Anadolu Agency’s Morning Briefing – July 24, 2022

ANKARA

Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

• UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “unequivocally condemns” reported strikes on Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa, according to a statement.
• When Pope Francis touches down Sunday in Canada, he will seek to apply a soothing salve to the scarred hearts of Canada’s Indigenous peoples.
• Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry summoned Sweden’s interim charge d’affaires in Ankara for PKK/PYD/YPG terror propaganda on July 21 in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, said diplomatic sources.
• The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency, its highest alert level for a disease.
• Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Türkiye continues to fulfill its responsibilities under the grain deal brokered between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul.
• A group affiliated with the al-Qaeda and Daesh/ISIS terror organizations claimed responsibility for two separate recent attacks in Mali, purportedly in response to that country’s collaboration with mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group.
• The British foreign secretary blamed France for the travel chaos faced by travelers and holiday-goers at the Port of Dover in southeast England.

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