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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend 6th Turkey-Iran High-Level Cooperation Council meeting at presidential complex.

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint press conference after meeting with his Congolese counterpart Jean-Claude Gakosso.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump to campaign in battleground states of Florida and North Carolina.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to participate in conversation with Atlantic Council think tank.

LONDON - Eighth round of negotiations to start to reach a post-Brexit trade deal between UK and EU.

LONDON - UK-US trade deal negotiations to resume.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Kosovo's Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti to meet NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and EU Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi.

THE ECONOMY

LUXEMBOURG - Eurostat to release GDP and employment figures for Q2.

SPECIAL REPORT

Ethiopia to further relax information access for media

By Seleshi Tessema and Addis Getachew

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – Ethiopia’s Nobel Laureate Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is set to introduce a new broadcast law to further facilitate access to information and reduce import duties on technologies required by media.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Messi to face problems if he remains at Barcelona'

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) - Barcelona's Argentine superstar Lionel Messi will have problems if he continues to play for the Spanish football powerhouse this season, a Turkish football pundit said Monday.

SPECIAL REPORT

France's Macron chides reporter but defends free speech

By Cindi Cook

PARIS (AA) – French President Emmanuel Macron lashed out at a French journalist following a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday evening for his exposing in an article an unannounced meeting by the leader with Hezbollah.

SPECIAL REPORT

Russia establishes scientific troops to strengthen army

By Elena Teslova

MOSCOW (AA) - As a country with compulsory military service, Russia faced a problem in recent years over the unwillingness of most university alumni to enter the army after completing their studies.

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