.  I thought it might be useful to identify some of the stories you should be following:

• Afghan presidential elections
• al-Shabab insurgency in East Africa
• Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria
• Civil war in Syria
• Ebola outbreak
• Gaza-Israel conflict
• Indonesia presidential elections
• ISIS in Iraq & Syria
• Japan constitutional changes
• Pacific typhoon
• Turkish presidential elections
• Ukraine conflict (including MH17)
• US Supreme Court decisions
• World Cup

You should also know the leaders of the countries above along with leaders of major international organizations (ex. United Nations & International Monetary Fund) and institutions (ex. US Supreme Court, US Congress, & Catholic Church).

While you are not required to keep a journal/notes on current events, if you bring the journal to class on the first day you will be allowed to use this on the current events quiz.