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Anadolu Agency’s Morning Briefing – Dec. 23, 2022

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

Russia’s Wagner Group is increasingly becoming a “rival power center” to the Russian military and other Russian ministries as it bolsters the Kremlin’s initiatives worldwide, the White House said Thursday.

Türkiye will continue to fight terrorists in Syria, the Turkish foreign minister said in a phone call with the US secretary of state on Thursday.

Sweden has not taken any concrete steps to address Türkiye’s security concerns, the Turkish foreign minister said at a news conference with his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billstrom in the Turkish capital Ankara.

Swedish Foreign Minister Billstrom, for his part, said his country is “taking concrete steps to fulfill our commitments.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed bilateral relations and strategic cooperation between Kyiv and Warsaw on Thursday with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda.

Russia on Thursday warned Greece against supplying Ukraine with Russian-made S-300 air defense missile systems, urging Athens to drop such “provocative” plans.

Disgraced former FTX CEO and founder Sam Bankman-Fried entered a New York court Thursday for legal proceedings after he was extradited from the Bahamas.

A German intelligence officer has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia, authorities said Thursday.

The US Senate passed a $1.7 trillion spending bill Thursday that will fund the government through fiscal year 2023.

Refugees at a camp in the Austrian province of Styria have staged a hunger strike to protest having to wait for weeks in tents for permanent housing.

The French data privacy regulator said Thursday that it has fined Microsoft €60 million ($64 million) for violating regulations on advertising cookies.

Source: Anadolu Agency