Question: When did Johannsson decide to become loyal to Iceland?

Answer: 2013

The United States national team coach, Jurgen Klinsmann, has frequently said that he hopes his players push themselves to play in the best leagues — comments that have, at times, drawn the ire of M.L.S. officials. <hl> Despite those wishes, many prominent Americans have left European clubs to sign multimillion-dollar deals with M.L.S. Dempsey returned in 2013 , and he was soon followed by Michael Bradley, Jermaine Jones, Altidore, Mix Diskerud and Sacha Kljestan. <hl> Johannsson’s move, especially if he earns regular playing time and continues to score goals, could be good news for his national team career. In 2013, Johannsson, who was born in Alabama but raised in Iceland, changed his international allegiance to the United States after years of representing Iceland at the youth level. Since then, he has consistently been part of the national team, including the World Cup squad in 2014, when injuries limited him to one appearance. The move to the Bundesliga could signify a shift, and help Johannsson press Dempsey, 32, and Altidore, 25, on Klinsmann’s depth chart heading into qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. Werder Bremen should be able to use Johannsson right away; it transferred the Argentine forward Franco Di Santo, its top scorer last season, with 13 goals, to Schalke on July 25.

The United States national team coach, Jurgen Klinsmann, has frequently said that he hopes his players push themselves to play in the best leagues — comments that have, at times, drawn the ire of M.L.S. officials. Despite those wishes, many prominent Americans have left European clubs to sign multimillion-dollar deals with M.L.S. Dempsey returned in <hl> 2013 <hl>, and he was soon followed by Michael Bradley, Jermaine Jones, Altidore, Mix Diskerud and Sacha Kljestan. Johannsson’s move, especially if he earns regular playing time and continues to score goals, could be good news for his national team career. In 2013, Johannsson, who was born in Alabama but raised in Iceland, changed his international allegiance to the United States after years of representing Iceland at the youth level. Since then, he has consistently been part of the national team, including the World Cup squad in 2014, when injuries limited him to one appearance. The move to the Bundesliga could signify a shift, and help Johannsson press Dempsey, 32, and Altidore, 25, on Klinsmann’s depth chart heading into qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. Werder Bremen should be able to use Johannsson right away; it transferred the Argentine forward Franco Di Santo, its top scorer last season, with 13 goals, to Schalke on July 25.

Despite those wishes, many prominent Americans have left European clubs to sign multimillion-dollar deals with M.L.S. Dempsey returned in <hl> 2013 <hl> , and he was soon followed by Michael Bradley, Jermaine Jones, Altidore, Mix Diskerud and Sacha Kljestan.


Question: Who does the US fear?

The U.S. fears Russia is using their shared goal of defeating the Islamic State as a pretext for weakening other opponents of Syria’s embattled president. We sum up who’s fighting whom five years into the Syrian crisis. • Cutting jail time. A long-awaited bipartisan proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system, to be unveiled in the Senate today, would reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders. It would cut a 10-year mandatory minimum to five years for those who meet certain criteria and would trim penalties for prior drug offenses. • Election 2016.

Answer: Russia

<hl> The U.S. fears Russia is using their shared goal of defeating the Islamic State as a pretext for weakening other opponents of Syria’s embattled president. <hl> We sum up who’s fighting whom five years into the Syrian crisis. • Cutting jail time. A long-awaited bipartisan proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system, to be unveiled in the Senate today, would reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders. It would cut a 10-year mandatory minimum to five years for those who meet certain criteria and would trim penalties for prior drug offenses. • Election 2016.

The U.S. fears <hl> Russia <hl> is using their shared goal of defeating the Islamic State as a pretext for weakening other opponents of Syria’s embattled president. We sum up who’s fighting whom five years into the Syrian crisis. • Cutting jail time. A long-awaited bipartisan proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system, to be unveiled in the Senate today, would reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders. It would cut a 10-year mandatory minimum to five years for those who meet certain criteria and would trim penalties for prior drug offenses. • Election 2016.


Question: What is the US and Russia's shared goal?

Answer: defeating the Islamic State

<hl> The U.S. fears Russia is using their shared goal of defeating the Islamic State as a pretext for weakening other opponents of Syria’s embattled president. <hl> We sum up who’s fighting whom five years into the Syrian crisis. • Cutting jail time. A long-awaited bipartisan proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system, to be unveiled in the Senate today, would reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders. It would cut a 10-year mandatory minimum to five years for those who meet certain criteria and would trim penalties for prior drug offenses. • Election 2016.

The U.S. fears Russia is using their shared goal of <hl> defeating the Islamic State <hl> as a pretext for weakening other opponents of Syria’s embattled president. We sum up who’s fighting whom five years into the Syrian crisis. • Cutting jail time. A long-awaited bipartisan proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system, to be unveiled in the Senate today, would reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders. It would cut a 10-year mandatory minimum to five years for those who meet certain criteria and would trim penalties for prior drug offenses. • Election 2016.


Question: How long has they Syrian crisis lasted?

Answer: five years

The U.S. fears Russia is using their shared goal of defeating the Islamic State as a pretext for weakening other opponents of Syria’s embattled president. <hl> We sum up who’s fighting whom five years into the Syrian crisis. <hl> • Cutting jail time. A long-awaited bipartisan proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system, to be unveiled in the Senate today, would reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders. It would cut a 10-year mandatory minimum to five years for those who meet certain criteria and would trim penalties for prior drug offenses. • Election 2016.

The U.S. fears Russia is using their shared goal of defeating the Islamic State as a pretext for weakening other opponents of Syria’s embattled president. We sum up who’s fighting whom <hl> five years <hl> into the Syrian crisis. • Cutting jail time. A long-awaited bipartisan proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system, to be unveiled in the Senate today, would reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders. It would cut a 10-year mandatory minimum to five years for those who meet certain criteria and would trim penalties for prior drug offenses. • Election 2016.


Question: When will the proposal too overhaul the justice system be made?

Answer: today

The U.S. fears Russia is using their shared goal of defeating the Islamic State as a pretext for weakening other opponents of Syria’s embattled president. We sum up who’s fighting whom five years into the Syrian crisis. • Cutting jail time. <hl> A long-awaited bipartisan proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system, to be unveiled in the Senate today , would reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders. <hl> It would cut a 10-year mandatory minimum to five years for those who meet certain criteria and would trim penalties for prior drug offenses. • Election 2016.

