Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, hold joint press conference after one-on-one and delegation meetings.

ANKARA - Erdogan to attend mass inauguration ceremony to be held on the occasion of World Water Day.

US

NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to hold press briefing on situation in Ukraine.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss situation in Middle East, including Palestinian question.

UK

LONDON - Fifth anniversary of Westminster terror attack that killed 5, including police officer, and injured 40 others.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Verdict to be announced on fresh charges against jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny.

ITALY

ROME - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address Italian parliament.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Visiting Germany, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola to hold meetings with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

BERLIN - Scholz, Tesla CEO Elon Musk scheduled to attend opening of company's first production site in Europe.

UKRAINE

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

PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend 48th Foreign Ministers Council Meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation, deliver speech at event.

THE ECONOMY

BASEL, SWITZERLAND - European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde to speak at Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Summit 2022 to be held virtually.

SPECIAL REPORT

Water resources to take spotlight during international day

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - The importance of water resources and threats to groundwater is taking the global spotlight on Tuesday on the occasion of World Water Day.

SPECIAL REPORT

Spanish truck driver strike triggers supply chain chaos

By Alyssa McMurtry

OVIEDO, Spain (AA) - As businesses and consumers across Spain struggle to cope with soaring energy prices, an indefinite nationwide strike organized by small trucking businesses is causing major disruptions across the supply chain.

SPECIAL REPORT

Alarming levels of salinity cause safe drinking water crisis in coastal Bangladesh

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Runa Akter, a resident of the coastal village of Padmapukur in Bangladesh, recalls her ordeal of coping with a shortage of safe drinking water which nearly claimed the life of her unborn baby.

SPECIAL REPORT

Environmental developments worldwide in February 2022

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - A number of reports on climate change and its growing impact, as well as encouraging initiatives and pledges for environmental protection, were released in February.

SPECIAL REPORT

Global climate strikes, environmental protests in February

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - Protests and strikes against environmental degradation continued across the globe in February, with demonstrators demanding more decisive action to tackle climate change.

SPECIAL REPORT

Environmental disasters across globe in February 2022

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - In the second month of 2022, the world witnesses a range of environmental disasters, including heavy rains and floods in Ecuador and Zambia, heavy snowfall in the US, Japan, and India, wildfires in South Korea and Kenya, and volcanic eruptions on Italy's Mt. Etna.

SPECIAL REPORT

Russia-Ukraine war creates blocks in Africa

By Hassan Isilow

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AA) - While most African countries have decided to remain neutral in the Russia-Ukraine war, experts say it has already created blocks in the continent, with many countries quietly siding with warring parties.