Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend parliamentary group meeting of Justice and Development (AK) Party.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to receive briefing from his senior leadership team on interagency efforts to prepare for and respond to hurricanes this season.

NEW YORK - Secretary of State Antony Blinken to meet Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, will later participate in Food Security Ministerial at UN.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet Secretary-General of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Zhang Ming.

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold weekly news conference.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UN to release state of global climate report.

ITALY

ROME - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi to meet Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin.

UKRAINE

KYIV - Following war between Ukraine and Russia, international reactions.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Monitoring situation after Fathi Bashagha reportedly arrived in Tripoli to assume responsibility as prime minister.

THE ECONOMY

LONDON - UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) to announce consumer price index (CPI) for April.

LUXEMBROUG - European Statistical Office (Eurostat) to announce consumer price index (CPI) for April.

BRUSSELS - European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) to release passenger car registration figures for April.

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

KONIGSWINTER/BONN - European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde to address G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Germany.

SPORTS

SEVILLA, Spain - Eintracht Frankfurt will face Rangers in 2022 UEFA Europa League final.

SPECIAL REPORT

Only 3 countries emit over half of global carbon emissions

By Dilan Pamuk

ISTANBUL (AA) – China, the US and India must take more decisive steps in the face of challenges in reaching net-zero emissions targets as they are responsible for more than half of all global emissions, experts say.

SPECIAL REPORT

Anadolu Efes look to defend their EuroLeague title

By Muhammed Enes Calli

ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Efes seek to retain the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague title as they will take part in the Final Four for the fifth time in a total with three in a row.

SPECIAL REPORT

Sri Lanka in throes of economic, political crises

By Iftikhar Gilani

ANKARA (AA) – Located in the Indian Ocean southwest of the Bay of Bengal, the pear-shaped South Asian Island nation Sri Lanka is in the throes of its worst-ever economic and political crisis.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Despite shortage within, India major exporter of nurses'

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) – Experts in India have called for strengthening nursing services to put a stop to nurses seeking greener pastures abroad.