Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, May 23, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

KOCAELI - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ceremony marking docking of Hizirreis submarine at Golcuk Naval Shipyard Command, start of manufacturing of Selmanreis submarine.

ANKARA - Erdogan also due to chair Cabinet meeting at the Presidential Complex.

UKRAINE

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

RUSSIA

SOCHI - President Vladimir Putin to hold talks with Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.

SWITZERLAND

DAVOS - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to virtually address participants of World Economic Forum in Davos.

GENEVA - Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to address 75th World Health Assembly, highest decision-making body of World Health Organization.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - European affairs ministers of EU member states to gather in Brussels to discuss preparations for upcoming EU leaders’ summit on Ukraine.

CHINA

BEIJING - UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to visit Guangzhou, Kashgar and Xinjiang regional capital of Urumqi.

JAPAN

TOKYO - US President Joe Biden is on visit to Japan as part of his 1st Asian visit as president.

US

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss role of use of digital technologies in maintaining international peace and security.

SPORTS

PARIS - First round matches of 2022 French Open to continue

SPECIAL REPORT

Policies of 'Muslim middle powers' can no longer be dictated by west: Pakistani senator

By Riyaz ul Khaliq

ISTANBUL (AA) - The policies of “Muslim middle powers” can no longer be dictated by western nations while these nations should focus on connectivity, boosting economies and come together on “mutual interests,” a Pakistani senator said.

SPECIAL REPORT

Uganda strives to save endangered African grey parrots

By Godfrey Olukya

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) - Security organizations in Uganda, including the army police and Uganda wildlife authority, arrested Congolese national Mbaya Kabongo on April 14 with 122 African grey parrots.

SPECIAL REPORT

Self-exiled Afghan journalists left in lurch in Pakistan

By Kiran Butt

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) - At least 40 Afghan journalists, including eight women, who were evacuated from Kabul after it was taken over by the Taliban last year in August are awaiting help from international organizations to settle them in different countries.

SPECIAL REPORT

Amid heatwave, 'exhausted' birds falling from sky in India

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - A severe heatwave in India over the last few weeks is having an unusual impact on the country’s avian population, and in many places, birds are falling to the ground due to "exhaustion and heatstroke," animal rescuers say.