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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (October 02, 2022) for CSS, PMS

October 2, 2022
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6. Erdogan renews threat to block Swedish, Finnish NATO bids

• President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on October 1, 2022 warned Turkey would not ratify the NATO membership bids of Sweden and Finland until the two Nordic countries `kept` promises they had made to Ankara.
• `Until the promises made to our country are kept, we will maintain our principled position,` Erdogan said in a speech to parliament in Ankara.
• `We are closely following whether the promises made by Sweden and Finland are kept or not, and of course, the final decision will be up to our great parliament,` he added.
• Russia`s invasion of Ukraine in February saw the two Nordic countries abandon decades of military non-alignment and in May apply to join NATO

7. North Korea fires ballistic missiles, 4th time this week

• North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early on October 1, 2022, South Korea`s military said, the nuclear-armed country`s fourth launch this week as Seoul, Tokyo and Washington ramp up joint military drills to counter Pyongyang.
• South Korea, Japan and the US staged anti-submarine drills on Friday the first in five years just days after Washington and Seoul`s navies conducted large-scale exercises in waters off the peninsula.
• US Vice President Kamala Harris was in Seoul on Thursday and toured the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone that divides the peninsula, on a trip that aimed to underscore her country`s `ironclad` commitment to South Korea`s defence against the North

8. Russia suspends gas to Italy after `problem` in Austria

• Russia`s Gazprom has suspended gas deliveries to Italy`s Eni, blaming a transport problem in Austria, the Italian energy giant said on Saturday.
• `Gazprom told us that it was not able to confirm the delivery of the volumes demanded for today, citing the impossibility of gas transport through Austria, Eni said in a statement. As a result, `Russian gas flows to Eni via the Tarvisio entry point will be naught`, it said.
• Most of Russian gas delivered to Italy passes via Ukraine through the Trans Austria Gas Pipeline (TAG), to Tarvisio in northern Italy on the border with Austria

9. Lebanon receives US `offer` over Israel maritime border deal

• Lebanon said on October 1, 2022 it received a letter from US envoy Amos Hochstein containing an `offer` on a maritime border deal with Israel that could settle competing claims over offshore gas fields.
• Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with US ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea `who delivered a written offer from the US mediator`, the premier`s office said, without elaborating.
• President Michel Aoun also met with Shea `who handed him a written letter… containing proposals regarding the demarcation of the southern maritime border,` Aoun`s office said

10. Antonio Inoki, Japanese wrestling icon turned politician, dies at 79

• Antonio Inoki, a Japanese professional wrestling star turned politician, has died aged 79, after years of battling a rare disease, the company he founded said on October 1, 2022.
• His death, which public broadcaster NHK said was from heart failure, brought to an end a varied life in the public eye, during which Inolci fought Muhammad Ali, fostered close personal ties with North Korea, and helped free hostages in Iraq.
• The Yokohama native born Kanji Inoki also starred in American wrestling promotions, as well as serving two separate terms in Japan`s legislature.
• `New Japan Pro Wrestling is deeply saddened at the passing of our founder, Antonio Inoki, the company he started in 1972 posted on Twitter

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