The U.S. fears Russia is using their shared goal of defeating the Islamic State as a pretext for weakening other opponents of Syria’s embattled president. We sum up who’s fighting whom five years into the Syrian crisis. • Cutting jail time. A long-awaited bipartisan proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system, to be unveiled in the Senate <hl> today <hl>, would reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders. It would cut a 10-year mandatory minimum to five years for those who meet certain criteria and would trim penalties for prior drug offenses. • Election 2016.

A long-awaited bipartisan proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system, to be unveiled in the Senate <hl> today <hl> , would reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders.


Question: What would the criminal justice proposal do?

Answer: reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders.

The U.S. fears Russia is using their shared goal of defeating the Islamic State as a pretext for weakening other opponents of Syria’s embattled president. We sum up who’s fighting whom five years into the Syrian crisis. • Cutting jail time. <hl> A long-awaited bipartisan proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system, to be unveiled in the Senate today, would reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders. It would cut a 10-year mandatory minimum to five years for those who meet certain criteria and would trim penalties for prior drug offenses. <hl> • Election 2016.

The U.S. fears Russia is using their shared goal of defeating the Islamic State as a pretext for weakening other opponents of Syria’s embattled president. We sum up who’s fighting whom five years into the Syrian crisis. • Cutting jail time. A long-awaited bipartisan proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system, to be unveiled in the Senate today, would <hl> reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders. <hl> It would cut a 10-year mandatory minimum to five years for those who meet certain criteria and would trim penalties for prior drug offenses. • Election 2016.


Question: What is a priority for president Obama?

Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a priority for President Obama, deadlocked two months ago. • Oregon’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to recreational users today.

Answer: Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership

<hl> Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership , a priority for President Obama, deadlocked two months ago. <hl> • Oregon’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to recreational users today.

<hl> Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership <hl>, a priority for President Obama, deadlocked two months ago. • Oregon’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to recreational users today.

<hl> Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership <hl> , a priority for President Obama, deadlocked two months ago.


Question: How long has the talks on the trans Pacific partnership been deadlocked?

Answer: two months

<hl> Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a priority for President Obama, deadlocked two months ago. <hl> • Oregon’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to recreational users today.

Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a priority for President Obama, deadlocked <hl> two months <hl> ago. • Oregon’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to recreational users today.


Question: When does Oregon's medical marijuana shops begin sales?

Answer: Oregon’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to recreational users today.

Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a priority for President Obama, deadlocked two months ago. <hl> • Oregon’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to recreational users today. <hl>

Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a priority for President Obama, deadlocked two months ago. • <hl> Oregon’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to recreational users today. <hl>


Question: Who will be to make purchases Oregon's medical marijuana shop?

Answer: recreational users

Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a priority for President Obama, deadlocked two months ago. <hl> • Oregon’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to recreational users today. <hl>

Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a priority for President Obama, deadlocked two months ago. • Oregon’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to <hl> recreational users <hl> today.


Question: Which states is allowing the sales of marijuana to recreational users?

Answer: Oregon

Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a priority for President Obama, deadlocked two months ago. <hl> • Oregon ’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to recreational users today. <hl>

Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a priority for President Obama, deadlocked two months ago. • <hl> Oregon <hl>’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to recreational users today.

• <hl> Oregon <hl> ’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to recreational users today.


Question: What show does haven't to worry about being dropped?

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). • It’s good to be Alaskan. Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.

Answer: “The Late Show,”

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. <hl> On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). <hl> • It’s good to be Alaskan. Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. On <hl> “The Late Show,” <hl> which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). • It’s good to be Alaskan. Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.


Question: Who is a guest on the "The Late Show"?

Answer: Secretary of State John Kerry

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. <hl> On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). <hl> • It’s good to be Alaskan. Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, <hl> Secretary of State John Kerry <hl> is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). • It’s good to be Alaskan. Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.


Question: How much are Alaskan's given in dividends every year?

Answer: $2,072

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). • It’s good to be Alaskan. <hl> Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. <hl> Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). • It’s good to be Alaskan. Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a <hl> $2,072 <hl> dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.


Question: Where do the dividends Alaskan's receive come from?

Answer: Alaska Permanent Fund

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). • It’s good to be Alaskan. <hl> Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. <hl> Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). • It’s good to be Alaskan. Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the <hl> Alaska Permanent Fund <hl> today. Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.


Question: When did Alaskan's begin to receive dividends from oil royalties.

Answer: 1982

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). • It’s good to be Alaskan. Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. <hl> Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982 . <hl> The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.

We’ve been mentioning all the fall TV series premieres this month, but our television reporter now looks back at five years of shows that never made it out of the fall. On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS). • It’s good to be Alaskan. Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today. Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in <hl> 1982 <hl>. The checks have totaled about $38,000 since then. • China’s National Day. Today begins a weeklong holiday in China for the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. About four million Chinese will celebrate with trips abroad. • Go meatless? Today is World Vegetarian Day, and we have 4,778 ways you can celebrate. BACK STORY The world’s coffee producers would like you to celebrate the first International Coffee Day today.

Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in <hl> 1982 <hl> .


Question: Who called rescuing specific institutions an unpleasant necessity?

Of course, the tricky part for China’s government will be picking the winners and losers. As was his approach in the United States, Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.” Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of a bank’s problems. “Transparency in China too often means the government having all the information,” Mr. Paulson told me.

Answer: Mr. Paulson

Of course, the tricky part for China’s government will be picking the winners and losers. <hl> As was his approach in the United States, Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.” <hl> Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of a bank’s problems. “Transparency in China too often means the government having all the information,” Mr. Paulson told me.

Of course, the tricky part for China’s government will be picking the winners and losers. As was his approach in the United States, <hl> Mr. Paulson <hl> advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.” Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of a bank’s problems. “Transparency in China too often means the government having all the information,” Mr. Paulson told me.


Question: Which country has the political will to bail out financial institutions?

Answer: China

<hl> Of course, the tricky part for China ’s government will be picking the winners and losers. <hl> As was his approach in the United States, Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.” Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of a bank’s problems. “Transparency in China too often means the government having all the information,” Mr. Paulson told me.

Of course, the tricky part for <hl> China <hl>’s government will be picking the winners and losers. As was his approach in the United States, Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.” Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of a bank’s problems. “Transparency in China too often means the government having all the information,” Mr. Paulson told me.

Of course, the tricky part for <hl> China <hl> ’s government will be picking the winners and losers.


Question: Which country does not have the political will to bail out financial institutions?

Answer: a bank’s problems

Of course, the tricky part for China’s government will be picking the winners and losers. As was his approach in the United States, Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.” <hl> Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of a bank’s problems . <hl> “Transparency in China too often means the government having all the information,” Mr. Paulson told me.

