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Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - Oct. 11, 2021

Daily briefing on novel coronavirus pandemic worldwide, Turkey, other developments

Zehra Nur Düz  | 11.10.2021 - Update : 11.10.2021
Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - Oct. 11, 2021

ANKARA

Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments in Turkey, around the world, and the coronavirus pandemic.


Developments in Turkey, coronavirus pandemic and other news

Turkey has administered over 112.36 million doses of coronavirus vaccines since the country launched an immunization drive in January, according to official figures released Sunday.

The Health Ministry also recorded 28,370 new cases, 196 coronavirus-related deaths and 25,772 recoveries over the last 24 hours.

Two Turkish special operations police officers were killed and two others were wounded when the PKK’s Syrian offshoot carried out a terrorist attack in northern Syria, Turkey's interior minister said Sunday.

Turkey on Sunday denounced a "heinous" terrorist attack in southern Yemen that left six dead.

Turkey on Sunday extended its condolences to Russia over a plane crash in the federal district of Volga that left 16 people dead.

Turkey will soon witness a test flight of its state-of-the-art multifunctional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which can be utilized as a self-defense deterrent against drones or used in an assault, said a senior official of a Turkish manufacturing company.

Developments across world

Protesters took to London’s streets Sunday against the Northern Ireland Protocol, which is part of the Brexit agreement and keeps Northern Ireland in the Customs Union with the EU.

A car bombing in Yemen on Sunday that targeted the convoy of a local governor left six people dead and seven others wounded, said a senior official.

Thousands of people marched in Brussels on Sunday to raise awareness on climate change prior to the UN COP26 conference in Glasgow slated to be held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12.

Electricity generation resumed in Lebanon for a few hours a day after the army provided fuel supplies Sunday, authorities announced.

Czech President Milos Zeman was admitted to intensive care Sunday after being taken to the hospital.

Serbia is set to host the Non-Aligned Movement Summit starting Monday.

Thousands of Tunisians demonstrated in the capital Tunis on Sunday against the power seizure by the country’s president, Kais Saied.

Hundreds of homes and grocery stores were severely damaged after an overnight storm slammed the island of Evia in Greece.

At least 16 people were killed when a light aircraft crashed in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan on Sunday, authorities said.

Representatives of the Afghan government and the US administration met Saturday in the Qatari capital, Doha, in their first meeting since the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in August.

Amnesty International has urged countries that still retain the death penalty to abolish it.

Polls opened Sunday in Iraq for early general elections.

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