Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Sep 26 2023) for CSS

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6. Biden recognises two Pacific nations in move to counter Beijing

President Joe Biden said the United States officially recognised the Pacific nations of Cook Islands and Niue on Monday, as he hosted regional leaders in a bid to wrest influence from China.
The announcement came at the start of a summit with the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum, where US officials said the president was announcing a more assertive American stance in the region

7. Ukraine receives US-made Abrams tanks

Ukraine has received US Abrams battle tanks, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Monday, boosting Kyiv`s forces as they seek to break through heavily-fortified Russian defensive lines.
The announcement came just after Ukraine claimed it had killed the commander of Russia`s Black Sea fleet in a missile strike on Moscow`s naval headquarters in Crimea last week in what would be a major embarrassment for Russia

8. Kosovo calls upon Serbia to hand over escaped gunmen after shootout

Kosovo called on Serbia on Monday to hand over ethnic Serb gunmen it said had escaped after a shootout with Kosovar police that killed four people in the restive north of the country, aggravating tensions between Pristina and Belgrade.
The gunmen stormed the village of Banjska on Sunday, battling police and barricading themselves into a Serbian Orthodox monastery

9. Cuban embassy in US attacked with Molotov cocktails

Cuba`s embassy in Washington was attacked by a man using two Molotov cocktails on Sunday night, the country`s foreign minister said, describing the incident as a `terrorist attack`.
`The Cuban embassy in the US was the target of a terrorist attack by an individual who launched 2 Molotov cocktails. The staff suffered no harm,` said Bruno Rodriguez in a post on social media platform X. This was the second attack against the Cuban mission in Washington in recent years, after a man opened fire on the building in April 2020.
There were no injuries from that attack

10. Sicilian Mafia boss dies, taking his secrets with him

Sicilian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, captured in January after three decades on the run, died on Monday in hospital in central Italy, taking to the grave the secrets of his brutal reign.
The 61-year-old had been treated for colon cancer while detained in a high security jail in L`Aquila but was moved last month to hospital after his condition deteriorated