Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, April 7, 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.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg to hold news conference after second and final day of NATO foreign ministers meeting.

BRUSSELS - G7 foreign ministers meeting to be held.

UK

LONDON - Polish President Andrzec Duda to meet with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

GREECE

ATHENS - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address Greek parliament via video conference.

US

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to testify at US Senate committee hearing.

WASHINGTON - Senate to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman in Supreme Court.

NEW YORK - UN General Assembly to vote on Russia's suspension from Human Rights Council.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Treasury and Finance Ministry to release cash realizations for March.

LUXEMBOURG - Eurostat to share retail trade figures for February.

WASHINGTON - US Labor Department to announce weekly initial jobless claims.

SPORTS

LEIPZIG/ FRANKFURT/BRAGA/LONDON - Following UEFA Europa League quarterfinals.

ROTTERDAM / MARSEILLE /BODO/LEICESTER - Following UEFA Conference League quarterfinals.

SPECIAL REPORT

Russian war on Ukraine stumps France’s presidential candidates

By Shweta Desai

PARIS (AA) - Even though France continues to assume a stringent position on Russia by imposing stiff sanctions while trying to negotiate a cease-fire; not all French candidates vying to be the next presidential candidates are united in denouncing Moscow’s war, and some in the right-wing have even called for forging an alliance with Russia once the war is over.

SPECIAL REPORT

Israel’s house arrest policy turns Palestinian parents into ‘prison guards’

By Salam AbuSharar

JERUSALEM (AA) - Ashraf Rajabi, 16, was detained by Israeli forces in October 2021, as he was returning home in the town of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem.

SPECIAL REPORT

Zimbabwe’s border regions beat economic meltdown

By Jeffrey Moyo

BEITBRIDGE, Zimbabwe (AA) - Even as the southern African country of Zimbabwe continues in the throes of a severe economic crisis, the regions bordering South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, and Namibia are witnessing prosperity and affluence.