Across
- 2. A death in the country marred the national day celebrations
- 5. The doll that came to life
- 11. The tragic war in the neighborhood (two words)
- 12. Suffered a record breaking and devastating earthquake
- 13. Sent by the latest country to join the elite "Moon 4"
- 14. Latest person to don the officially don the Second Star of Africa
- 15. Coup in this Central African country
- 16. Kate and Leo were not the only ones to drown there
- 17. Over 18 million hectares of forest went up in smoke
- 19. Tropical paradise turned into inferno island
- 20. It's football chief had to resign over an ill-timed kiss
- 21. Headed to a Manhattan court
Down
- 1. Launched a counter offensive against an invader
- 3. X, formerly known as
- 4. _____ Milei, the libertarian wild card president of Argentina
- 6. Thanks to existential dread caused by generative AI, they went on strike!
- 7. Became the second most populace country in the world
- 8. Unleashed a new era of human creativity and prosperity, or opened a Pandora’s box
- 9. The city held the funeral of Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
- 10. One stylish PM went out of fashion, another returned from exile to power
- 17. Investments in this sector soared, out pacing fossil fuels (two words)
- 18. Officially declared the end of the COVID-19 pandemic