6. EU to speed up returns of migrants denied asylum
• EU interior ministers on January 26, 2023 discussed how to return irregular migrants to their home countries more effectively with some arguing for limiting visas to uncooperative nations.
• `Returning those who have been denied asylum in Europe is a really important issue,` said Maria Malmer Stenergard, migration minister for Sweden, which hosted the meeting as current holder of the EU presidency.
• European Commission statistics show that in 2021, out of 340,500 orders for migrants to be returned to their countries of origin, only 21 per cent were carried out
7. Israeli forces kill 10 Palestinians in `bloody` West Bank raid
• Israeli forces in the West Bank killed 10 Palestinians on January 26, 2023, officials in the occupied territory said, nine of them in a raid the Israeli military described as a `counterterrorism operation`.
• The bloodiest day in the West Bank in years erupted during a raid on the crowded refugee camp in the northern city of Jenin, where gunshots rang through the streets and smoke billowed from burning street barricades.
• The Palestinian health ministry put the death toll from the clashes at nine, including a woman, adding that 20 people were wounded before the Israeli forces withdrew mid-morning
8. Global economic growth projected to slow down to 1.9pc this year: UN report
• A new United Nations report warns that the global economic growth is projected to slow down to only 1.9 per cent in 2023, sharply lower than the 3pc in 2022. However, the report says, the global growth is forecast to moderately pick up to 2.7pc in 2024.
• This will be one of the lowest growth rates in recent decades, apart from the 2007-8 financial crisis and the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, said the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2023 report, released on Wednesday The outlook for South Asia has deteriorated and is subject to multiple downside risks amid global monetary tightening, fiscal vulnerabilities, rising inflation and extreme weather vents. The regional GDP growth is expected to slow to 4.8pc in 2023 from an estimated 5.6pc expansion in 2022.
• In Pakistan, the economy is expected to expand by only2.5pcin 2023 as devastating Hoods caused significant damages, particularly for agriculture, with spillover effects on related industrial and service sectors
9. Asteroid to come `extraordinarily close` to Earth
• A truck-sized asteroid will pass near Earth on January 26, 2023 in one of the closest approaches to our planet ever recorded, Nasa said, emphasising that it poses no danger.
• Asteroid 2023 BU, which was recently discovered by an amateur astronomer, will zoom by the southern tip of South America on Thursday, according to Nasa. It will pass just 2,200 miles from Earth`s surface, much closer than many geostationary satellites orbiting the planet. But there is no risk that the asteroid will hit Earth, Nasa said in a statement on Wednesday
10. Babar named ICC Cricketer of the Year for stellar show in 2022
• The ICC Men`s Cricketer of the Year award is staying in Pakistan.
• Pakistan captain Babar Azam on January 26, 2023 bagged the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, following speedster Shaheen Shah Afridi in becoming only the second cricketer from the country to win the prestigious award given to the best player across all formats by the International Cricket Council.
• Just hours before the ICC made the announcement, Babar was also named the One-day International Player of the Year. In doing so, Babar retained his crown as the world`s best player in the one-day format the first player to do so after Virat Kohli, who won the award in 2017 and 2018
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