Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, March 10, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to host Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev.

ANTALYA - Russia-Ukraine-Turkiye trilateral foreign ministers meeting to be held ahead of international diplomacy forum in southern province of Antalya.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to hold phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss latest developments regarding Russia and Ukraine.

WASHINGTON - Biden to participate in bilateral meeting with Colombian President Ivan Duque at White House.

WASHINGTON - US intelligence agency directors to testify at Senate committee hearing about worldwide threats.

WASHINGTON - UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to address Atlantic Council.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss situation in Syria.

UKRAINE

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

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to share unemployment figures for January.

PARIS - OECD to share unemployment figures for January.

FRANKFURT - European Central Bank to release interest rate decision.

WASHINGTON - US Labor Department to announce consumer price index (CPI) for February.

SPORTS

BARCELONA - Barcelona to host Galatasaray in UEFA Europa League round of 16 first leg match.

SPECIAL REPORT

Slum dwellers in Tanzania use drones to map flood risk

By Kizito Makoye

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) – Slum dwellers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's largest commercial city, are using innovative drone technology to map street assets and digitize low-lying land areas to minimize flood risk and improve access to public services.

SPECIAL REPORT

Preventable blindness on rise in Bangladesh

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Reazul Adedin, 63, who hails from a village in Bangladesh had been losing his vision for the last four years. After failing to diagnose his illness, the village doctor told him to go to the capital Dhaka.