Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, June 16, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Extended Meeting of Provincial Heads of Justice and Development (AK) Party.

US

WASHINGTON - House committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol to hold third public hearing.

WASHINGTON - US Representative to UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to hold press conference on global food security.

SERBIA

BELGRADE - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic and parliament speaker Ivica Dacic, followed by joint press conference with Selakovic.

NORTH MACEDONIA

OHRID - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to address opening session of Prespa Dialogue Forum.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS – NATO defense ministers to conclude two-day meeting.

RUSSIA

SAINT PETERSBURG - Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum. Other top officials including Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov and Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also expected to attend various events at the forum.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UN Refugee Agency to publish annual report on global internal displacement.

UKRAINE

KYIV - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi expected to visit Kyiv, meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA – Turkish Central Bank to release figures on outstanding loans received from abroad by private sector for April, international reserves data for May.

ANKARA – Turkish banking watchdog to publish banking sector data for April.

BRUSSELS - European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association to release passenger car registration figures for May.

LONDON – Bank of England to announce decision on interest rates.

WASHINGTON – US Department of Labor to publish weekly jobless claims figures.

MOSCOW – Russia’s Economic Development Ministry to release GDP figures for Q1.

SPECIAL REPORT

Price of Uganda’s favorite fast food surges due to soaring grain costs

By Hamza Kyeyune

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – A popular food item in Uganda called Rolex, which CNN recently ranked as the fastest-growing new African fast food, is becoming scarce due to rising grain costs.

SPECIAL REPORT

Threat of desertification despite massive plantation in Ethiopia

By Seleshi Tessema and Addis Getachew

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – Despite Ethiopia’s drive to plant billions of trees over the past four years, experts say that the threat of desertification continues to loom large over the rugged and landlocked African country.

SPECIAL REPORT

More rate hikes quickly coming from Fed: Economist

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) – More interest rate increases are quickly coming from the Federal Reserve in the next months, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bangladesh grappling with brain drain wave

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Young Bangladeshis, who make up about 40% of the South Asian country’s population, are leaving in droves for greener pastures.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tanzanian farmers dig trenches to fight drought, desertification

By Kizito Makoye

ENGARUKA, Tanzania (AA) – Residents of the northern Tanzanian village of Engaruka are using surprisingly simple technology to fight drought and keep desertification at bay. ​​​​​​​