Anadolu Agency’s Morning Briefing - Feb. 10, 2023

NEW YORK

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

• At least 17,674 people were killed and 72,879 others injured by two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye earlier this week, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said Thursday.
• As search and rescue efforts are still underway in earthquake-hit Türkiye, a 10-day-old infant was found alive in the southern city of Hatay after 90 hours.
• A three-month state of emergency to speed up rescue and aid efforts in Türkiye's quake-hit provinces entered into force Thursday after it was approved by lawmakers.
• The UN on Thursday sent six truckloads of humanitarian aid through Türkiye to Idlib, northwestern Syria following deadly earthquakes Monday.
• NATO said Thursday that it continues to provide assistance to ally Türkiye after powerful earthquakes that hit the country's southern region.
• UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the devastating earthquakes that decimated parts of Türkiye and Syria are "one of the biggest natural disasters in our times."
• The World Bank announced Thursday that it will initially provide $1.78 billion in aid for Türkiye’s recovery and reconstruction efforts in the wake of powerful earthquakes.
• The Turkic world is showing strong solidarity with its brothers and sisters in Türkiye in the face of widespread damage and loss of life caused by devastating earthquakes Monday.
• Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and her Cabinet members pledged Thursday to donate one month's salary to earthquake relief efforts in Türkiye, local media said.
• Germany promised Thursday to provide swift support for Türkiye in the wake of this week’s devastating earthquakes that claimed at least 17,674 lives and left 72,879 injured.
• EU leaders honored the victims of the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria on Thursday with a minute of silence at the start of their summit.
• The US Agency for International Development (USAID) said Thursday that it is providing $85 million in urgent humanitarian assistance to Türkiye and Syria after deadly earthquakes this week.
• The US eased sanctions Thursday on Syria to allow the flow of humanitarian assistance following the deadly earthquakes that hit southern Türkiye which affected both communities.
• Japan is likely to relax COVID-19 restrictions for people arriving from China after the rate of positive cases in travelers has recently decreased, local media said Thursday.
• Barcelona mayor Ada Colau announced late Wednesday that her city was cutting all institutional relations with Israel over “repeated human rights violations of the Palestinian population and non-compliance with United Nations resolutions.”
• Ukraine will win the war against Russia and become an EU member, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday in his first in-person speech at the European Parliament.
• NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered the "clearest evidence yet" of ancient water ripples formed within lakes, according to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
• The House of Representatives unanimously approved a resolution Thursday condemning China for its use of a suspected spy balloon above the continental US.
• Türkiye on Thursday slammed a Mexican Senate resolution on the 1915 Armenian events against the country.
• Former US Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel overseeing investigations into former President Donald Trump, media reports said Thursday.