Student News Quiz (4.13)

The cease-fire agreement was brokered by Pakistan. However, cracks quickly emerged because of two issues: Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz.

On April 12, Vice President JD Vance said that marathon talks between the United States and Iran had failed to reach a deal to end the war, casting further uncertainty over the fate of a fragile two-week cease-fire.

President Trump said after the talks that the U.S. Navy would enforce a blockade of the strait.

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The successful trip sets up the next steps in the Artemis program, which aims to put Americans back on the surface of the moon in 2028.

Check out videos and photos from the Artemis II mission.

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Michigan had an all-transfer starting five, including four players who arrived only last summer. It’s a sign of how college sports are changing in the era of name, image and likeness payments and unlimited transfers.

President Trump signed an executive order this month trying to limit those changes, though it’s unclear how much of an effect it will have.

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On April, 7 Anthropic said it would make the new model — known as Claude Mythos Preview — available to a consortium of more than 40 technology companies, including Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, which will use the model to find and patch security vulnerabilities in critical software programs.

Anthropic said it had no plans to release its new technology more widely, but was announcing the new model’s capabilities in one area in particular — identifying security vulnerabilities in software — in an effort to sound the alarm over what the company believes will be a new, scarier era of A.I. threats.

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The rapper’s history of antisemitism led the British government to bar him from entry, because “his presence in the U.K. would not be conducive to the public good.” He was set to be a headliner at the three-day Wireless Festival in London in July.

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The vote was widely seen as a showdown between friends and foes of liberal democracy, which Mr. Orban has battled against for years to applause from his fans in the United States, Europe and Latin America. The race was closely watched by the Trump administration and the Kremlin, both of which wanted Mr. Orban to win and both of which offered support in his campaign.

The implications of the outcome extend far beyond Hungary’s borders. The next prime minister may help alter the course of the war in Ukraine, a neighbor that Mr. Orban has cast as an enemy of Hungary, and affect European security.

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The new season of “Euphoria” premiered on April 12. Since the show’s debut in 2019, three of its stars have climbed to the top of the Hollywood A-list.

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On April 9, a group of researchers reported that the Ugandan chimps were locked in a primate version of civil war. Two factions split about a decade ago and have been engaged in a highly lethal conflict ever since.

Scientists have never seen such widespread, long-running bloodshed among chimpanzees. Further studies may shed light on the roots of warfare in our own species.

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