Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend his AK Party's provincial heads meeting at party headquarters.

ANKARA - Erdogan to meet with 81 teachers from 81 provinces at Presidential Complex on occasion of Teachers' Day.

ANKARA - Parliament speaker Mustafa Sentop to receive Kosovo's Justice Minister Albulena Haxhiu.

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

ISTANBUL - Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu to attend opening ceremony of 89th Interpol General Assembly meeting.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to deliver remarks on economy and lowering prices for American people.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss situation in Libya.

RUSSIA

SOCHI – President Vladimir Putin to meet with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas.

MOSCOW – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to take part in international forum on Russian business.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to speak at Berlin Foreign Policy Forum on international affairs, foreign policy challenges for Germany and EU.

BELARUS

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

SPORTS

BARCELONA - Following UEFA Champions League group games on matchday 5

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkstat to announce road motor vehicle figures for October

ANAKAR - Industry and Technology Ministry to reveal international direct investments for October

ANKARA - London-based data provider IHS Markit to release provisional data on US and Eurozone Manufacturing and Services PMI for November.

SPECIAL REPORT

Powell pick will maintain continuity in Fed monetary policy: Analysts

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell getting the nod from President Joe Biden to lead the Fed for a second term will maintain continuity in the central bank's monetary policy, according to analysts.

SPECIAL REPORT

Amid growing water crisis, many in coastal Bangladesh hope for rain

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - For thousands of people in coastal Bangladesh, collecting rain has become the sole natural source of fresh drinking water as the changing climate has increased the salinity in local groundwater.