Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (May 03, 2022) for CSS, PMS

6. Nationalists eye power as N. Ireland holds `seismic` election

• A century after its fraught foundation, Northern Ireland looks set for a constitutional earthquake this week with the proIrish party Sinn Fein on course to win regional elections.
• Apart from periods of direct rule by London, pro UK unionists have monopolized power ever since Britain carved out a Protestant majority state let in 1921, when the rest of Ireland achieved self-rule.
• But pollsters expect victory on Thursday for Sinn Fein, which was once the political arm of the paramilitary IRA, in polls for the devolved assembly in Belfast

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7. Iran nuclear deal near death, but West not ready to pull plug

• Western officials have largely lost hope the Iran nuclear deal can be resurrected, sources familiar with the matter said, forcing them to weigh how to limit Iran`s nuclear programme even as Russia`s invasion of Ukraine has divided the big powers.
• While they have not completely given up on the pact, under which Iran restrained its nuclear programme in return for relief from economic sanctions, there is a growing belief it may be beyond salvation.
• Four Western diplomats said that the deal which Iran struck with Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States in 2015 but which then-US President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018 was withering away

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8. Heavy fighting in Ukraine; Mariupol evacuation delayed

• Russia`s offensive in the east of Ukraine continued with `active and heavy` fighting on May 2, 2022.
• After failing to take the capital Kyiv in the first few weeks of the war, Moscow`s army has refocused on the east of Ukraine, notably the Donbas region, which includes the pro-Russian separatist areas of Donetsk and Lugansk.
• Fighting is particularly intense around Izyum, Lyman and Rubizhne, as the Russians prepare their attack on Severodonetsk, the last easterly city still held by Kyiv, Ukraine`s general staff said.
• `The situation in the Lugansk region can be described in a few words active and heavy fighting continues,` the defence ministry added

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9. Israel seeks apology after Russian FM says Hitler had Jewish roots

• Israel denounced Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on May 2, 2022 for suggesting that Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, accusing Lavrov of spreading anti Semitism and belittling the Holocaust.
• `Such lies are intended to accuse the Jews themselves of the most horrific crimes in history that were committed against them,` Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement.
• `The use of the Holocaust of the Jewish people for political purposes must stop immediately,` he added

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10. Qantas to launch longest non-stop passenger flight

• Qantas announced on May 2, 2022 it will launch the world`s longest non-stop commercial flight, with passengers set to spend 19 hours in the air travelling from Sydney to London by the end of 2025.
• After five years of planning, the airline said it was ordering 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft to operate the `Project Sunrise` flights to cities including London and New York.
• Non-stop flights will start from Sydney by the end of 2025, it said, with long-haul trips later planned to include Melbourne

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