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November 14, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

National Current Affairs News

1. England triumph as final turns on Shaheen`s injury

• THE fairytale of Pakistan winning a second world title in Australia evaporated into the drizzle of a Melbourne night. Instead, England are now double world champions, holding both 50-over and 20-over titles, and Ben Stokes again delivered when it mattered.
• Pakistan were never ahead in the game, and struggled to a sub-par total of 137, with Shan Masood the only batsman to score enough runs at a reasonable rate. But just as the bowlers had brilliantly got Pakistan back into the game, a recurrence of Shaheen Shah Afridi`s knee injury settled a contest of small margins.
• Ironically, England`s players of Pakistani origin, Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali, made decisive contributions in support of Stokes and Sam Curran, who surprisingly won player of the match and player of the tournament. But perhaps it was Jos Buttler who made the biggest difference. England`s captain won an important toss, masterminded an exceptional bowling and fielding effort, and forced early momentum that was hard for Pakistan to stop.

2. Four corridors being added to CPEC, says Chinese diplomat

• Chinese Consul General in Lahore Zhao Shiren has said four corridors are being added to the flagship China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), as both Islamabad and Beijing have agreed to it during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif`s recent visit to the country.
• Speaking at a seminar here on Sunday on impacts of the policies adopted at the 20th congress of the Communist Party of China that elected President Xi Jinping as its secretary general for another five-year term, he termed Shehbaz Sharif`s maiden visit as premier `unprecedentedly constructive and successful` as both sides agreed to adding four new corridors digital, industrial, green and health to the CPEC project.
• Replying to questions about the `slowed down` pace of work on the CPEC in the recent past, the diplomat said he would not blame anyone, in China or Pakistan, for it, but could assure [Pakistanis] that from now on things would speed up

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3. Arshad `not tortured` before death, says Kenyan expert

• Refuting news reports carried by the sections of Pakistani media in recent days claiming that journalist Arshad Sharif was tortured for two to three hours and then killed, a Kenyan newspaper cited an expert who analysed postmortem examination findings and discredited this account of Mr Sharif`s death.


• `The reporting by sections of Pakistan media sought to cast doubt on the official account by Kenyan authorities that the prominent journalist was shot dead [last month in Kenya] by police at a roadblock in a case of mistaken identity,` Kenya`s Nation newspaper said in a report published on Friday.
• The `torture before death` account first came to the fore when a Pakistani journalist gave what he described as `shocking details of the cold-blooded` killing of Arshad Sharif. That journalist claimed that Mr Sharif was `brutally tortured for over three hours and his nails were pulled from fingers before being martyred, while his fingers and ribs were also broken due to severe torture`.

4. G20 ministers launch $1.4bn pandemic fund

• G20 health and finance ministers launched a $1.4-billion fund on November 13, 2022 to tackle the next global pandemic ahead of the bloc`s leaders gathering for a summit on the Indonesian resort island of Bali but the host`s president said it was not enough.
• The 24-nation fund is viewed as one of the early global outcomes of the summit next week where little progress is expected on the Ukraine crisis with Russian President Vladimir Putin not in attendance.
• It was launched at a news conference on Sunday opened by Indonesian President Joko Widodo and addressed by World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and World Bank President David Malpass

International Current Affairs News

5. Bomb attack kills six in heart of Istanbul

• Six people were killed and 81 others wounded on November 13, 2022 when an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul in what Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called a bomb attack that `smells like terrorism`.
• Pakistan strongly condemned the heinous `terrorist attack` and said it firmly stood by the people of Turkiye in the fight against the scourge of terrorism.
• Ambulances raced to the scene on the packed Istiklal Avenue, which police had quickly cordoned off. The area, in the Beyoglu district of Turkiye`s largest city, had been crowded as usual at the weekend with shoppers, tourists and families.
• The blast sent debris into the air and left several people lying on the ground, while others fled

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6. US, Japan and S. Korea warn Pyongyang against nuclear test

• The United States, Japan and South Korea on November 13, 2022 vowed a `strong and resolute response` if Pyongyang carried out a nuclear test.
• A record-breaking recent spate of missile tests by North Korea has sent fears soaring that such a test its seventh may happen soon.
• US President Joe Biden held talks on the crisis with allies Japan and South Korea in Phnom Penh, on the eve of a crunch meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, whom he will press to rein in North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
• Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol issued a joint statement condemning the recent barrage, which included an intercontinental ballistic missile.

7. Iran issues first death sentence after `riots`

• Iran on November 13, 2022 issued its first death sentence linked to participation in `riots`, amid nationwide protests since the death of Mahsa Amini, the judiciary`s Mizan Online website said.
• The accused was sentenced in a Tehran court to death for the crime of `setting fire to a government building, disturbing public order, assembly and conspiracy to commit a crime against national security, and an enemy of God and corruption on earth`, one of the most serious offences under Iranian law, Mizan Online reported.
• Another court in Tehran sentenced five others to prison terms of between five to 10 years for `gathering and conspiring to commit crimes against national security and disturbing public order`. All those convicted can appeal their sentence, Mizan added

8. Kherson races to restore power, water after Russian retreat

• Utility companies in Kherson were working to restore critical infrastructure mined by fleeing Russian forces, with most homes in the southern Ukrainian city still without electricity and water, regional officials said on November 13, 2022.
• The governor of Kherson region, Yaroslav Yanushevych, said the authorities had decided to maintain a curfew from 5pm to 8am and ban people from leaving or entering the city, as a security measure.
• `The enemy mined all critical infrastructure objects, Yanushevych told Ukrainian TV. `We are trying to meet within a few days and (then) open the city,` he said, adding that he hoped mobile phone operators could start working on Sunday

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9. Netanyahu tapped to form next govt

• Israel`s veteran ex premier Benjamin Netanyahu secured a mandate on November 13, 2022 to form a new government, paving the way for his comeback at the helm of what is expected to be the most right-wing administration in the country`s history.
• After a period of unprecedented political gridlock tested the electorate with five votes in less than four years, the Nov 1 election gave Netanyahu and his far-right allies a clear majority in the 120-seat parliament.
• `I have decided to assign to you, Benjamin Netanyahu, the task of forming a government,` President Isaac Herzog told him at a ceremony in Jerusalem.
• Accepting the mandate, the 73-year-old right-wing politician widely known as `Bibi` vowed to serve all Israelis, `those who voted for us and those who did not it is my responsibility`

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10. Gyms, public baths also off-limits to Afghan women

• Gyms and public baths are now also off-limits to Afghan women, the Taliban confirmed on November 13, 2022, days after banning them from parks and funfairs.
• Women are increasingly being squeezed out of public life since the Taliban`s return last year despite the hardline Islamists promising a softer version of the harsh rule that characterised their first stint in power that ended in 2001.
• Most female government workers have lost their jobs or are being paid a pittance to stay at home while women are also barred from travelling without a male relative, and must cover up with a burqa or hijab when out of the home. Schools for teenage girls have also been shuttered across most of the country since the Taliban`s August 2021 return

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