Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive head, board members of business association at Vahdettin Mansion.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold meeting.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) to share December data on established, liquidated companies.

ANKARA - TurkStat to announce consumer confidence index for January.

LUXEMBOURG - Eurostat to reveal governments' debt and deficit data for third quarter

SPORTS

MELBOURNE - Following 2022 Australian Open, year's first Grand Slam.

SPECIAL REPORT

Yemeni refugees integrate smoothly into Somali society​​​​​​​

By Mohammed Dhaysane

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) - Many Somali people still remember how, when civil war gripped their own country, an influx of refugees fled to countries like Yemen and Syria, where they stayed several years until Somalia gont back on track for its current slow-moving path towards peace.

SPECIAL REPORT

2008 Gaza war's effects continue to resonate for Palestinian resistance: Expert

By Salam AbuSharar

GAZA, Palestine (AA) - Saad Wahidi, a Gaza local, still remembers the day he was trying to rescue his family from raining Israeli fire by moving them to his uncle's home, where he thought it would be safer.