Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint press conference with Hungary's Trade and Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.

UKRAINE

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

RUSSIA

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to convene video call with allies on Ukraine war.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss Jerusalem unrest in closed session.

THE ECONOMY

WASHINGTON - US Commerce Department to announce housing starts and building permits for December.

SPORTS

MILAN, Italy - Turkish Airlines EuroLeague playoffs in 2021-22 basketball season to begin as Turkiye's Anadolu Efes to visit Italy's AX Armani Exchange Milan in game one.

SPECIAL REPORT

Ecologists, scientists team up in Tanzania to save coral reefs

By Kizito Makoye

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) – Marine scientists and conservationists have teamed up in the East African country of Tanzania to restore coral reefs along the Indian Ocean coast.

SPECIALREPORT

Ukraine deserves flood of humanitarian aid, but so do other global hotspots

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) – As the whole world stays focused on the humanitarian crisis triggered by the Ukraine-Russia war, the international community would do better not to neglect other crises around the world, as otherwise they run the risk of setting off a global humanitarian crisis, according to aid groups and experts.