Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing – Aug. 5, 2022

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

Three ships carrying grain and foodstuffs will depart from Ukrainian ports Friday under a recent landmark deal, Türkiye's top defense official announced.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a one-day visit to Russia's coastal city of Sochi on Friday to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss bilateral ties and international issues.

The White House condemned China's launching of missiles near Taiwan during live-fire exercises and announced that a US aircraft carrier strike group will remain in the region amid heightened tensions.

Japan claimed at least five ballistic missiles fired by China towards Taiwan fell within its exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan.

China said whether military drills will become the new normal in the Taiwan Strait depends on the US and "secessionist" forces in Taiwan.

Russia is planning to frame Ukraine for a deadly blast at a prison that killed over 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war, the White House said.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that if Russia wins in Ukraine, it could continue the war in neighboring countries.

Canada said it will send up to 225 military personnel to the UK to join in training as many as 10,000 new Ukrainian troops.

The Canadian government issued a national apology to the Peepeekisis Cree Nation for taking Aboriginal land and attempting to turn residential school graduates away from their traditions and into homesteading farmers.

The monkeypox outbreak in the US spiked to more than 6,600 confirmed cases, prompting the Biden administration to declare monkeypox a public health emergency.

Forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) maintained that the US is in for another unusually active hurricane season but downgraded slightly their prediction for its severity.

The FBI has opened "a number" of investigations into abortion-related violent crime, Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers amid heightened tensions following the Supreme Court's decision to remove federal protections for the procedure.

The US Justice Department filed charges against four current and former police officers in connection with the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in the state of Kentucky.

A Russian court found American basketball player Brittney Griner guilty of drug possession and smuggling.

US President Joe Biden sharply denounced a Russian court's decision to sentence WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Japan, the last leg of her controversial Asia tour.

The UAE affirmed its support for China's sovereignty and territorial integrity amid tensions over US House speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, which Beijing considers as its "breakaway province."

The Bank of England hiked interest rates 50 basis points to 1.75%, the biggest increase in 27 years.

The UK is now projected to enter a recession from the fourth quarter of 2022, said the country's central bank.

NATO urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to end hostilities as fighting flared up in the region of Karabakh and expressed support for normalizing relations.

Türkiye criticized Greece's latest move denying recognition to the Turkish minority's elected Muslim clerics (muftis), calling it "unacceptable."

Greece's National Intelligence Service (EYP) confessed to the wiretapping of a journalist working for CNN Greece, local media reported.

South Sudan's government announced a two-year extension to the country's post-civil war transitional period to help better prepare for elections, now postponed until late 2024.

Iraq's Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi rejected the call of Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to dissolve parliament and hold early elections.

Firefighters are struggling to contain a fire in Berlin's Grunewald forest triggered by an explosion at a bomb disposal site, German authorities said.

Real household income per capita diminished by 1.1% in the OECD area in the first quarter of 2022, contrasting with growth of 0.2% in real GDP per capita, according to data from the OECD. -