Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, April 1, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

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

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay to pay working visit to Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, to inspect site in Guvercinlik village where industrial zone is planned to be built.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to convene first Cabinet meeting since assuming office.

WASHINGTON - Vietnamese Ambassador to UN Dang Dinh Quy to hold press conference after assuming Security Council presidency for April.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold talks with his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov.

MOSCOW - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold news conference.

MYANMAR

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

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to announce export figures for March.

ISTANBUL - Istanbul Chamber of Industry to release purchasing managers’ index for March.

SPORTS

VITORIA GASTEIZ, Spain - Turkish basketball club Anadolu Efes to visit Spain’s TD Systems Baskonia for Turkish Airlines EuroLeague game in Round 33.

SPECIAL REPORT

COVID-19 adversely affects children with autism

By Ali Murat Alhas

ANKARA (AA) - Relatives of children with autism expect others to have empathy and act accordingly so the mental development of their children will not be adversely affected, especially at a time when they are becoming more introverted due to COVID-19 and stay-at-home policies.

SPECIAL REPORT

Kashmir’s women artists paint in ‘black and white’

By Nusrat Sidiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) - “You are not just a drop in the ocean, you are the ocean in a drop,” Badarunisa Bhat, a 25-year-old artist in Indian-administered Kashmir, quotes Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi – a 13th century Sufi mystic, poet, and Islamic scholar – as an inspiration for her artistic spiritual journey to find God.

SPECIAL REPORT

COVID-19 vaccines face political haggling in Zimbabwe

By Jeffrey Moyo

KADOMA, Zimbabwe (AA) - A staunch supporter of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance in Zimbabwe, 29-year-old Mateline Chiwandamira is waiting for a signal from party president, Nelson Chamisa, whether or not to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey’s quick health response restores hope among Rohingya fire victims

By Md. Kamruzzaman

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AA) - The crisis of seven-year-old Rohingya girl Samina was different and more complicated among the persecuted people who were directly victimized by the massive fire at the world's largest refugee camp in southern Bangladesh last week.