Anadolu Agency’s Morning Briefing - Jan. 20, 2023

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

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that he looks forward to "continued coordination" with Türkiye on various issues following a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Washington.

Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of the Russian Security Council, warned Thursday of a nuclear war in the event of Russia's defeat in its war on Ukraine.

China on Thursday pledged to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, while the nation expects a carbon emissions peak by the end of the current decade.

At least one person was killed and 60 others injured in a stampede Thursday at a stadium in Basra, southern Iraq.

Russia announced Thursday that 31 more New Zealand journalists, officials and public figures were sanctioned in response to Wellington's latest sanctions against Russian individuals and legal entities.

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dissolved the lower house of parliament Thursday and called an early election for March 19.

The Turkish Central Bank held its one-week repo rate, also known as the policy rate, constant at 9% Thursday for the second month in a row, meeting market forecasts.

Israeli authorities on Thursday released a Palestinian prisoner after 40 years in jail.

Estonia on Thursday announced its biggest military aid package for Ukraine, amounting to €113 million ($122 million).

The European Parliament called on EU member states Thursday to back the creation of a special tribunal to hold Russia “accountable for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.”

More than 40 al-Shabaab terrorists have been killed in an operation in the Middle Shabelle region, the Somali military said Thursday.

Türkiye announced a "National Energy Plan" and "Hydrogen Technologies Strategy and Roadmap" on Thursday, both prepared to meet the country's 2053 net zero emission targets.

Lebanese lawmakers failed Thursday for the 11th time to elect a new president after the post was vacated on Oct. 31, 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the Syrian settlement in a phone call Thursday with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi, according to a Kremlin statement.

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday that it detained a US citizen on espionage charges.

The US has hit its debt limit and the Treasury has started using “extraordinary measures” to avoid default, the department’s head said Thursday.

American actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter related to a deadly 2021 shooting on the set of the western film Rust, authorities announced Thursday.

The Pentagon said Thursday that the US would continue to support Ukraine in the event of a potential operation by Kyiv to take back Crimea.

The US Supreme Court said Thursday that it has been unable to identify who leaked the draft majority opinion that ultimately ended decades of federal abortion protections.

The US will provide an additional $2.5 billion in military assistance for Ukraine, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.

Internal emails from Facebook and Instagram show that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had significant input on the Meta-owned social media platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Facebook Files released Thursday on Twitter.