Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to host his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez at the presidential complex. Erdogan to attend Intergovernmental Summit Session and host official dinner in honor of Sanchez.

ANKARA - Erdogan to attend parliamentary group meeting of his AK Party.

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

ANKARA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint press conference with his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to visit Michigan to speak on Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

WASHINGTON - Desk to cover repercussions of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit in Africa

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss situation in Afghanistan

RUSSIA

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with his Moldovan counterpart Nicolae Popescu.

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

MOSCOW – Secretary of Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev to hold meeting with his counterparts from Commonwealth of Independent States.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to release Short Term External Debt Statistics for September.

LUXEMBURG - Euro area consumer prices index (CPI) for October to be announced.

WASHINGTON - US Commerce Department to announce housing starts and building permits for October.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Following Turkish Airlines EuroLeague round 10 games.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bangsamoro peace process has ‘come a long way’: Turkish envoy

By Benyamen Cabuntalan and Riyaz ul Khaliq

COTABATO City, Bangsamoro / ISTANBUL (AA) – The Bangsamoro peace process in the Philippines has “come a long way,” said Turkey’s ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation.

SPECIAL REPORT

Kangaroo technique gives life to preterm babies in Tanzania

By Kizito Makoye

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) – In the East African country of Tanzania, Kangaroo technique to treat preterm babies has achieved a 99.5% success rate, according to Agnes Mtawa, director of Nursing Services at the Muhimbili National Hospital.

SPECIAL REPORT

Distorted religious beliefs pose communal violence threat in Bangladesh

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A lack of proper knowledge about religious teachings and unrestrained emotions are posing a threat to communal harmony in Bangladesh, according to analysts.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tanzania digitizes court system to speed up justice delivery

​By Kizito Makoye

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) – As part of its larger efforts to modernize the court system, Tanzania’s judiciary has implemented multi-faceted reforms to increase transparency, improve efficiency, and speed up the delivery of justice in courts that were once allegedly plagued by widespread corruption and inefficiency.

SPECIAL REPORT

Zimbabweans cautioned oral, dental health key to body wellness

By John Cassim

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - Zimbabweans have been urged to develop healthy behavior as the world commemorates Oral and Dental Health Care week from Nov. 18-21.

SPECIAL REPORT

Cameroonian observers urge tolerance to combat tribalism

By Aurore Bonny

DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) - Cameroonians outlined their views on tolerance to fight tribalism on the eve of International Day of Tolerance that is observed Nov. 17.

SPECIAL REPORT

Wheat prices boom amid stock measures, drought, monetary expansion

By Gokhan Ergocun

ANTALYA, Turkey (AA) - Wheat prices across the globe shot up this year as stocks of the staple grain were expanded across the world, especially in China, even as supply was thin due to drought and inflation surged amid post-COVID monetary expansion, according to an international sectoral group.