Of course, the tricky part for China’s government will be picking the winners and losers. As was his approach in the United States, Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.” Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of <hl> a bank’s problems <hl>. “Transparency in China too often means the government having all the information,” Mr. Paulson told me.

Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of <hl> a bank’s problems <hl> .


Question: Who gets the most information about a bank's problems in China?

Answer: the government

Of course, the tricky part for China’s government will be picking the winners and losers. As was his approach in the United States, Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.” Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of a bank’s problems. <hl> “Transparency in China too often means the government having all the information,” Mr. Paulson told me. <hl>

Of course, the tricky part for China’s government will be picking the winners and losers. As was his approach in the United States, Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.” Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of a bank’s problems. “Transparency in China too often means <hl> the government <hl> having all the information,” Mr. Paulson told me.


Question: Is transparency for financial institutions greater in China or the United States?

Answer: United States

Of course, the tricky part for China’s government will be picking the winners and losers. <hl> As was his approach in the United States , Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.” <hl> Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of a bank’s problems. “Transparency in China too often means the government having all the information,” Mr. Paulson told me.

Of course, the tricky part for China’s government will be picking the winners and losers. As was his approach in the <hl> United States <hl>, Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.” Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of a bank’s problems. “Transparency in China too often means the government having all the information,” Mr. Paulson told me.

As was his approach in the <hl> United States <hl> , Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.”


Question: What product is Apple accused of copying?

And in a move sure to make Apple old-timers squirm, the newest version of the iPad, which has an optional keyboard that attaches to the tablet, is even imitating some of the features of Microsoft’s competing product, called the Surface. Together, the tablet, stylus and keyboard make for a combination computing device that Apple executives had long said that they wouldn’t create, perhaps indicating the people running the company today are willing to forget about the past as they try to cater to shifting consumer tastes. But the center of this ever-expanding Silicon Valley giant is still the iPhone, which accounts for 56 percent of Apple’s profits. And in a presentation that lasted more than two hours on Wednesday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium here, Apple executives emphasized several new iPhone features that — despite other announcements, ranging from an improved version of the company’s television controller to chic watchbands — are still the key to Apple’s success. “Investors have been rewarded by assuming Apple can continually push the envelope on what a phone and the company can do,” said Michael A. Sansoterra, the chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, which owns Apple stock. Because of the first iteration of the larger-screen iPhone 6 introduced last year, Apple’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, when the company had an $18 billion profit, was the most profitable quarter ever for a publicly traded company.

Answer: Surface

<hl> And in a move sure to make Apple old-timers squirm, the newest version of the iPad, which has an optional keyboard that attaches to the tablet, is even imitating some of the features of Microsoft’s competing product, called the Surface . <hl> Together, the tablet, stylus and keyboard make for a combination computing device that Apple executives had long said that they wouldn’t create, perhaps indicating the people running the company today are willing to forget about the past as they try to cater to shifting consumer tastes. But the center of this ever-expanding Silicon Valley giant is still the iPhone, which accounts for 56 percent of Apple’s profits. And in a presentation that lasted more than two hours on Wednesday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium here, Apple executives emphasized several new iPhone features that — despite other announcements, ranging from an improved version of the company’s television controller to chic watchbands — are still the key to Apple’s success. “Investors have been rewarded by assuming Apple can continually push the envelope on what a phone and the company can do,” said Michael A. Sansoterra, the chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, which owns Apple stock. Because of the first iteration of the larger-screen iPhone 6 introduced last year, Apple’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, when the company had an $18 billion profit, was the most profitable quarter ever for a publicly traded company.

And in a move sure to make Apple old-timers squirm, the newest version of the iPad, which has an optional keyboard that attaches to the tablet, is even imitating some of the features of Microsoft’s competing product, called the <hl> Surface <hl>. Together, the tablet, stylus and keyboard make for a combination computing device that Apple executives had long said that they wouldn’t create, perhaps indicating the people running the company today are willing to forget about the past as they try to cater to shifting consumer tastes. But the center of this ever-expanding Silicon Valley giant is still the iPhone, which accounts for 56 percent of Apple’s profits. And in a presentation that lasted more than two hours on Wednesday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium here, Apple executives emphasized several new iPhone features that — despite other announcements, ranging from an improved version of the company’s television controller to chic watchbands — are still the key to Apple’s success. “Investors have been rewarded by assuming Apple can continually push the envelope on what a phone and the company can do,” said Michael A. Sansoterra, the chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, which owns Apple stock. Because of the first iteration of the larger-screen iPhone 6 introduced last year, Apple’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, when the company had an $18 billion profit, was the most profitable quarter ever for a publicly traded company.

And in a move sure to make Apple old-timers squirm, the newest version of the iPad, which has an optional keyboard that attaches to the tablet, is even imitating some of the features of Microsoft’s competing product, called the <hl> Surface <hl> .


Question: Who makes the Surface product?

Answer: Microsoft’s

<hl> And in a move sure to make Apple old-timers squirm, the newest version of the iPad, which has an optional keyboard that attaches to the tablet, is even imitating some of the features of Microsoft’s competing product, called the Surface. <hl> Together, the tablet, stylus and keyboard make for a combination computing device that Apple executives had long said that they wouldn’t create, perhaps indicating the people running the company today are willing to forget about the past as they try to cater to shifting consumer tastes. But the center of this ever-expanding Silicon Valley giant is still the iPhone, which accounts for 56 percent of Apple’s profits. And in a presentation that lasted more than two hours on Wednesday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium here, Apple executives emphasized several new iPhone features that — despite other announcements, ranging from an improved version of the company’s television controller to chic watchbands — are still the key to Apple’s success. “Investors have been rewarded by assuming Apple can continually push the envelope on what a phone and the company can do,” said Michael A. Sansoterra, the chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, which owns Apple stock. Because of the first iteration of the larger-screen iPhone 6 introduced last year, Apple’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, when the company had an $18 billion profit, was the most profitable quarter ever for a publicly traded company.

