Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend virtual meeting of the Turkic Council at Vahdettin Mansion.

ISTANBUL - Erdogan also to receive Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk to host Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli.

ANKARA - Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to chair online meeting of Coronavirus Scientific Board.

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

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - World Health Organization expected to announce latest findings on COVID-19, Ebola vaccines.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to roll out $3T infrastructure plan in Pennsylvania.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Monitoring developments amid brutal crackdown on anti-coup protests in Myanmar.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - TurkStat to announce foreign trade statistics for February and economic confidence index for March.

ANKARA - Treasury and Finance Ministry to reveal Turkey's gross external debt stock for 2020 and borrowing strategy for April-June period.

SPECIAL REPORT

Azerbaijan marks anniversary of 1918 genocide

By Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA (AA) - Azerbaijan on Wednesday commemorated the 1918 genocide jointly committed by Armenian armed groups and Bolsheviks -- a revolutionary party that was committed to the ideas of Karl Marx -- which claimed the lives of around 50,000 Azerbaijani people.

SPECIAL REPORT

Ethiopia’s women environmental warriors

By Seleshi Tessema

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – Contributing to the conservation of the environment, two small business enterprises manned by women entrepreneurs in the two corners of the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa have launched a war on the use of plastic.

SPECIAL REPORT

Police raid arrest ostrich owners in Swaziland

By Phathizwe Zulu

MANZINI, Eswatini (AA) – Police in the southern African country of Eswatini -- commonly known as Swaziland -- are knocking on the doors of villages to seize ostriches and detain their owners.

SPECIAL REPORT

PROFILE: Aguero set to leave Man City with notable memories

By Emre Asikci and Can Erozden

ISTANBUL (AA) - Manchester City's Argentine star Sergio Aguero -- the English club's all-time top scorer -- is set to leave his club this summer after 10 years at the Etihad Stadium with a wealth of unforgettable memories.

SPECIAL REPORT

Biden's energy priority is carbon reduction: Experts

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - US President Joe Biden's top energy policy is focused on reducing carbon dioxide emissions and achieving a target of net-zero emissions by the end of the next three decades, experts told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday.