Statistics for 2018 News Stories - Name the Country

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News Event	Country	% Correct
Term limits are removed, allowing Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely	China	99%
A youth soccer team is rescued from a flooded cave (no thanks to Elon Musk)	Thailand	81%
Starbucks opens its first location in this country, the place where espresso was first invented	Italy	79%
Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident journalist from this country, is brutally murdered	Saudi Arabia	78%
... and this country wins it	France	77%
This country hosts the FIFA World Cup	Russia	73%
This country wins the most medals, adding to its all-time Winter Olympics lead	Norway	70%
This country becomes only the second to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana	Canada	68%
The United States withdraws from a nuclear deal with this country	Iran	67%
Populist right-wing politician Jair Bolsonaro is elected President	Brazil	66%
Country where the above murder took place	Turkey	66%
The Winter Olympics are held in this country	South Korea	63%
Eliud Kipchoge, a runner from this country, shatters the marathon world record with an incredible time of 2:01:39	Kenya	62%
Trump announces that all U.S. forces will immediately withdraw from this country	Syria	59%
The inflation rate is estimated to exceed 1 million percent	Venezuela	58%
Populist left-wing politician Andrés Manuel López Obrador is elected President	Mexico	53%
Facing numerous charges of corruption, Jacob Zuma finally resigns as President of this country	South Africa	47%