ANKARA — With a fresh mandate after Sunday's presidential election in hand, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to focus on the country's growing economic crisis and regional challenges amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Driving the news: Turkey’s economic outlook appears increasingly vulnerable ahead of Erdoğan's third term. The Turkish lira, meanwhile, hit a new low this week, with Morgan Stanley saying the currency could continue its slide this year faster than expected.
Russia's top security agency is accusing the U.S. of hacking thousands of iPhones as part of an espionage campaign.
What's happening: Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed on Thursday that the U.S. intelligence community had created a backdoor into Apple's iPhones.
CIA director Bill Burns made an unannounced trip to China last month, a U.S. official confirmed to Axios.
Why it matters: The trip to Beijing, which was first reported by the FT, was part of the administration's efforts to stabilize relations after February's spy balloon incident.
A crop of bizarre — and perhaps scary — restaurants is catering to our appetites, wanderlust, and social media-driven desire for photogenic life (and food) moments.
