Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - Sept. 21, 2022

By Anadolu Agency Staff

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

The Istanbul deal to resume Ukrainian grain exports has been one of the UN’s greatest achievements in recent years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at UN headquarters after the Turkish president addressed the General Assembly.

Hundreds of workers at Britain’s largest west coast dock have launched a two-week strike due to a dispute over pay.

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have signed a protocol to end border clashes that claimed scores of lives, Kyrgyz media reported.

Germany's producer prices increased by 45.8% year-on-year in August, hitting a historical high level.

Valery Polyakov, a Soviet-era cosmonaut who set the record for the longest single stay in space, has died at the age of 80, Russia’s state space agency Roscosmos announced.

At least two people were killed and 115 others injured when a strong typhoon battered parts of Japan.

Ukraine's eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions will hold referendums on joining Russia on Sept. 23-27, representatives of the separatist regions said.

The Belgian region of Wallonia started turning off lights this week on motorway roads at night to save energy.

The fiercest and most widespread battles between government forces and Tigray rebels are being fought Tuesday in northern Ethiopia on frontlines along the more than 1,000-kilometer (621-mile) Eritrea-Ethiopia border, a military source told Anadolu Agency.

UEFA confirmed that Russia has been banned from participating in the 2024 European Football Championship.