World and International News – 09 December 2022

us basketball star brittney griner released in russia prisoner swap

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. A Memorandum Of Understanding was signed between The National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. and Walmart Global Sourcing India Private Limited, to facilitate services to MSMEs in Walmart Vriddhi program.

2. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed a Currency Swap Agreement with the Maldives Monetary Authority under the saarc Currency Swap Framework.

3. Nepalese authorities have said they will take action against stone pelters after a row ensued along its border with India in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district. Two Indians sustained injuries after Nepalese locals hurled stones at workers building a wall along Kali river on Indian side.

4. Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday said it has approved a $780 million multi-tranche financing facility (MFF) to expand and improve the metro rail system in Chennai.

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. Dina Boluarte became Peru’s first female president amid a political maelstrom.

2. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the 19th Asian Art Biennale in Dhaka on Thursday.

3. China further relaxes stringent Zero COVID policy, removes COVID test requirement for domestic travel; allows home quarantine amid rising cases.

4. United States has decided to expand its military presence in Australia to counter the rising threat of China in the Indo-Pacific region.

5. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that threat of a nuclear war was rising. However, He insisted that Russia would not use its nuclear weapons first.

6. The US State Department has approved a sale of 428 million dollar in aircraft parts for Taiwan to help its air force.

7. European Union has agreed on a new law to prevent companies from selling commodities into the EU market linked to deforestation around the world.

8. A New York jury has found the Trump Organization guilty on all charges in a tax fraud trial.

9. Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernandez has been convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for an alleged fraud scheme which embezzled $1 billion from public projects during her presidency.

10. The US Congress passes bill protecting same-sex marriage.

11. Russia frees US basketball star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap. Griner was traded for Viktor Bout, a Russian former arms dealer convicted and jailed in the United States. Basketball star Brittney Griner has been freed from a Russian prison and is on her way home to the United States after a prisoner swap with convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was serving a 25-year jail term in the US.

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