Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs /News (Dec 05 2023) for CSS

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6. Former US ambassador charged with spying for Cuba

A former US ambassador to Bolivia and member of the National Security Council has been charged with spying for Cuba for 40 years, the Justice Department announced on Monday.
The charges against Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, `exposes one of the highest-reaching and longest lasting infiltrations of the United States government by a foreign agent, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement explaining the charges

7. Putin to visit UAE, S. Arabia this week

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia this week, Russian news outlet Shot reported on Monday, citing Putin`s aide Yury Ushakov.
The reported visit comes after the OPEC+ group of oil producers, which includes all three countries, agreed last Thursday to voluntary output cuts totalling 2.2 million barrels a day

8. Russian general killed in Ukraine

A Russian general has died while deployed in Ukraine, the governor of Russia`s Voronezh region said on Monday, the latest highranking Russian military figure to die during the 21-month offensive.
`A piercing pain. Major General Vladimir Zavadsky, deputy commander of the 14th Army Corps of the Northern Fleet, died in the line of duty in a special operation zone,` Voronezh governor Alexander Gusev said on Telegram, using the Russian term for its offensive in Ukraine

9. COP28 deliberates financing, carbon credits

Money pledges stacked up at COP28 in Dubai on Monday as delegates sought to address the huge gap between what is needed in climate finance and the amounts so far on offer.
The United Arab Emirates, the host of this year`s conference, pledged to mobilise $270 billion in green finance by 2030 through its banks, and several development banks announced plans to increase their funding efforts, including by agreeing to pause debt repayments if a climate-related disaster hits

10. Israel, Palestinians accuse each other of `genocide` at UN

Israeli and Palestinian representatives at the United Nations on Monday traded accusations of `genocide` over the unrest raging in Gaza, with both sides demanding an international response.
Israeli aggression against Palestinians was repeatedly mentioned during an event at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva ahead of the 75th anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide