Diary

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

UKRAINE

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

RUSSIA

MOSCOW – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet delegation of foreign ministers from Arab League.

UK

LONDON – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to publish its report on mitigating global warming.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to meet Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan for talks on bilateral relations, international issues.

US

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden to deliver remarks on progress made on his administration’s ‘Trucking Action Plan’ to strengthen nation’s supply chains.

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to Supreme Court.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to reveal inflation figures for March.

ANKARA – Trade Minister Mehmet Mus to announce Turkiye’s export figures for March.

LUXEMBOURG – Eurostat to release producer price index figures for February.

WASHINGTON – US Commerce Department to announce factory orders for February.

SPECIAL REPORT

Journalists in Ukraine pay high price for reporting Russia's war

By Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA (AA) – Local journalists and press members who have flooded into Ukraine from around the world are risking their lives at every turn to report the latest developments on the ground in the war-torn country.

SPECIAL REPORT

Seed audit project scores ace for rural Eswatini farmers

By Phathizwe Zulu

MANZINI, Eswatini (AA) – Erratic rainfall and prolonged drought have forced rural farmers to plant indigenous seeds to feed their families in Eswatini.

SPECIAL REPORT

Black community in US calls for education, taking action on 54th anniversary of MLK’s assassination

By Darren Lyn

HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – Eighty-year-old Helen Lewis Johnson remembers the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968 as if it were yesterday.