Statistics for 2023 News Stories - Name the Country

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Clue	Country	% Correct
Hamas leads invasion of this country	Israel	98%
This country celebrates its first coronation in 70 years	United Kingdom	98%
Country that surpassed China as the most populous in the world	India	95%
Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema are among the first marquee signings for football clubs in this country	Saudi Arabia	88%
Over 60,000 people are killed after earthquakes strike Syria and ______	Turkey	83%
Government figures show that 1 in 10 people in this country is over the age of 80	Japan	71%
Andrew Tate is charged with rape, human trafficking, and forming an organised crime group to sexually exploit women in this country	Romania	67%
Loreen wins the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time representing this country	Sweden	67%
...and this country wins it	South Africa	57%
COP28 held in this country	United Arab Emirates	55%
This country becomes becomes the 20th to adopt the euro, replacing the kuna	Croatia	52%
This country hosts the Rugby World Cup	France	50%
Prime Minister Hun Sen, leader of this country since 1985, announces he will resign and pass his office to his son	Cambodia	38%
The world's first whole eye transplant takes place in this country	United States	31%
Party for Freedom becomes the largest party in this country's House of Representatives for the first time	Netherlands	26%
This country brings into force the world's strictest anti-smoking laws, banning smoking in public places such as beaches and parks	Mexico	10%