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• About Asia Cup 2022
• The 2022 Asia Cup was the 15th edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament. 
• Host country: UAE
• Champion: Sri Lanka
• Runner-Up: Pakistan 
• Participants: 6
• Matches: 13
• Player of the series: Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka)
• Most runs: Muhammad Rizwan (281)
• Most Wickets: Bhuneshwar Kumar (11) 

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• The 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held on 3 August 2022 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
• The Meeting was chaired by Cambodia
• Theme “ASEAN A.C.T.: Addressing Challenges Together.”

• Note: Myanmar was banned after its military rulers declined a proposal to send a non-junta representative instead.

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Dianna Rigg was an English stage and screen actress. Some of her notable roles were as Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers; Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service; and Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones. 

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On 24 June 2022, the government succeeded to get rollover the Chinese loan of $2.3 billion and the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) received the amount in its account.

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FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced that Pakistan will be co-hosting the 28th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ASEAN regional forum (ARF) heads of defence Universities/colleges/institutions meeting with Malaysia in 2021.

ARF Stand for ASEAN regional forum

ASEAN Headquarters located in Jakarta.

Founded: August 8, 1967, in Thailand.

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The birth rate of China slipped to 7.52 births per 1,000 people, down from 8.52 in 2020.

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Saudi Arabia has recently announced a new plan to ease foreign workers’ contractual restrictions in the country. This would pave the way for the improvement of a sponsorship system known as Kafala. The new plan is expected to take effect from March 2021.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader banned the government from importing Covid-19 vaccines from the United States and Britain, labelling the Western powers “untrustworthy”, as the infection spreads in the Middle East’s hardest-hit country.

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The United States has closed at least 10 bases across Afghanistan since the signing of a deal with the Taliban in February.

 The Trump administration plans to bring down troop numbers from roughly 5,000 to 2,500 by Jan. 15, days before President Trump leaves office.