February 03, 2022: International Current Affairs MCQs
6. Russia keeps up pressure ahead of EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv
• President Vladimir Putin evoked the spirit of the Soviet army that defeated Nazi German forces at Stalingrad 80 years ago to declare on Thursday that Russia would defeat a Ukraine supposedly in the grip of a new incarnation of Nazism.
• While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was building up its troops to take `revenge` on the West nearly a year into Moscow`s invasion.
• He levelled the warning in Kyiv alongside EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, who said the 27-member bloc was looking to finalise another pacl(age of sanctions against Russia by February 24, exactly one year since Russia invaded
7. Philippines expands US access to four bases
• The United States and the Philippines announced a deal on January 2, 2023 to give US troops access to another four bases in the Southeast Asian nation, as the longtime allies seek to counter China`s military rise.
• The agreement to expand cooperation in `strategic areas of the country` was made during a visit by US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. The development came as the countries seek to repair ties that were fractured in recent years.
• Previous Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte favoured China over his country`s former colonial master, but the new administration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been keen to reverse that
8. Australia to remove British monarch from currency notes
• Australia will remove the British monarch from its currrency notes, replacing the late Queen Elizabeth II`s image on its $5 note with a design honouring Indigenous culture, the central bank said on Thursday.
• The decision to leave her successor King Charles III off the $5 note means no monarch would remain on Australia`s paper currency.
• The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said it would consult Indigenous people on a new design that `honours the culture and history of the First Australians`
9. Israel, Sudan to work for `peace accord`
• Israel and Sudan agreed to work for a peace agreement during a visit by the Jewish state`s foreign minister to Khartoum on January 2, 2023.
• It was the first visit by an Israeli official formally acknowledged by Sudan, although there have been a series of exchanges between officials from the two countries in recent years.
• Sudan agreed to take steps to normalise ties with Israel in a 2020 deal brokered by former US president Donald Trump`s administration, alongside normalisation agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco, known as the `Abraham Accords`
10. Muslim-majority Chad opens embassy in Israel
• Chadian President Mahamat Deby, in Israel to open an embassy on January 2, 2023, heard his hosts` concern about what they described as the clout of their arch-foes Iran and Hezbollah in Africa`s Sahel region.
• Israel only confirmed Deby`s visit on Wednesday, a day after he arrived. The trip included a rare stop at the Mossad intelligence headquarters a sign that bilateral ties re-established five years ago have national security importance.
• Chad`s embassy is in Ramat Gan, a town abutting Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu`s office said. `This is a great day, an historic day for Chad and for Israel, too,` Deby said in a videotape of the inauguration
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