Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing – May 12, 2022

Daily briefing on latest developments in Turkiye, other developments

By Jeyhun Aliyev

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

The Palestinian Health Ministry said Wednesday that Israeli forces shot dead veteran Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh while she was covering an Israeli raid in the northern city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.

The US sharply denounced the killing of a Palestinian-American journalist in the occupied West Bank during an Israeli raid but did not assign blame for Shireen Abu Akleh’s death.

The killing of prominent Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is a "potential war crime," said a UN official.

The EU strongly condemned the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and called for an investigation.

The United Nations, US, UK and EU called for a thorough investigation into the death of a veteran Al Jazeera journalist.

Qatar-based Al Jazeera television accused Israeli forces of deliberately killing its veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank.

US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib held a moment of silence in the House of Representatives for slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

A colleague of slain Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh told Anadolu Agency about his fellow journalist's final moments before she was shot while covering an Israeli army raid.

Friends, family and acquaintances of the slain journalist gathered at her house in the town of Beit Hanina in East Jerusalem to mourn her death.

The war in Ukraine has led to the loss of 5 million jobs and may create labor disruption in neighboring countries – mainly Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania and Slovakia – if hostilities continue, the International Labour Organization said.

The price of Bitcoin dove further to $27,785 on Wednesday and was hovering around its lowest level in 16 months.

Thirty-six years after Ferdinand Marcos ceded power, the Philippines is set to be ruled by another Marcos, according to the results of this week’s elections.

EU agencies advised to drop rules on the mandatory wearing of face masks for air travel from next week.

Spain is increasingly turning towards the US and away from Algeria for its natural gas supplies, according to data released this week.

US President Joe Biden said inflation in the country is "unacceptably high" and lowering it is his top economic priority.

A first-of-its-kind federal study of Native American boarding schools released Wednesday has identified at least 53 associated burial sites with 500 deaths reported so far, a number the US government believes could grow exponentially as the research continues.

The 11th Sarajevo Business Forum (SBF) began in Bosnia's capital with Turkiye taking center stage.

The European Union’s REPowerEU proposal aimed at reducing gas consumption could prevent only €47 billion in the bloc’s energy bill by 2030, according to a new analysis by think-tank Ember and Global Witness.

New Zealand will fully reopen its international borders from July 31, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Wednesday.

Japanese-US cooperation has gained momentum to make Japan’s military more deterrent in response to the rising regional and global role of China.

Turkiye will produce its drone at a facility soon to be established in Kazakhstan.

Turkiye, a principled supporter of nations' sovereignty and territorial integrity, backs Morocco's as well, the Turkish foreign minister said.

The Biden administration has pressed the US Congress for approval of the F-16 sale to Turkiye, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Russia's employment of hypersonic weapons as part of its ongoing military campaign against Ukraine has not fundamentally changed the conflict, said US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed a defense agreement with Finland.

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