ANKARA 

• Türkiye and Pakistan are determined to increase cooperation at all levels, including on bilateral and international platforms, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, as he welcomed Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the presidential palace in Ankara.

• US President Joe Biden on Wednesday marked the 101st anniversary of a race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma that targeted Black residents and decimated a once vibrant African-American neighborhood.

• The UN secretary-general on Wednesday said the ongoing war in Ukraine has inflamed the global food crisis.

• The price of Brent oil could reach as high as $150 due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and the EU embargo on Russian oil imports, Alahdal A. Hussein, the founder of Malaysia-based oil and gas industry analytical and business intelligence platform Oil Industry Insight, told Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview.

• A US jury in the state of Virginia handed actor Johnny Depp a court victory, finding that he was the victim of defamation from ex-wife Amber Heard in a 2018 op-ed.