Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, March 15, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to make opening speech of panel on Turkish-Russian relations.

ANKARA - Monitoring developments on coronavirus pandemic in Turkey, worldwide.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet Rik Daems, president of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe, who is also scheduled to meet heads of both Russian chambers of parliament.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Monitoring developments in Myanmar after Feb. 1 military coup triggered violent protests.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release house sales statistics for February.

ANKARA - Treasury and Finance Ministry to announce Turkish central government budget balance table for February.

ANKARA - Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank to attend Competitive Sectors Programme jointly organized by EU, Turkey.

SPECIAL REPORT

Kenyan child prodigy with heart at right place

By Andrew Wasike

NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) - Kenyan child prodigy Sheila Sheldone Charles, 12, who recently bagged the 2021 Nina Simone Artistic Excellence Honoree for a young, gifted, and Black entrepreneur advises all children to kick the ball harder to explore their latent talents.

SPECIAL REPORT

No end to Syrian crisis, but opportunities: Turkish Red Crescent head

By Handan Kazanci

ISTANBUL (AA) - Ten years since the beginning of the brutal civil war in Syria, the head of a major Turkish aid group said no lasting end to the country's humanitarian suffering is in sight, but his group and the Turkish government are still doing some good.