Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Local Administrations' Youth Festival.

ANKARA - Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu to meet with Mongolian Defense Minister Gursed Saikhanbayar. The two ministers will attend the closing session of the 9th Term Meeting of the Turkey-Mongolia Joint Economic Commission.

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

LEBANON

BEIRUT – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to be received by Lebanese President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Najib Mikati. He is expected to meet with Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS – EU defense ministers to meet.

ECONOMY

ANKARA -Turkey’s unemployment rate for Q3 to be announced.

ANKARA - Turkish private sector’s foreign debt figure to be revealed.

ANKARA - Turkey’s investment incentive statistics for September to be announced.

LUXEMBOURG - Euro area's GDP growth for Q3 to be announced.

WASHINGTON - US Commerce Department to announce retail sales for October.

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve to announce industrial production and capacity utilization rate for October.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tertiary students contending with penury in Zimbabwe

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) – Selling sweets at the university campus has become the order of the day for 22-year-old Francis Gwenhure as he battles to supplement his mother’s income.

SPECIAL REPORT

Ethiopia’s lead in conference tourism paralyzed by COVID-19

By Seleshi Tessema and Addis Getachew

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the growth and income of Ethiopia’s Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) business, industry sources said.