And in a move sure to make Apple old-timers squirm, the newest version of the iPad, which has an optional keyboard that attaches to the tablet, is even imitating some of the features of <hl> Microsoft’s <hl> competing product, called the Surface. Together, the tablet, stylus and keyboard make for a combination computing device that Apple executives had long said that they wouldn’t create, perhaps indicating the people running the company today are willing to forget about the past as they try to cater to shifting consumer tastes. But the center of this ever-expanding Silicon Valley giant is still the iPhone, which accounts for 56 percent of Apple’s profits. And in a presentation that lasted more than two hours on Wednesday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium here, Apple executives emphasized several new iPhone features that — despite other announcements, ranging from an improved version of the company’s television controller to chic watchbands — are still the key to Apple’s success. “Investors have been rewarded by assuming Apple can continually push the envelope on what a phone and the company can do,” said Michael A. Sansoterra, the chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, which owns Apple stock. Because of the first iteration of the larger-screen iPhone 6 introduced last year, Apple’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, when the company had an $18 billion profit, was the most profitable quarter ever for a publicly traded company.


Question: What was Apple's best quarter ever?

Answer: fourth quarter of fiscal 2014

And in a move sure to make Apple old-timers squirm, the newest version of the iPad, which has an optional keyboard that attaches to the tablet, is even imitating some of the features of Microsoft’s competing product, called the Surface. Together, the tablet, stylus and keyboard make for a combination computing device that Apple executives had long said that they wouldn’t create, perhaps indicating the people running the company today are willing to forget about the past as they try to cater to shifting consumer tastes. But the center of this ever-expanding Silicon Valley giant is still the iPhone, which accounts for 56 percent of Apple’s profits. And in a presentation that lasted more than two hours on Wednesday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium here, Apple executives emphasized several new iPhone features that — despite other announcements, ranging from an improved version of the company’s television controller to chic watchbands — are still the key to Apple’s success. “Investors have been rewarded by assuming Apple can continually push the envelope on what a phone and the company can do,” said Michael A. Sansoterra, the chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, which owns Apple stock. <hl> Because of the first iteration of the larger-screen iPhone 6 introduced last year, Apple’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 , when the company had an $18 billion profit, was the most profitable quarter ever for a publicly traded company. <hl>

And in a move sure to make Apple old-timers squirm, the newest version of the iPad, which has an optional keyboard that attaches to the tablet, is even imitating some of the features of Microsoft’s competing product, called the Surface. Together, the tablet, stylus and keyboard make for a combination computing device that Apple executives had long said that they wouldn’t create, perhaps indicating the people running the company today are willing to forget about the past as they try to cater to shifting consumer tastes. But the center of this ever-expanding Silicon Valley giant is still the iPhone, which accounts for 56 percent of Apple’s profits. And in a presentation that lasted more than two hours on Wednesday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium here, Apple executives emphasized several new iPhone features that — despite other announcements, ranging from an improved version of the company’s television controller to chic watchbands — are still the key to Apple’s success. “Investors have been rewarded by assuming Apple can continually push the envelope on what a phone and the company can do,” said Michael A. Sansoterra, the chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, which owns Apple stock. Because of the first iteration of the larger-screen iPhone 6 introduced last year, Apple’s <hl> fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 <hl>, when the company had an $18 billion profit, was the most profitable quarter ever for a publicly traded company.

Because of the first iteration of the larger-screen iPhone 6 introduced last year, Apple’s <hl> fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 <hl> , when the company had an $18 billion profit, was the most profitable quarter ever for a publicly traded company.


Question: What percentage of Apple's income is generated from their smartphone?

Answer: 56 percent

And in a move sure to make Apple old-timers squirm, the newest version of the iPad, which has an optional keyboard that attaches to the tablet, is even imitating some of the features of Microsoft’s competing product, called the Surface. Together, the tablet, stylus and keyboard make for a combination computing device that Apple executives had long said that they wouldn’t create, perhaps indicating the people running the company today are willing to forget about the past as they try to cater to shifting consumer tastes. <hl> But the center of this ever-expanding Silicon Valley giant is still the iPhone, which accounts for 56 percent of Apple’s profits. <hl> And in a presentation that lasted more than two hours on Wednesday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium here, Apple executives emphasized several new iPhone features that — despite other announcements, ranging from an improved version of the company’s television controller to chic watchbands — are still the key to Apple’s success. “Investors have been rewarded by assuming Apple can continually push the envelope on what a phone and the company can do,” said Michael A. Sansoterra, the chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, which owns Apple stock. Because of the first iteration of the larger-screen iPhone 6 introduced last year, Apple’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, when the company had an $18 billion profit, was the most profitable quarter ever for a publicly traded company.

And in a move sure to make Apple old-timers squirm, the newest version of the iPad, which has an optional keyboard that attaches to the tablet, is even imitating some of the features of Microsoft’s competing product, called the Surface. Together, the tablet, stylus and keyboard make for a combination computing device that Apple executives had long said that they wouldn’t create, perhaps indicating the people running the company today are willing to forget about the past as they try to cater to shifting consumer tastes. But the center of this ever-expanding Silicon Valley giant is still the iPhone, which accounts for <hl> 56 percent <hl> of Apple’s profits. And in a presentation that lasted more than two hours on Wednesday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium here, Apple executives emphasized several new iPhone features that — despite other announcements, ranging from an improved version of the company’s television controller to chic watchbands — are still the key to Apple’s success. “Investors have been rewarded by assuming Apple can continually push the envelope on what a phone and the company can do,” said Michael A. Sansoterra, the chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, which owns Apple stock. Because of the first iteration of the larger-screen iPhone 6 introduced last year, Apple’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, when the company had an $18 billion profit, was the most profitable quarter ever for a publicly traded company.


Question: What year did Apple set a record for profits of a publicly traded company?

Answer: 2014

And in a move sure to make Apple old-timers squirm, the newest version of the iPad, which has an optional keyboard that attaches to the tablet, is even imitating some of the features of Microsoft’s competing product, called the Surface. Together, the tablet, stylus and keyboard make for a combination computing device that Apple executives had long said that they wouldn’t create, perhaps indicating the people running the company today are willing to forget about the past as they try to cater to shifting consumer tastes. But the center of this ever-expanding Silicon Valley giant is still the iPhone, which accounts for 56 percent of Apple’s profits. And in a presentation that lasted more than two hours on Wednesday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium here, Apple executives emphasized several new iPhone features that — despite other announcements, ranging from an improved version of the company’s television controller to chic watchbands — are still the key to Apple’s success. “Investors have been rewarded by assuming Apple can continually push the envelope on what a phone and the company can do,” said Michael A. Sansoterra, the chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, which owns Apple stock. <hl> Because of the first iteration of the larger-screen iPhone 6 introduced last year, Apple’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 , when the company had an $18 billion profit, was the most profitable quarter ever for a publicly traded company. <hl>

