Friday News Roundup – International (Joshua Johnson, 1A) 2017-11-17

The government takeover in Zimbabwe is not a coup d’etat … according to the armed members of the country’s military who have placed Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe under house arrest. How will the so-called “bloodless transition” of power play out?

In Germany, leaders of the world’s most powerful countries gathered to talk climate change, but the Trump administration’s delegates were met with protests. A huge far-right nationalist march disrupted an annual independence celebration in Poland. And Australia voted to legalize same-sex marriage.

We’ll also review the end of President Trump’s visit to Asia, which included a meeting with the controversial president of the Philippines.

And, how much would you pay for one of Leonardo DaVinci’s works?
Interview:
https://the1a.org/shows/2017-11-17/friday-news-roundup-international