Author: Anadolu Agency
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for “more bridges of cooperation” and less “small yard, high fences” so that more and more developing countries will be better off and achieve modernization. Addressing the G20 summit in Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, Xi said China will continue to support developing countries, and deepen practical cooperation in areas such as poverty reduction, food security and the digital economy, according to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Floating Beijing’s eight-point action plan to support global development, he said China, alongside Brazil, South Africa and the African Union, is proposing an…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened the G20 Leaders’ summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday by lamenting the growing tensions and armed conflicts plaguing the global stage and launched an initiative to end world hunger. For the first time, the Brazilian leadership held the presidency of the G20, an economic bloc composed of the 20 largest economies in the world. As host, the Brazilian leader placed world hunger and poverty as top priorities in the agenda. “I observe with sadness that the world is worse: we have the highest number of armed conflicts since World War II…
Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday attended the session on Social Inclusion and the Fight Against Hunger and Poverty at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Brazil. The G20 Leaders’ Summit, held at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, continues. Before the session began, a promotional video of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty was shown. During the summit, President Erdoğan sat next to his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk Yeol, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, with whom he had a brief conversation. Following the opening speech by Brazilian President Lula da Silva, the session…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 leaders’ summit in Brazil on Monday. The meeting will be the first to take place between a British prime minister and Xi in six years. According to a statement from 10 Downing Street on Monday, Starmer will emphasize the importance of pragmatic partnerships, even with nations that hold differing values, as a means to foster progress on issues such as climate change, economic development, and global security. “As permanent members of the UN Security Council with major economies, the Prime…
The EU foreign policy chief on Monday stressed the need to “put pressure on the Israeli government” and the Palestinian group Hamas to achieve peace in the Middle East. Josep Borrell recalled that efforts were made to “stop the war in Gaza,” including by the US, by “putting pressure to release the hostages and to stop the war.” “This has not happened yet, and I do not see a hope for this to happen. That is why we have to put pressure on the Israeli government, also, obviously, on Hamas side. Both sides have to be put under pressure,” Borrell…
Germany on Monday accused China of providing drone assistance to Russia in its war with Ukraine that began in February 2022 and is about to enter its 1,000th day. “This must and will have consequences,” said Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on the sidelines of an EU meeting in Brussels. The war against Ukraine is also an attack on freedom in Europe and affects the core interests of all European states, she added. The European External Action Service (EEAS) earlier confirmed it was examining indications that drones were being produced in China for Russia’s war efforts. “We have received reports from…
The Kremlin on Monday said the possible use of long-range US missiles on targets in Russia would ultimately lead to a “new round of tension” amid media reports that outgoing President Joe Biden allowed lifting restrictions on their use by Ukraine. On Sunday, many media outlets citing anonymous officials, including The New York Times, reported that Biden has authorized Ukraine’s use of ATACMS missiles for strikes inside Russia, marking a major change in US policy ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald J. Trump in January 2025. “If such a decision was really formulated and communicated to the Kyiv regime,…
At least 15 Palestinians were killed as the Israeli army stepped up bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Monday, according to medical sources. Two Palestinians lost their lives when Israeli forces bombed the refugee camp of Jabalia in northern Gaza, one source said. Five people were also killed and 10 others injured in an airstrike on a home west of Gaza City, the source added. Women and children were among the victims, the source said, without giving an exact figure. Two children were also among four people killed in another strike targeting a refugee tent in al-Mawasi in the southern…
Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, an internationally acclaimed Turkish scholar on ancient Sumeria, died on Sunday at the age of 110. Çığ, born in 1914, passed away in intensive care at a hospital in Mezitli in Mersin, southern Türkiye. She was known for her research in Sumerology and her contributions to the field of ancient Near Eastern studies. Sumerology is the study of the history, language, and culture of the Sumerians, the earliest known human civilization, emerging in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.
Maritime traffic in the Istanbul Strait was temporarily suspended in both directions Sunday after a 114-meter (374-foot) tanker faced rudder failure. The vessel, the Nazan, faced the issue while en route from Russia to Kocaeli near Istanbul on Sunday evening, the Turkish Coastal Safety Directorate posted on X. The directorate dispatched rescue tugboats to assist, it added. Authorities continue their efforts to resolve the situation and ensure safe navigation in the strait.