And in a move sure to make Apple old-timers squirm, the newest version of the iPad, which has an optional keyboard that attaches to the tablet, is even imitating some of the features of Microsoft’s competing product, called the Surface. Together, the tablet, stylus and keyboard make for a combination computing device that Apple executives had long said that they wouldn’t create, perhaps indicating the people running the company today are willing to forget about the past as they try to cater to shifting consumer tastes. But the center of this ever-expanding Silicon Valley giant is still the iPhone, which accounts for 56 percent of Apple’s profits. And in a presentation that lasted more than two hours on Wednesday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium here, Apple executives emphasized several new iPhone features that — despite other announcements, ranging from an improved version of the company’s television controller to chic watchbands — are still the key to Apple’s success. “Investors have been rewarded by assuming Apple can continually push the envelope on what a phone and the company can do,” said Michael A. Sansoterra, the chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, which owns Apple stock. Because of the first iteration of the larger-screen iPhone 6 introduced last year, Apple’s fourth quarter of fiscal <hl> 2014 <hl>, when the company had an $18 billion profit, was the most profitable quarter ever for a publicly traded company.

Because of the first iteration of the larger-screen iPhone 6 introduced last year, Apple’s fourth quarter of fiscal <hl> 2014 <hl> , when the company had an $18 billion profit, was the most profitable quarter ever for a publicly traded company.


Question: What is Cook's title?

Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, called the new iPad Pro “the most capable” tablet the company has ever created. With a larger screen and optional keyboard, it becomes a device that is meant to be useful for both the creation and consumption of content. “It makes sense for Apple to reveal a new keyboard along with new, larger-screen iPads with faster processors,” said Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein. “The message being that Apple is trying to push the iPad to be more of a PC replacement, a converged device of a tablet notebook that has broader computing powers.” But starting at $800 (not including the optional $170 keyboard and the $100 stylus), it is much more expensive than earlier iPads.

Answer: Apple’s chief executive

<hl> Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive , called the new iPad Pro “the most capable” tablet the company has ever created. <hl> With a larger screen and optional keyboard, it becomes a device that is meant to be useful for both the creation and consumption of content. “It makes sense for Apple to reveal a new keyboard along with new, larger-screen iPads with faster processors,” said Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein. “The message being that Apple is trying to push the iPad to be more of a PC replacement, a converged device of a tablet notebook that has broader computing powers.” But starting at $800 (not including the optional $170 keyboard and the $100 stylus), it is much more expensive than earlier iPads.

Timothy D. Cook, <hl> Apple’s chief executive <hl>, called the new iPad Pro “the most capable” tablet the company has ever created. With a larger screen and optional keyboard, it becomes a device that is meant to be useful for both the creation and consumption of content. “It makes sense for Apple to reveal a new keyboard along with new, larger-screen iPads with faster processors,” said Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein. “The message being that Apple is trying to push the iPad to be more of a PC replacement, a converged device of a tablet notebook that has broader computing powers.” But starting at $800 (not including the optional $170 keyboard and the $100 stylus), it is much more expensive than earlier iPads.

Timothy D. Cook, <hl> Apple’s chief executive <hl> , called the new iPad Pro “the most capable” tablet the company has ever created.


Question: Where does Toni work?

Answer: Sanford C. Bernstein

Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, called the new iPad Pro “the most capable” tablet the company has ever created. With a larger screen and optional keyboard, it becomes a device that is meant to be useful for both the creation and consumption of content. <hl> “It makes sense for Apple to reveal a new keyboard along with new, larger-screen iPads with faster processors,” said Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein . <hl> “The message being that Apple is trying to push the iPad to be more of a PC replacement, a converged device of a tablet notebook that has broader computing powers.” But starting at $800 (not including the optional $170 keyboard and the $100 stylus), it is much more expensive than earlier iPads.

Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, called the new iPad Pro “the most capable” tablet the company has ever created. With a larger screen and optional keyboard, it becomes a device that is meant to be useful for both the creation and consumption of content. “It makes sense for Apple to reveal a new keyboard along with new, larger-screen iPads with faster processors,” said Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at <hl> Sanford C. Bernstein <hl>. “The message being that Apple is trying to push the iPad to be more of a PC replacement, a converged device of a tablet notebook that has broader computing powers.” But starting at $800 (not including the optional $170 keyboard and the $100 stylus), it is much more expensive than earlier iPads.

“It makes sense for Apple to reveal a new keyboard along with new, larger-screen iPads with faster processors,” said Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at <hl> Sanford C. Bernstein <hl> .


Question: What can the iPad replace?

Answer: PC

Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, called the new iPad Pro “the most capable” tablet the company has ever created. With a larger screen and optional keyboard, it becomes a device that is meant to be useful for both the creation and consumption of content. “It makes sense for Apple to reveal a new keyboard along with new, larger-screen iPads with faster processors,” said Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein. <hl> “The message being that Apple is trying to push the iPad to be more of a PC replacement, a converged device of a tablet notebook that has broader computing powers.” <hl> But starting at $800 (not including the optional $170 keyboard and the $100 stylus), it is much more expensive than earlier iPads.

Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, called the new iPad Pro “the most capable” tablet the company has ever created. With a larger screen and optional keyboard, it becomes a device that is meant to be useful for both the creation and consumption of content. “It makes sense for Apple to reveal a new keyboard along with new, larger-screen iPads with faster processors,” said Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein. “The message being that Apple is trying to push the iPad to be more of a <hl> PC <hl> replacement, a converged device of a tablet notebook that has broader computing powers.” But starting at $800 (not including the optional $170 keyboard and the $100 stylus), it is much more expensive than earlier iPads.


Question: Who is a Bernstein analyst?

Answer: Toni Sacconaghi

Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, called the new iPad Pro “the most capable” tablet the company has ever created. With a larger screen and optional keyboard, it becomes a device that is meant to be useful for both the creation and consumption of content. <hl> “It makes sense for Apple to reveal a new keyboard along with new, larger-screen iPads with faster processors,” said Toni Sacconaghi , an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein. <hl> “The message being that Apple is trying to push the iPad to be more of a PC replacement, a converged device of a tablet notebook that has broader computing powers.” But starting at $800 (not including the optional $170 keyboard and the $100 stylus), it is much more expensive than earlier iPads.

Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, called the new iPad Pro “the most capable” tablet the company has ever created. With a larger screen and optional keyboard, it becomes a device that is meant to be useful for both the creation and consumption of content. “It makes sense for Apple to reveal a new keyboard along with new, larger-screen iPads with faster processors,” said <hl> Toni Sacconaghi <hl>, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein. “The message being that Apple is trying to push the iPad to be more of a PC replacement, a converged device of a tablet notebook that has broader computing powers.” But starting at $800 (not including the optional $170 keyboard and the $100 stylus), it is much more expensive than earlier iPads.

“It makes sense for Apple to reveal a new keyboard along with new, larger-screen iPads with faster processors,” said <hl> Toni Sacconaghi <hl> , an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein.


Question: What was the previous cost of Apple TV?

Mr. Cook also presented a new, enhanced Apple TV, which represents the company’s most ambitious effort yet to become the focal point of home entertainment systems. Apple TV already streams videos and music. Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of apps. “Our vision for TV is simple,” Mr. Cook said. “We believe the future of television is apps.” The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a video game controller. The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from $70, indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price. Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data.

Answer: $70

Mr. Cook also presented a new, enhanced Apple TV, which represents the company’s most ambitious effort yet to become the focal point of home entertainment systems. Apple TV already streams videos and music. Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of apps. “Our vision for TV is simple,” Mr. Cook said. “We believe the future of television is apps.” The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a video game controller. <hl> The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from $70 , indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price. <hl> Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data.

Mr. Cook also presented a new, enhanced Apple TV, which represents the company’s most ambitious effort yet to become the focal point of home entertainment systems. Apple TV already streams videos and music. Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of apps. “Our vision for TV is simple,” Mr. Cook said. “We believe the future of television is apps.” The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a video game controller. The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from <hl> $70 <hl>, indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price. Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data.

The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from <hl> $70 <hl> , indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price.


Question: What is an additional function of the remote control?

Answer: video game controller

Mr. Cook also presented a new, enhanced Apple TV, which represents the company’s most ambitious effort yet to become the focal point of home entertainment systems. Apple TV already streams videos and music. Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of apps. “Our vision for TV is simple,” Mr. Cook said. “We believe the future of television is apps.” <hl> The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a video game controller . <hl> The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from $70, indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price. Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data.

Mr. Cook also presented a new, enhanced Apple TV, which represents the company’s most ambitious effort yet to become the focal point of home entertainment systems. Apple TV already streams videos and music. Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of apps. “Our vision for TV is simple,” Mr. Cook said. “We believe the future of television is apps.” The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a <hl> video game controller <hl>. The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from $70, indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price. Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data.

The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a <hl> video game controller <hl> .


Question: What does Cook think is the future of TV?

Answer: apps

Mr. Cook also presented a new, enhanced Apple TV, which represents the company’s most ambitious effort yet to become the focal point of home entertainment systems. Apple TV already streams videos and music. <hl> Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of apps . <hl> “Our vision for TV is simple,” Mr. Cook said. “We believe the future of television is apps.” The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a video game controller. The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from $70, indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price. Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data.

Mr. Cook also presented a new, enhanced Apple TV, which represents the company’s most ambitious effort yet to become the focal point of home entertainment systems. Apple TV already streams videos and music. Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of <hl> apps <hl>. “Our vision for TV is simple,” Mr. Cook said. “We believe the future of television is apps.” The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a video game controller. The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from $70, indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price. Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data.

Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of <hl> apps <hl> .


Question: What type of app is AirStrip?

Answer: health care

Mr. Cook also presented a new, enhanced Apple TV, which represents the company’s most ambitious effort yet to become the focal point of home entertainment systems. Apple TV already streams videos and music. Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of apps. “Our vision for TV is simple,” Mr. Cook said. “We believe the future of television is apps.” The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a video game controller. The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from $70, indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price. <hl> Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data. <hl>

Mr. Cook also presented a new, enhanced Apple TV, which represents the company’s most ambitious effort yet to become the focal point of home entertainment systems. Apple TV already streams videos and music. Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of apps. “Our vision for TV is simple,” Mr. Cook said. “We believe the future of television is apps.” The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a video game controller. The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from $70, indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price. Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a <hl> health care <hl> app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data.


Question: Who discussed upgrades to the Apple Watch?

Answer: Jeff Williams

Mr. Cook also presented a new, enhanced Apple TV, which represents the company’s most ambitious effort yet to become the focal point of home entertainment systems. Apple TV already streams videos and music. Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of apps. “Our vision for TV is simple,” Mr. Cook said. “We believe the future of television is apps.” The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a video game controller. The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from $70, indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price. <hl> Jeff Williams , Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data. <hl>

Mr. Cook also presented a new, enhanced Apple TV, which represents the company’s most ambitious effort yet to become the focal point of home entertainment systems. Apple TV already streams videos and music. Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of apps. “Our vision for TV is simple,” Mr. Cook said. “We believe the future of television is apps.” The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a video game controller. The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from $70, indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price. <hl> Jeff Williams <hl>, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data.

<hl> Jeff Williams <hl> , Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data.


Question: What year was Young an All-Star for Arizona?

“The pitching staff is probably the biggest deal,” Yankees outfielder Chris Young said. “The back-end bullpen guys, I think that plays a big part in how you feel as the game’s progressing. If you’re up or down a couple of runs, do you feel like you’re still in the game? If you’re up by three runs but you’re still not really sure if you have a hold on the game yet, you start to press, and things happen.” Young was an All-Star for Arizona in 2010, when he was 26. He may never reach that level again, but he has hit well for the Yankees and is almost an everyday player. Manager Joe Girardi has found a way to get 10 players at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster. Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting .313 with six homers and 12 runs batted in. He offered no reason for his improvement from recent seasons other than the comfort of playing for the Yankees, with whom he enjoys the daily grind.

Answer: 2010

“The pitching staff is probably the biggest deal,” Yankees outfielder Chris Young said. “The back-end bullpen guys, I think that plays a big part in how you feel as the game’s progressing. If you’re up or down a couple of runs, do you feel like you’re still in the game? If you’re up by three runs but you’re still not really sure if you have a hold on the game yet, you start to press, and things happen.” <hl> Young was an All-Star for Arizona in 2010 , when he was 26. <hl> He may never reach that level again, but he has hit well for the Yankees and is almost an everyday player. Manager Joe Girardi has found a way to get 10 players at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster. Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting .313 with six homers and 12 runs batted in. He offered no reason for his improvement from recent seasons other than the comfort of playing for the Yankees, with whom he enjoys the daily grind.

