Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ANKARA - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog and hold joint press conference in capital Ankara.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to meet business leaders and bipartisan governors at White House.

WASHINGTON - US House Armed Services Committee to hold hearing on national security challenges and US military activity in Indo-Pacific region.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken to hold joint press conference with UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss at Department of State.

CANADA

OTTAWA - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg to deliver keynote speech at Ottawa Conference on Security and Defense.

UKRAINE

KYIV - Following Russia’s war on Ukraine, sanctions, efforts for peace, and related international developments.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas to address European Parliament on European security and Russia’s war on Ukraine.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - World Health Organization to hold briefing on Ukraine situation and global health issues.

GERMANY

BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for talks on transatlantic ties and sanctions against Russia over war on Ukraine.

BERLIN - German government spokesman to hold news briefing.

FRANCE

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron to meet Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for talks on European security and Russia-Ukraine war.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold news conference.

UK

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to answer questions by lawmakers in Parliament.

LONDON - British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace to brief Parliament on Russia-Ukraine war.

POLAND/ROMANIA

WARSAW/BUCHAREST - US Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Poland and Romania.

THE ECONOMY

WASHINGTON - US Labor Department to announce JOLTS job openings for January.

SPORTS

MADRID/MANCHESTER - UEFA Champions League round of 16 second legs continue with Paris Saint-Germain visiting Real Madrid and Manchester City hosting Sporting Lisbon.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Drought-stricken regions report starvation deaths in Somalia’

By Mohammed Dhaysane

BAIDOA, Somalia (AA) – As the world focuses on war-induced displacement, half a million people have been forced from their homes in Somalia due to the severe drought raging in the African country.

SPECIAL REPORT

Scared and exhausted, Ukrainian people pour into Lviv as war rages on

By Jeyhun Aliyev

LVIV, Ukraine (AA) – Thousands of sleepless, scared, and exhausted Ukrainians kept flooding into the western city of Lviv via evacuation trains from combat zones amid Russia's ongoing attacks across the country.

SPECIAL REPORT

All eyes on Turkiye for high-stakes meeting of top Russian, Ukrainian diplomats

By Busra Nur Cakmak

ANKARA (AA) – The world is waiting with bated breath for a high-level meeting between top officials of Turkiye, Russia and Ukraine in the southern Turkish province of Antalya on Thursday.