Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Baghdad Amreyev, secretary-general of Turkic Council.

ANKARA - Erdogan also to separately accept letters of credentials from ambassadors of Lithuania, Qatar, Ukraine, Mongolia.

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

RUSSIA

SOCHI - President Vladimir Putin to hold final in series meeting with Russia’s military chiefs.

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

SCOTLAND

GLASGOW - ​​Following 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26).

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - Following developments after country declared state of emergency on Tuesday.

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Following situation in Sudan after arrests of several ministers, officials in military takeover.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Monitoring political developments, security situation in Afghanistan.

THE ECONOMY

MONTREAL - The International Air Transport Association to reveal Air Passenger Results for September.

ANKARA - Turkish statistical institute to announce Turkey’s Consumer Prices Index for October.

LUXEMBOURG - Eurostat to reveal Euro area unemployment rate for September.

NEW JERSEY - ADP Research Institute to announce private payrolls for October.

WASHINGTON - US Commerce Department to announce trade balance, factory orders for September.

WASHINGTON - US Federal Reserve to announce interest rate decision, Chair Jerome Powell to hold news conference.

LONDON - London-based data provider IHS Markit to release Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for October.

ARIZONA - Arizona-based Institute for Supply Management to announce ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI for October.

SPORTS

LISBON - Following UEFA Champions League games in matchday four as Besiktas to visit Sporting in Group C match in Portugal.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tanzania’s former beauty queen produces literature for children

By Kizito Makoye

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) - The former beauty queen of the East African country of Tanzania is toiling hard to promote book reading culture among children in the era of gadgets and digital technology.

SPECIAL REPORT

Coal-based energy plants major pollutants in South Africa, say activists

By Hassan Isilow

JOHANNESBURG (AA) - As more than 100 countries pledged to bring down emissions at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference or COP26, in the Scottish capital of Glasgow, activists in South Africa have urged the government to halt plans to develop coal-based power plants.

SPECIAL REPORT

Deal at COP26 to halt deforestation welcomed, but 'we have to wait and see': Expert

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

GLASGOW, Scotland (AA) - An announcement by world leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) promising to end and reverse deforestation across the planet by 2030 is a welcomed step, but “we will have to wait and see” how the pledges made there will materialize, said an expert on forests.

SPECIAL REPORT

Major consumer goods producers mired in high inflation, rising costs

By Ovunc Kutlu and Gokhan Ergocun

ANKARA (AA) - Major fast-moving consumer goods-producing companies in the world have become entangled in rising prices and climbing costs as high inflation continues to take a toll on the global economy.