“The pitching staff is probably the biggest deal,” Yankees outfielder Chris Young said. “The back-end bullpen guys, I think that plays a big part in how you feel as the game’s progressing. If you’re up or down a couple of runs, do you feel like you’re still in the game? If you’re up by three runs but you’re still not really sure if you have a hold on the game yet, you start to press, and things happen.” Young was an All-Star for Arizona in <hl> 2010 <hl>, when he was 26. He may never reach that level again, but he has hit well for the Yankees and is almost an everyday player. Manager Joe Girardi has found a way to get 10 players at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster. Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting .313 with six homers and 12 runs batted in. He offered no reason for his improvement from recent seasons other than the comfort of playing for the Yankees, with whom he enjoys the daily grind.

Young was an All-Star for Arizona in <hl> 2010 <hl> , when he was 26.


Question: Who is the Yankees manager?

Answer: Joe Girardi

“The pitching staff is probably the biggest deal,” Yankees outfielder Chris Young said. “The back-end bullpen guys, I think that plays a big part in how you feel as the game’s progressing. If you’re up or down a couple of runs, do you feel like you’re still in the game? If you’re up by three runs but you’re still not really sure if you have a hold on the game yet, you start to press, and things happen.” Young was an All-Star for Arizona in 2010, when he was 26. He may never reach that level again, but he has hit well for the Yankees and is almost an everyday player. <hl> Manager Joe Girardi has found a way to get 10 players at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster. <hl> Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting .313 with six homers and 12 runs batted in. He offered no reason for his improvement from recent seasons other than the comfort of playing for the Yankees, with whom he enjoys the daily grind.

“The pitching staff is probably the biggest deal,” Yankees outfielder Chris Young said. “The back-end bullpen guys, I think that plays a big part in how you feel as the game’s progressing. If you’re up or down a couple of runs, do you feel like you’re still in the game? If you’re up by three runs but you’re still not really sure if you have a hold on the game yet, you start to press, and things happen.” Young was an All-Star for Arizona in 2010, when he was 26. He may never reach that level again, but he has hit well for the Yankees and is almost an everyday player. Manager <hl> Joe Girardi <hl> has found a way to get 10 players at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster. Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting .313 with six homers and 12 runs batted in. He offered no reason for his improvement from recent seasons other than the comfort of playing for the Yankees, with whom he enjoys the daily grind.


Question: What is Young hitting this season?

Answer: .313

“The pitching staff is probably the biggest deal,” Yankees outfielder Chris Young said. “The back-end bullpen guys, I think that plays a big part in how you feel as the game’s progressing. If you’re up or down a couple of runs, do you feel like you’re still in the game? If you’re up by three runs but you’re still not really sure if you have a hold on the game yet, you start to press, and things happen.” Young was an All-Star for Arizona in 2010, when he was 26. He may never reach that level again, but he has hit well for the Yankees and is almost an everyday player. Manager Joe Girardi has found a way to get 10 players at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster. <hl> Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting .313 with six homers and 12 runs batted in. <hl> He offered no reason for his improvement from recent seasons other than the comfort of playing for the Yankees, with whom he enjoys the daily grind.

“The pitching staff is probably the biggest deal,” Yankees outfielder Chris Young said. “The back-end bullpen guys, I think that plays a big part in how you feel as the game’s progressing. If you’re up or down a couple of runs, do you feel like you’re still in the game? If you’re up by three runs but you’re still not really sure if you have a hold on the game yet, you start to press, and things happen.” Young was an All-Star for Arizona in 2010, when he was 26. He may never reach that level again, but he has hit well for the Yankees and is almost an everyday player. Manager Joe Girardi has found a way to get 10 players at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster. Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting <hl> .313 <hl> with six homers and 12 runs batted in. He offered no reason for his improvement from recent seasons other than the comfort of playing for the Yankees, with whom he enjoys the daily grind.


Question: How many homers does Young have?

Answer: six homers

“The pitching staff is probably the biggest deal,” Yankees outfielder Chris Young said. “The back-end bullpen guys, I think that plays a big part in how you feel as the game’s progressing. If you’re up or down a couple of runs, do you feel like you’re still in the game? If you’re up by three runs but you’re still not really sure if you have a hold on the game yet, you start to press, and things happen.” Young was an All-Star for Arizona in 2010, when he was 26. He may never reach that level again, but he has hit well for the Yankees and is almost an everyday player. Manager Joe Girardi has found a way to get 10 players at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster. <hl> Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting .313 with six homers and 12 runs batted in. <hl> He offered no reason for his improvement from recent seasons other than the comfort of playing for the Yankees, with whom he enjoys the daily grind.

“The pitching staff is probably the biggest deal,” Yankees outfielder Chris Young said. “The back-end bullpen guys, I think that plays a big part in how you feel as the game’s progressing. If you’re up or down a couple of runs, do you feel like you’re still in the game? If you’re up by three runs but you’re still not really sure if you have a hold on the game yet, you start to press, and things happen.” Young was an All-Star for Arizona in 2010, when he was 26. He may never reach that level again, but he has hit well for the Yankees and is almost an everyday player. Manager Joe Girardi has found a way to get 10 players at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster. Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting .313 with <hl> six homers <hl> and 12 runs batted in. He offered no reason for his improvement from recent seasons other than the comfort of playing for the Yankees, with whom he enjoys the daily grind.


Question: How many players have at least 70 plate appearances each?

Answer: 10 players

“The pitching staff is probably the biggest deal,” Yankees outfielder Chris Young said. “The back-end bullpen guys, I think that plays a big part in how you feel as the game’s progressing. If you’re up or down a couple of runs, do you feel like you’re still in the game? If you’re up by three runs but you’re still not really sure if you have a hold on the game yet, you start to press, and things happen.” Young was an All-Star for Arizona in 2010, when he was 26. He may never reach that level again, but he has hit well for the Yankees and is almost an everyday player. <hl> Manager Joe Girardi has found a way to get 10 players at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster. <hl> Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting .313 with six homers and 12 runs batted in. He offered no reason for his improvement from recent seasons other than the comfort of playing for the Yankees, with whom he enjoys the daily grind.

“The pitching staff is probably the biggest deal,” Yankees outfielder Chris Young said. “The back-end bullpen guys, I think that plays a big part in how you feel as the game’s progressing. If you’re up or down a couple of runs, do you feel like you’re still in the game? If you’re up by three runs but you’re still not really sure if you have a hold on the game yet, you start to press, and things happen.” Young was an All-Star for Arizona in 2010, when he was 26. He may never reach that level again, but he has hit well for the Yankees and is almost an everyday player. Manager Joe Girardi has found a way to get <hl> 10 players <hl> at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster. Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting .313 with six homers and 12 runs batted in. He offered no reason for his improvement from recent seasons other than the comfort of playing for the Yankees, with whom he enjoys the daily grind.


