Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, June 10, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend series of events, including 6th general assembly of Union of Turkish World Municipalities at Halic Congress Center.

CZECH REPUBLIC

PRAGUE - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to visit Czech Republic for official talks.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to host Summit of Americas in Los Angeles, California.

UK

LONDON - Akif Cagatay Kilic, head of Turkish parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, to evaluate UK-Turkish relations at press event.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to meet his Turkmenistan counterpart Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

ARMENIA

YEREVAN - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to take part in meeting of Council of Foreign Ministers of Collective Security Treaty Organization.

GREECE

ATHENS - Greece to host leaders from South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) with attendance of European Council President Charles Michel, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

ROMANIA

BUCHAREST - Presidents of Romania, Poland, and Hungary to meet at Bucharest Nine summit.

KOSOVO

PRISTINA - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to start 2-day visit to Kosovo, Serbia, Greece, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria.

UKRAINE

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

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release unemployment data for April.

WASHINGTON - US Bureau of Labor Statistics to announce inflation data for May.

BERLIN - Destatis to release current account balance for April.

WASHINGTON - US Treasury to release federal budget balance for May.

SPORTS

VIENNA / COPENHAGEN - French national football team to visit Austria in UEFA Nations A League Group 1 match while group leaders Denmark to face Croatia at home.

SPECIAL REPORT

Over 400,000 South Sudanese have benefited from Turkish Red Crescent support

By Benjamin Takpiny

JUBA, South Sudan (AA) - Hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan have benefited from Turkish Red Crescent support since the aid group began operating in the country.

SPECIAL REPORT

Vanishing rivers stir concern in Bangladesh

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Although flooding has become a routine annual affair in Bangladesh, more than half of its rivers have become unnavigable and many more have vanished, affecting the livelihood of millions in the South Asian nation.