Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair meeting of Defense Industry Executive Committee at presidential complex.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.

ANKARA - Monitoring latest developments on novel coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

US

WASHINGTON - Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley to speak at event by Brookings Institution think tank.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Monitoring developments in wake of deal ending Armenia's occupation of Azerbaijani territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS – Day 2 of NATO foreign ministers meeting.

THE ECONOMY

ISTANBUL – Trade Ministry to announce preliminary foreign trade data for November.

LUXEMBOURG - European Statistical Office to release unemployment statistics for October.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey's overseas logistics centers poised to boost exports in strategic regions

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) – The innovation of Turkish overseas logistics centers will ensure the rapid flow of exports and products’ penetration of international supply chains at low cost, thus serving sustainable export growth, according to an expert.

SPECIAL REPORT

Protocols from COVID-19 deaths enough to plague a saint

By Vakkas Dogantekin and Hassan Isilow

ANKARA / JOHANNESBURG (AA) - The year 2020 will be remembered as one of humanity’s deadliest, with the pandemic turning it into a nightmare for billions, restricting every aspect of human activity from traveling to schooling, and claiming nearly 1.5 million lives in less than a year.

SPECIAL REPORT

University lab in Turkey fights COVID-19

By Erdogan Cagatay Zontur and Gozde Bayar

ANKARA (AA) - A team of Turkish scientists at a university lab is helping COVID-19 patients recover and finding ways to prevent the virus’ spread with a varied range of research and development programs.