Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Filippo Grandi, UN high commissioner for refugees, at Presidential Complex.

ANKARA - Following COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.

ANKARA - Second round of political consultations between Turkey, Egypt to continue.

FRANCE

PARIS - Following developments after France’s top court ruled that cement giant Lafarge should be investigated on charges of complicity in crimes against humanity for allegedly financing Daesh/ISIS terrorist group in northern Syria.

GUINEA

CONAKRY - Monitoring developments after Guinean soldiers announce detention of president, dissolution of government.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Monitoring developments in Afghanistan after Taliban announce to form ‘interim government’

THE ECONOMY

WASHINGTON - US Bureau of Labor Statistics to announce Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTs Job Openings) for July.

SPORTS

TAMPERE - Turkish national volleyball team to face Finland in 2021 CEV EuroVolley to conclude Pool C in Tampere, Finland.

AFYONKARAHISAR - Round 9 in 2021 FIM Motocross World Championship, Bitci MXGP of Afyon to be run in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.

NEW YORK - Following quarterfinals in 2021 US Open, last Grand Slam of season.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Physiotherapy came in handy to help COVID-19 patients’

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - During the COVID-19 outbreak in India, physiotherapy -- the branch of rehabilitative medicine which focuses to improve or maintain physical abilities – came in handy to address lung capacities and induce breathing exercises to help infected patients to recover, claim many physiotherapists.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Ugandans fake as gays to seek asylum in West’

By Godfrey Olukya

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) - The Ugandan government and human rights groups have expressed concern at people tricking western countries by faking themselves as gay to seek asylum.