Question: Where is Somalia's capital?

MOGADISHU, Somalia —  Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. The Shabab, a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel, which is popular with government officials and foreigners. Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.

Answer: MOGADISHU, Somalia

<hl> MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. <hl> The Shabab, a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel, which is popular with government officials and foreigners. Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.

<hl> MOGADISHU, Somalia <hl> — Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. The Shabab, a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel, which is popular with government officials and foreigners. Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.


Question: What group has claimed responsibility for the recent attacks in the capital?

Answer: The Shabab

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. <hl> The Shabab , a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. <hl> An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel, which is popular with government officials and foreigners. Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. <hl> The Shabab <hl>, a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel, which is popular with government officials and foreigners. Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.

<hl> The Shabab <hl> , a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said.


Question: Of the people killed in the attack, were civilians targeted?

Answer: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. The Shabab, a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. <hl> The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. <hl> The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel, which is popular with government officials and foreigners. Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. The Shabab, a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: <hl> Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. <hl> All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel, which is popular with government officials and foreigners. Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.


Question: How did the attackers break into the property?

Answer: a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. The Shabab, a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. <hl> The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel , which is popular with government officials and foreigners. <hl> Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. The Shabab, a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when <hl> a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel <hl>, which is popular with government officials and foreigners. Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.

The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when <hl> a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel <hl> , which is popular with government officials and foreigners.


Question: How were the militants stopped?

Answer: An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. The Shabab, a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. <hl> An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel , said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. <hl> The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel, which is popular with government officials and foreigners. Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said. The Shabab, a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said. <hl> An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel <hl>, said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture. The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added. The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel, which is popular with government officials and foreigners. Gunmen quickly overpowered security guards and took control of the hotel before an elite police antiterrorism unit stormed the hotel compound.

<hl> An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel <hl> , said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture.


Question: what broadcaster was the boss of an American reporter?

A court in China’s western region of Xinjiang tried two brothers of an American reporter on charges of endangering state security and leaking secrets, according to a spokesman for Radio Free Asia, the journalist’s employer. No verdict has yet been announced in the trials of Shawket Hoshur on Tuesday and his younger brother Rexim Hoshur, which took place on Aug. 19, Rohit Mahajan, a spokesman for the United States government-funded R.F.A., said in an interview. Their brother, Shohret Hoshur, is a United States citizen whose reports on the Chinese government’s crackdown on Xinjiang’s Uighur ethnic group have been criticized by Beijing. The plight of Shohret Hoshur’s brothers — a third brother, Tudaxun, was convicted of endangering state security last year and sentenced to five years in prison — has become an issue between the two countries before President Xi Jinping’s summit meeting with President Obama in Washington next month.

Answer: Radio Free Asia

<hl> A court in China’s western region of Xinjiang tried two brothers of an American reporter on charges of endangering state security and leaking secrets, according to a spokesman for Radio Free Asia , the journalist’s employer. <hl> No verdict has yet been announced in the trials of Shawket Hoshur on Tuesday and his younger brother Rexim Hoshur, which took place on Aug. 19, Rohit Mahajan, a spokesman for the United States government-funded R.F.A., said in an interview. Their brother, Shohret Hoshur, is a United States citizen whose reports on the Chinese government’s crackdown on Xinjiang’s Uighur ethnic group have been criticized by Beijing. The plight of Shohret Hoshur’s brothers — a third brother, Tudaxun, was convicted of endangering state security last year and sentenced to five years in prison — has become an issue between the two countries before President Xi Jinping’s summit meeting with President Obama in Washington next month.

A court in China’s western region of Xinjiang tried two brothers of an American reporter on charges of endangering state security and leaking secrets, according to a spokesman for <hl> Radio Free Asia <hl>, the journalist’s employer. No verdict has yet been announced in the trials of Shawket Hoshur on Tuesday and his younger brother Rexim Hoshur, which took place on Aug. 19, Rohit Mahajan, a spokesman for the United States government-funded R.F.A., said in an interview. Their brother, Shohret Hoshur, is a United States citizen whose reports on the Chinese government’s crackdown on Xinjiang’s Uighur ethnic group have been criticized by Beijing. The plight of Shohret Hoshur’s brothers — a third brother, Tudaxun, was convicted of endangering state security last year and sentenced to five years in prison — has become an issue between the two countries before President Xi Jinping’s summit meeting with President Obama in Washington next month.

A court in China’s western region of Xinjiang tried two brothers of an American reporter on charges of endangering state security and leaking secrets, according to a spokesman for <hl> Radio Free Asia <hl> , the journalist’s employer.


Question: where were defendants put on trial?

Answer: in China’s western region of Xinjiang

<hl> A court in China’s western region of Xinjiang tried two brothers of an American reporter on charges of endangering state security and leaking secrets, according to a spokesman for Radio Free Asia, the journalist’s employer. <hl> No verdict has yet been announced in the trials of Shawket Hoshur on Tuesday and his younger brother Rexim Hoshur, which took place on Aug. 19, Rohit Mahajan, a spokesman for the United States government-funded R.F.A., said in an interview. Their brother, Shohret Hoshur, is a United States citizen whose reports on the Chinese government’s crackdown on Xinjiang’s Uighur ethnic group have been criticized by Beijing. The plight of Shohret Hoshur’s brothers — a third brother, Tudaxun, was convicted of endangering state security last year and sentenced to five years in prison — has become an issue between the two countries before President Xi Jinping’s summit meeting with President Obama in Washington next month.

A court <hl> in China’s western region of Xinjiang <hl> tried two brothers of an American reporter on charges of endangering state security and leaking secrets, according to a spokesman for Radio Free Asia, the journalist’s employer. No verdict has yet been announced in the trials of Shawket Hoshur on Tuesday and his younger brother Rexim Hoshur, which took place on Aug. 19, Rohit Mahajan, a spokesman for the United States government-funded R.F.A., said in an interview. Their brother, Shohret Hoshur, is a United States citizen whose reports on the Chinese government’s crackdown on Xinjiang’s Uighur ethnic group have been criticized by Beijing. The plight of Shohret Hoshur’s brothers — a third brother, Tudaxun, was convicted of endangering state security last year and sentenced to five years in prison — has become an issue between the two countries before President Xi Jinping’s summit meeting with President Obama in Washington next month.