Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet deputies of his Justice and Development (AK) Party at party’s headquarters.

UKRAINE

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

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - NATO foreign ministers to meet to discuss security issues, response to Russia’s war on Ukraine.

BRUSSELS - EU Council President Charles Michel to meet Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz to attend question-and-answer session with lawmakers in parliament.

IRELAND

DUBLIN - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address Ireland’s parliament via video link.

SPORTS

VILLARREAL, Spain - Villarreal to take on Bayern Munich in UEFA Champions League quarterfinals first leg.

LONDON - Chelsea to host Real Madrid in UEFA Champions League quarterfinals first leg.

SPECIAL REPORT

Telemedicine bridges gaps in India's healthcare system

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - With an extremely low doctor, to people ratio in India, which is also the second most populated and seventh-largest country in size in the world, telemedicine, and virtual remote health care is turning into a game-changer.

SPECIAL REPORT

Volunteer’s dream of Al-Aqsa Library comes true

By Salam AbuSharar

JERUSALEM (AA) - His passion for the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem has always led the life of Palestinian Marwan Nashashibi.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tanzania’s Islamic banks draw non-Muslim customers

By Kizito Makoye

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) - High-interest rates and poor banking facilities are luring non-Muslims in the East African country of Tanzania to interest-free or Islamic banking to manage personal finances.

SPECIAL REPORT

Future of Indian medical students enrolled in Ukraine ‘hangs in balance’

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - Even as thousands of medical students who returned to India from war-torn Ukraine heaved a sigh of relief, an uncertain future and likelihood of not being able to graduate are now giving them sleepless nights.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkish historic series with religious morals expanding consciences of Bangladeshis

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Turkish historic mega-series conveying religious morals and justice are expanding the consciences of educated Bangladeshi youths and inspiring young filmmakers to produce quality films and series with moral lessons.

SPECIAL REPORT

Rwandans in Tanzania give a thumbs up to reconciliation efforts

By Kizito Makoye

NGARA, Tanzania (AA) - Haunted by the horror of the 1994 genocide, Rwandan citizens who live in Tanzania have commended efforts by the government of Rwanda to reconcile the war-torn nation and persuade thousands of people who fled the bloodbath 28 years ago to return home and co-exist with their neighbors.