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

Developments in Turkey, coronavirus pandemic, and other news

Turkey has administered over 116.84 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since it launched an immunization drive in January, according to official figures released Wednesday.

More than 55.51 million people have been given a first vaccine dose, while over 48.93 million are fully vaccinated, the Health Ministry said.

Turkey has also given third booster shots to over 11.25 million people.

Meanwhile, the ministry recorded 29,764 new coronavirus cases, 246 related deaths and 33,366 recoveries over the past day.

As many as 363,238 new virus tests were done in the last 24 hours.

UN Climate Change Conference

Japan has pledged at least $10 billion to achieve zero carbon emissions in Asia, the country’s prime minister told the ongoing international conference on climate in Scotland.

Coronavirus pandemic

Hundreds of people came to the government quarter at the center of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to protest against mandatory coronavirus vaccination.

Russia registered another grim record for daily coronavirus mortalities with 1,189 people dying over the past 24 hours, raising the overall count to 242,060.

The World Health Organization (WHO) granted emergency use approval to COVAXIN, India's indigenous COVID-19 vaccine.

Face masks will become obligatory again in schools in 39 regional departments of France where COVID-19 cases have crossed the alert threshold, a government spokesman said.

Other developments across the world

At least 23 people were killed, including women and children, and another eight injured when a passenger bus fell into a ravine in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, police and local media reported.

Alvin Bragg has been elected Manhattan's top prosecutor, becoming the first Black man to lead the New York City borough's district attorney's office as it carries out a probe into former President Donald Trump and his business empire.

A Belarusian cargo aircraft crashed moments before landing near the Russian city of Irkutsk on Wednesday, killing all seven crew members on board, officials confirmed.

Eight cases of Ebola virus disease have been confirmed so far by health officials in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday, marking the latest outbreak.

The European Union launched a military mission to train Mozambican troops to fight terrorism in the country's northern province of Cabo Delgado.