Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

CHINA

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW – Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold weekly news conference.

THE ECONOMY

LUXEMBOURG – European Statistical Institute (Eurostat) to announce retail sales for December.

WASHINGTON – US Labor Department to announce nonfarm payrolls and unemployment rate for January.

SPORTS

BEIJING – Following 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China.

ISTANBUL – Anadolu Efes to take on LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 25.

SPECIAL REPORT

Cancer patients in Yemen battle their way out of disease

By Mohammed Alragawi

ISTANBUL (AA) – In addition to displacement, extensive poverty and hunger, the seven-year conflict in Yemen has seriously affected most of the country’s health sector, particularly cancer patients who lack essential medicines and adequate healthcare.

SPECIAL REPORT

Zimbabweans face challenges in cancer treatment due to lack of equipment, drugs

By John Cassim

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) – In southern Africa’s landlocked country of Zimbabwe, people and hospitals are grappling with the inadequate treatment of cancer, mainly due to lack of radiotherapy machines and drugs.

SPECIAL REPORT

Kashmir’s frail and weak cancer patients struggle to survive

By Nusrat Sidiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Suhaib Ahmad, a 39-year-old in Indian-administered Kashmir, last year in July was shocked to know that he suffers from lung cancer.

SPECIAL REPORT

Young artists paint life in Kashmir with hope for peace

By Aamir Latif

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistani-administered Kashmir (AA) – While Pakistanis and Kashmiris are set to observe the “Kashmir Solidarity Day” on Saturday in support of the pro-freedom movement in Indian-administered Kashmir, young artists pick color and brush to paint daily life in the picturesque valley.

SPECIAL REPORT

Shopkeepers in Yerevan expect more tourists as flights from Istanbul resume

By Rabia Iclal Turan

YEREVAN, Armenia (AA) – As reciprocal charter flights between Turkiye and Armenia resume, shopkeepers in Yerevan’s touristic open-air market are hopeful about the “mobility” the flights would bring and expect more tourists.

SPECIAL REPORT

China could become ‘new’ security actor in Horn of Africa: Experts

By Hassan Isilow

JOHANNESBURG (AA) – China’s announcement to appoint a special envoy for the Horn of Africa region affirms its intent to play a more strategic role as a security actor on the continent, experts have told Anadolu Agency.