Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

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

ANKARA - Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu to attend International Security Congress at Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy.

US

NEW YORK - UN General Assembly continues with 3rd day speeches from world leaders.

NEW YORK - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold talks with counterparts on sideline of 76th session of UN General Assembly.

GUINEA

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

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Monitoring situation in Afghanistan after Taliban’s formation of interim government.

ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to conduct 9th Monetary Policy Committee Meeting in 2021 to determine interest rates.

WASHINGTON - US Labor Department to release weekly initial jobless claims data.

SPECIAL REPORT

ANALYSIS - Checkered history of cricket diplomacy

By Iftikhar Gilani

ANKARA (AA) - Even though a sense of deja vu has swept Pakistan after the cricket teams of New Zealand and England abruptly pulled the plug on their tours, the game of cricket has often come to the rescue of South Asia to avoid wars and tensions at many crucial junctures.

SPECIAL REPORT

Fed may delay tapering depending on fiscal policies: Expert

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - The US Federal Reserve may need to delay its tapering timeline depending on fiscal policies, Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, told Anadolu Agency in an email on Thursday.

SPECIAL REPORT

Baykar introduces vertical landing UAV in TEKNOFEST

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey’s leading defense company Baykar introduced its newly designed vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the country’s largest technology and aviation event TEKNOFEST.

SPECIAL REPORT

Pollution chokes Zimbabwe’s cities

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - A public toilet at Copacabana bus terminal in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, lies locked to the public while behind it the stench of human waste and urine permeates the air, with flies hovering in the vicinity, yet with vendors nearby obliviously going about their business.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bangladesh shores see unceasing deaths of giant whales, dolphin

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Bangladeshi experts and officials express worry and call for immediate research as an alarming number of giant whales and dolphins have recently been found dead on seashores of Bay of Bengal.

SPECIAL REPORT

Corruption engulfs COVID19 vaccination, tests in Uganda

By Godfrey Olukya

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) - Authorities in Uganda are probing sale of COVID19 vaccination cards over buying COVID-19 test results and vaccination documents without undergoing testing or vaccination.