Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair Cabinet meeting at Presidential Complex.

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

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to deliver remarks on Build Back Better agenda, bipartisan infrastructure deal in New Jersey.

WASHINGTON - Biden to meet with Istanbul's Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew, welcome official delegation of Orthodox Christian Church to White House.

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Following situation in Sudan after arrests against several ministers, officials in possible 'military coup.'

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Monitoring political developments, security situation in Afghanistan.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce sectoral confidence for October.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to release October capacity utilization rate.

ANKARA - TurkStat to announce road motor vehicle figures for September.

SPECIAL REPORT

How 'science fiction' idea for treating cancer led to groundbreaking COVID vaccine

​​​​​By Alyssa McMurtry

OVIEDO, Spain (AA) - The first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the West was made available faster than anyone dared imagine, but applications from its development may help humanity tackle cancer and other diseases, the doctors behind the vaccine told a weekend audience in Spain.

SPECIAL REPORT

Meet the Istanbul-based rabbi behind the evacuation of Afghanistan's 'last Jew'

By Handan Kazanci

ISTANBUL (AA) - An Istanbul-based rabbi who explores Turkey's Jewish heritage through his nationwide travels gained new distinction last week for helping to evacuate to safety, along with Turkey’s Foreign Ministry, the man known as Afghanistan's last Jew.