Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ceremonies to mark 83rd death anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of Republic of Turkey.

ANKARA - Erdogan later to receive Khalid al-Mishri, head of the Libyan High Council of State, at Presidential Complex.

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

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at Oval Office.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken to host virtual meeting of foreign ministers to discuss COVID-19 pandemic. Blinken also to meet with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at State Department.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold separate meetings with his Malian counterpart Abdoulaye Diop and Belarusian Vladimir Makei.

MOSCOW - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold a press conference.

SCOTLAND

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

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - Following developments after state of emergency declared in country last week.

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Following situation after last month's arrests of several government ministers, officials in military takeover.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to reveal unemployment data for September.

ISTANBUL - Major Turkish defense fair Saha Expo to open doors in Istanbul.

WASHINGTON - US Labor Department to announce Consumer Price Index (CPI) for October, initial jobless claims.

WASHINGTON - US Treasury Department to announce federal budget balance for October.

SPECIAL REPORT

Scientific innovations help Zimbabwe combat COVID-19

John Cassim

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - Despite facing an economic crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19, the southern African country of Zimbabwe has been at the forefront of investing in scientific innovations.

SPECIAL REPORT

Green Deal can create EU-Turkey cooperation: Official

By Ovunc Kutlu and Busra Nur Cakmak

ANKARA (AA) - The Green Deal, a set of policy initiatives by the European Commission to make Europe climate neutral by 2050, can create cooperation between the EU and Turkey to work towards same objectives, according to an official.

SPECIAL REPORT

Time-wrap for visitors in Cappadocia's wonderlands

By Iftikhar Gilani

AVANOS, Cappadocia (AA) - More than 300 kilometers (186.4 miles) southeast of Turkey's capital Ankara, nature and history integrate into the vast landscape of Cappadocia -- spread over the Nevsehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kirsehir, Malatya, Sivas, and Nigde provinces in the Central region of the country.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tanzanian farmers devise ways to check harmful smog

By Kizito Makoye

MOROGORO, Tanzania (AA) - Tanzanian farmers, who every year contributed to harmful smog in winters by burning rice husk and straws have found their alternative usage.

SPECIAL REPORT

Uganda embraces science for development

By Godfrey Olukya

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) - Ugandan science teacher Stanley Mugerwa is happy with his job at a public secondary school in the East African country that he says greatly values science education.