Zehra Nur Duz
07 July 2022•Update: 07 July 2022
ANKARA
Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.
- Indonesia's Bali island is set to host the Group of 20 (G20) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on July 7-8 under the theme "Building a more peaceful, stable, and prosperous world together."
- Iran claimed Wednesday that it has detained the UK's deputy ambassador in Tehran for allegedly taking samples of soil from a region where missile exercises were being conducted.
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not resign, according to local media reports Wednesday.
- The British government on Wednesday rejected a request to permit a second independence referendum in Scotland as Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting for his job after a series of resignations from his government.
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was grilled by lawmakers in a parliamentary hearing Wednesday as his government continues to be rocked by resignations in protest over his continued leadership.
- The number of people affected by hunger globally grew to as many as 828 million in 2021, swelling by about 46 million from 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a United Nations report said Wednesday.
- Lithuania’s defense minister, Ukraine’s ambassador to Lithuania and the general-director of Turkish defense company Baykar participated Wednesday in a delivery ceremony for the TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which was donated to Lithuania following a crowdfunding campaign to assist Ukraine.
- Uzbekistan announced Wednesday that the situation in the protest-hit autonomous region of Karakalpakstan has been brought under control.
- Türkiye's communications director said Wednesday that it would not be correct to present the trilateral memorandum signed with Sweden and Finland as a NATO membership agreement as Ankara will continue to monitor whether the two Nordic countries comply with the deal.
- Canada has become the first country to ratify Sweden and Finland's NATO membership bids, the country's prime minister announced, as member states signed accession protocols for the Nordic countries Tuesday.
- Israel said it will reopen its economic and trade office in Türkiye next month as relations began to improve between the two countries.
- Thousands of people on Australia's east coast are fleeing their homes after authorities in New South Wales state issued evacuation orders in flood-hit areas, local media reported Wednesday.
