Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing – April 3, 2022

By Merve Berker

ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

India and Australia signed a trade agreement that removed tariffs on 96% of Indian exports, according to an Indian government statement.

Turkiye can provide ship support for the evacuation of civilians and those wounded in Ukraine’s Mariupol, said the Turkish defense minister.

Ukrainian photojournalist and documentary filmmaker Maks Levin, who went missing March 13 while working on the frontlines near the national capital of Kyiv, has been found dead, according to Ukraine's presidential aide Andriy Yermak.

Russia hit two military airstrips in Ukraine with high-precision air-to-ground missiles, according to media reports.

Algeria’s Culture and Arts Ministry joined three other ministries in the north African country to end the use of the French language in official correspondence due to increasing tensions between Algiers and Paris.

Turkiye's economy has been facing the threats of exchange rate movements, discussions on the interest rate and the rise in inflation, "an issue of the entire world," the country's president said.

Poland's prime minister urged Western countries to confiscate Russian assets, branding previous sanctions that only froze them "ineffective," said media reports.

A cease-fire began Saturday between Yemen's warring parties following a UN-brokered agreement on a "long overdue" two-month truce.

Ukraine has taken back the entire Kyiv region from Russian forces, Ukrainian media reported, citing the Defense Ministry.

Turkish athlete Riza Kayaalp won gold at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships.

Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia have progressed enough for the leaders of the two countries to "conduct direct consultations," said a Ukrainian negotiator, according to local media.

The president of Lithuania announced that the Baltic state has completely ended gas imports from Russia amid Moscow’s war on Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitriy Peskov praised Russia’s relations with Turkiye, emphasizing that Ankara is a significant regional power and the most dominant among all NATO member states.

Civilians in Ukraine’s Bucha province, near the national capital of Kyiv, were found dead with their hands tied, Mikhail Podolyak, according to an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Moscow decided to open another humanitarian corridor in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol to evacuate civilians and foreign nationals at the request of Turkiye’s president, said the Russian Defense Ministry.