Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Dec 08 2022) for CSS

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6. Japan to give $38.9m grant for flood-hit

• The Japanese government has announced its plan to provide $38.9 million in grant to Pakistan as part of its supplementary budget to deliver life-saving aid to flood victims.
• Japan had earlier provided $7m as an emergency grant to address the immediate impact of the floods in September.
• The Japanese government stands ready to support the people of Pakistan to overcome the ongoing humanitarian crisis, as part of the long-standing partnership with Islamabad, the embassy announced on December 7, 2022

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7. Xi arrives in Saudi Arabia as Riyadh chafes at US censure

• Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Saudi Arabia on December 7, 2022 on a visit Beijing hailed as its biggest diplomatic initiative in the Arab world, as Riyadh expands global alliances beyond a longstanding partnership with the West.
• The meeting between the global economic powerhouse and Gulf energy giant comes as Saudi ties with Washington are strained by US criticism of Riyadh`s human rights record and Saudi support for oil output curbs before the November midterm polls.
• The White House said Xi`s visit was an example of Chinese attempts to exert influence and that this would not change US policy towards the Middle East. `We are mindful ofthe influence that China is trying to grow around the world,` White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said

8. Time magazine names Zelensky `Person of the Year`

• Time magazine named President Volodymyr Zelensky as well as `the spirit of Ukraine` as its 2022 person of the year on December 7, 2022, for the resistance the country has shown in the face of Russia`s invasion.
• Calling Zelensky`s decision to remain in Kyiv and rally his country `fateful,` Time editor in chief Edward Felsenthal said this year`s decision was `the most clear-cut in memory.
• Since Russia`s Feb 24 invasion, Zelensky has delivered daily speeches that are followed not only by Ukrainians but by citizens and governments around the globe

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9. Taliban carry out first public execution since takeover

• An Afghan man convicted of murder was executed in public on December 7, 2022, the Taliban said, the first confirmation of such a sentence since the hardline Islamists returned to power.
• Last month Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered judges to fully enforce aspects of Islamic law that include public executions, stonings and floggings, and the amputation of limbs from thieves.
• They have carried out several public floggings since then, but Wednesday`s execution in Farah capital of the western province of the same name is the first the Taliban have acknowledged

10. Support for Scottish independence climbs to 56pc

• Support for Scottish independence has risen to 56 per cent, according to an Ipsos poll released on December 7, 2022, two weeks after the United Kingdom`s top court stopped an attempt by Scotland`s government to hold another independence referendum next year.
• The poll of 1,065 people aged over 16 across Scotland found support for independence had risen by 6 percentage points since the last survey in May. Only 44pc backed staying in the union once undecided voters were stripped out.
• The results showed the Scottish National Party (SNP) led by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon would win more than half the votes at the next election expected in 2024. She has vowed to fight the contest solely on whether Scotland should be independent, making it a `de facto` referendum