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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (April 08 2023) for CSS

April 8, 2023
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6. Xi aims to `counter` US with lavish treatment of Macron

• China`s Xi Jinping has given French President Emmanuel Macron an unusually lavish welcome on a state visit, which some analysts see as a sign of Beijing`s growing offensive to woo key allies within the European Union to counter the United States.
• The two leaders visited southern China together on April 7, 2023, where Macron drank Chinese tea with Xi in a former residence of his father in the city of Guangzhou, capital of the economic and manufacturing powerhouse of Guangdong province.
• Such forays by Xi with visiting leaders are rare

7. China sends warships, aircraft around Taiwan

• China sent warships and aircraft near Taiwan for a second day on April 7, 2023 and said the island remains its `inseparable part`, after President Tsai Ing-wen angered Beijing by meeting US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
• Three Chinese warships sailed in waters surrounding the self-ruled island, while a fighter jet and an anti-submarine helicopter also crossed Taiwan`s air defence identification zone (ADIZ), said the defence ministry in Taipei.
• Tsai returned on Friday after visiting Taiwan`s dwindling band of official diplomatic allies in Latin America, with two US stopovers that included meetings with McCarthy and other lawmakers. `We let the international community see that Taiwan is more united when facing pressure and threats,` she told reporters, describing her trip as a success

8. US asks Turkiye to stop trade with Russia

• Turkiye has agreed to stop the transit of sanctioned western goods to Russia after pressure from the G7, a senior US official said on Thursday, cautioning that Washington would monitor Ankara`s trade data with Moscow in anticipation of a drop.
• James O`Brien, head of the US State Department`s Office for sanctions coordination, said Turkish officials had been `very clear` with various governments and agencies that they had put in place a ban on the re-export of sanctioned goods to Russia.
• `It will take us some time to see it, but we will see trade data from March and April and we will expect to see this trade dropping dramatically,` O`Brien said

9. Saudi Arabia, Oman to hold ceasefire talks with Houthis

• Saudi and Omani envoys are planning to visit Yemen`s capital Sanaa next week to negotiate a permanent ceasefire deal with Iran-aligned Houthi officials and end an eight-year-old conflict there, two people involved in the talks said.
• The move signals that regional rifts are easing after rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to restore relations last month following years of hostility and backing opposite sides in Middle Eastern conflicts, including Yemen.
• A visit by Saudi officials to Sanaa is an indication of progress in Oman-mediated talks between the kingdom and the Iran-aligned Houthi movement, which run in parallel to United Nations peace efforts. Oman, which shares borders with Yemen, has been trying for years to bridge differences between Yemen`s warring parties, and more broadly between Iran and Saudi Arabia and the United States. A permanent ceasefire in Yemen would mark a milestone in stabilising the Middle East.
• If an agreement is reached, the parties could announce it before Eid holiday starting April 20, the sources said

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10. Bradburn named Pakistan head coach in unusual setting

• Grant Bradburn was named Pakistan head coach in an extremely inconspicuous announcement by the country`s cricket board on April 7, 2023, while former gaffer Mickey Arthur`s return remained a mystery.
• Arthur was all but set to assume duties as the national side`s `consultant team director` according to reports that emerged within the last few weeks, and the pursuit of his appointment is something the Pakistan Cricket Board`s (PCB) interim Management Committee chairman Najam Sethi has been vocal about.
• However, Arthur`s name was nowhere to be seen in the PCB`s press release that included a list of the player support personnel for Pakistan`s upcoming five match Twenty20 and One-day International series against New Zealand

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