Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair his Justice and Development (AK) Party's Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK) meeting.

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

IRAN

TEHRAN - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian during official visit.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - Following developments after state of emergency declared on Nov. 2.

SUDAN

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

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to virtually meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

WASHINGTON - Closing arguments expected from both sides in trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who killed two people and wounded another during racial-justice protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin last summer.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release house sales figures for October.

ANKARA - Turkey’s Treasury and Finance Ministry to reveal budget balance for October.

LUXEMBOURG - European statistical office to share foreign trade figures for September.

SPORTS

BELFAST - Following 2022 FIFA World Cup's European qualifiers.

SPECIAL REPORT

Displaced by fighting in Tambura county, thousands starving in South Sudan camps

By Benjamin Takpiny

JUBA, South Sudan (AA) – Thousands of people who escaped sub-national violence in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state are starving as humanitarian aid in camps in Ezo town is insufficient to meet their basic requirements.

SPECIAL REPORT

Cyclone Sidr spurs awareness, preparedness of natural disasters in Bangladesh

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Mass awareness of natural disasters has drastically increased in Bangladesh in recent years, particularly after the devastating Cyclone Sidr in 2007, according to experts and coastal communities.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bangladesh’s locally developed COVID vaccine faces regulatory hurdles

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - The developers of Bangladesh’s only indigenous COVID-19 vaccine have been facing hurdles in securing permission from the country’s regulatory body to conduct human trials.