Ceasefire after bombshell

1. What do you think was the most significant thing that happened this week?

On Tuesday, July 4, as America celebrated Independence Day, Pyongyang set off fireworks of its own with the launch of its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that it claimed could reach "anywhere in the world". With that big rocket power show, North Korea barged its way onto the G-20 Summit agenda in Hamburg - one already marked by plenty of disagreement (particularly between the United States and other Western nations) on key issues such as global trade and climate change. The night before the summit got under way on Friday, the German port city erupted into violence as thousands of protesters demonstrated against the G-20.

As highly anticipated as the latest pow-wow of global leaders was (with Donald Trump due to sit down with Vladimir Putin on Friday), Singaporeans this week had their ears turned and sights set instead on Parliament - where Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong addressed in a two-day sitting explosive allegations of abuse of power hurled against him by his siblings. In a surprise turn, the family feud, which had played out almost daily in the last three weeks over social media and public statements, seems finally to have piped down, for now at least, with both sides having extended an olive branch.