Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair Central Executive Committee meeting of his Justice and Development (AK) Party.

ANKARA - Parliament speaker Mustafa Sentop to address 4th Conference of Inter-parliamentary Jerusalem Platform, to visit Poland with accompanying parliamentary delegation to hold talks.

ANKARA - Vice President Fuat Oktay to attend gala dinner of 4th Conference of the Inter-parliamentary Jerusalem Platform.

ANKARA - ​​​​​​​Following worldwide pandemic situation as new coronavirus variant Omicron has been detected in several countries.

LATVIA

RIGA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend first day sessions of meeting of NATO foreign ministers.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel and her successor Olaf Scholz to hold videoconference with premiers of federal states to discuss new measures to combat COVID-19 pandemic.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin to meet with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

MOSCOW – Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to hold video meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang.

MOSCOW – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with his Brazilian counterpart Carlos Franca and to address ‘Dialogue in Name of Future’ annual science and education program of Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund.

BELARUS

MINSK - Following ongoing migrant crisis at Belarusian-Polish border.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute (Turkstat) to announce gross domestic product (GDP) for 3rd quarter.

ANKARA - European Statistical Institute (Eurostat) to announce preliminary flash consumer price index for November.

ANKARA - US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to testify before US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in Washington D.C.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Bloody' kite-flying keeps claiming lives in Pakistan

By Aamir Latif

LAHORE, Pakistan (AA) - Asadullah, 23, was on his way on a motorbike in a middle-income neighborhood of the northeastern Lahore city, when a stray kite string slit his throat open, killing him on the spot.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Stigma, a big challenge for HIV patients in India'

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - India faces a big "challenge" to remove the stigma attached to HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection, experts in India say, stating there is a need to increase awareness about the disease among the public.

SPECIAL REPORT

After years as a migrant and dangerous water crossing, Syrian crossed English Channel to forge life anew

By Rabia Iclal Turan

ANKARA (AA) - As many as 27 people – including children and a pregnant woman – drowned in the English Channel on Nov. 24 after their inflatable boat took on water and capsized in one of the deadliest migrant drowning incidents in the waters bridging France and Britain.

SPECIAL REPORT

Musical group in Tanzania bridges countries, ethnicities

By Kizito Makoye

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) – A classical musical group entertaining people in the East African country of Tanzania since 1940 has been breaking cultural barriers by enrolling members from diverse backgrounds and nationalities.