Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to hold joint news conference with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic.

ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to visit Qatari capital Doha for official talks.

ANKARA - Monitoring developments on coronavirus pandemic in Turkiye, worldwide

SWITZERLAND

DAVOS - The meetings of the World Economic Forum (WEF) -- Davos Agenda 2022 -- to continue online.

SPORTS

MELBOURNE - First Grand Slam of year in tennis, 2022 Australian Open to kick off with first round matches.

YAOUNDE - Following 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) group fixtures.

SPECIAL REPORT

Houseboat hotels getting extinct in Bangladesh

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Teenager Badsha and his friend Badal left home for Bangladeshi capital Dhaka to make money as their families were struggling for survival amid financial hardship in the pandemic.

SPECIAL REPORT

Pakistan sees 30% surge in mental illnesses due to COVID-19

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - Pakistan has seen a 30% spike in mental illnesses caused by the coronavirus in recent months, recent surveys and health specialists stated.

SPECIAL REPORT

ANALYSIS - Fires in refugee camps: A coil of neglect

By Burcin Gizem Bolat

Writings about migration often begin with an emphasis on migration being as old as human history. This is both a cliché and a very real highlight. Migration remained on the agenda in 2021 as a national and global phenomenon. In the last months of 2021, refugees walking to the border to cross from Belarus to Poland caused immigration and refugees to be evaluated under the security umbrella again, and border policies to come to the fore. From the perspective of Turkiye, refugees once again became one of the topics on the national agenda, after three Syrians' house in Izmir was set on fire.