This Week in Headlines
Updated: Dec 14, 2025
It's offficial - Christmas is on its way! With December starting, people decorate their homes or purchase Christmas trees, but Quizformed editors work on yet another news review! The first week of December brought unexpected developments in international politics.
US negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, didn't manage to compromise with Putin, as he didn't want to revise territorial claims that were outlined in the original peace plan.
Following the recent National Guard soldiers shooting in Washington DC, Trump modified the US immigration policy and paused immigration applications from 19 countries. The decision was caused by the Thansksgiving shooting and death of the National Guard member, Sarah Beckstrom. The shooter was identified as a man from Afghanistan who entered the US in 2021.
Trump announces his "America First" strategy, with a particular Europe angle. The 33-page National Security Strategy identifies Europe as facing "civilisational erasure" and question European countries' reliability as allies. Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, stated that Trump's vision of Europe stripped of democracy and full of censorship alligns with the Russian impression.
Staying on the topic of Trump:
We apologise for the frequent appearance of Trump in this week's edition. We hope that you managed to answer all of the questions right, and that you are looking forward to the next week's news review!