Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

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

MOLDOVA

CHISINAU – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to visit Moldova. He will meet his Moldovan counterpart Nicu Popescu, to hold joint press conference. Cavusoglu will also call on Moldovan President Maia Sandu, parliament speaker Igor Grosu and Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to host Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for North American Leaders' Summit.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel, her likely successor Olaf Scholz to hold videoconference with premiers of federal states to discuss tougher restrictions to combat COVID-19 pandemic.

BELARUS

MINSK - Following developments amid ongoing migrant crisis at Belarus-Poland border.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to announce international investment position (FDI) for Q3 and September.

ANKARA - European Automobile Manufacturers Association to release newly registered passenger car statistics for October.

ANKARA - OECD area GDP growth rate for Q3 to be announced.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to conduct 11th Monetary Policy Committee Meeting in 2021 to determine interest rates.

WASHINGTON - US Labor Department to announce initial jobless claims.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkish weightlifting legend Naim Suleymanoglu remembered on 4th anniversary of death

By Muhammed Enes Calli

ANKARA (AA) - Thursday marks the 4th anniversary of the death of Turkish weightlifting legend Naim Suleymanoglu.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tanzania’s rural areas grappling with antibiotic resistance

By Kizito Makoye

PANGANI, Tanzania (AA) – In Tanzania’s northern Tanga region, growing resistance against antibiotics has been exposing people, mostly children, to life-threatening bacteria, say health experts.

SPECIAL REPORT

Rampant antibiotic usage in India, Bangladesh worries experts

By Ahmad Adil and SM Najmus Sakib

NEW DELHI/DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Experts in India and Bangladesh are worried over increasing drug resistance among people due to the rampant use of antibiotics.

SPECIAL REPORT

Experts draw attention to India's open defecation problem

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - On the eve of World Toilet Day, which is being observed on Friday, Indian experts say there is a need to address the gaps to ensure 100% usage of toilets constructed under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) – India's largest program to eliminate open defecation and improve solid waste management.

SPECIAL REPORT

Environmental developments worldwide in October 2021

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - Several reports on climate change and its growing impact were released in October, with some positive steps and pledges for the reduction of carbon emissions also witnessed.

SPECIAL REPORT

Global climate strikes, environmental protests in October 2021

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - Strikes, demonstrations, and protests for the environment continued across the globe in October, with protesters demanding more decisive action to tackle climate change.

SPECIAL REPORT

Environmental disasters across globe in October 2021

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) – A range of environmental disasters hit the world in October, mainly heavy rains and floods in the Ivory Coast, China and the US, volcanic eruptions in the Spanish island of La Palma, and deadly landslides in India.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bangladesh's centuries-old capital houses early Muslim architecture

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Bangladesh's little studied early Muslim architecture is a means for connecting with Islamic heritage and history on the Indian subcontinent.

SPECIAL REPORT

Yemeni calligrapher shows beauty of Islamic art

By Mohammed Alragawi

ISTANBUL (AA) – Yemeni calligrapher Zaki al-Hashimi is working on a project to handwrite a copy of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, in the Arabic-language's Naskh font.