Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

ISTANBUL – End of 2-day Global Parliamentary Conference on Migration, co-hosted by Turkish parliament and Inter-Parliamentary Union, with Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to deliver closing speech.

US

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden to deliver remarks on COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5, status of fight against pandemic.

WASHINGTON – UN Security Council to discuss maintenance of peace, security of Ukraine.

UK

LONDON – Railway and London Underground workers to stage 1st of 3 days of industrial action, the biggest in past 30 years.

LATVIA

RIGA – Latvia to host Three Seas Summit and Business Forum.

JORDAN

AMMAN – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to arrive in Jordan on official visit.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI – Libyan rivals invited again to meet in Egypt's capital Cairo.

TUNISIA

TUNIS – Following tension in country as many trade unions threaten to go on general strike.

ISRAEL

TEL AVIV – Following latest developments after Israeli premier's decision to dissolve Knesset next week.

SPECIAL REPORT

Winning hearts and minds through famed Kashmiri cuisine

By Iftikhar Gilani

ANKARA (AA) – The famed multicourse cuisine of scenic Kashmir Valley in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir – wazwan, known for soothing taste buds, is believed to have also turned political tables and at times upset global diplomacy with far-reaching consequences over the past 70 years.

SPECIAL REPORT

Chile seeks to expand visibility, presence in Türkiye: Envoy

By Ahmet Gencturk

ANKARA (AA) – Chile is seeking to expand its visibility and presence in Turkiye, the Latin American country’s ambassador to Ankara told Anadolu Agency.

SPECIAL REPORT

ALS still a mystifying disease in 2022

By Dilara Hamit

ANKARA (AA) – Although the coronavirus pandemic got ahead of all the other diseases over the past two years, there was a time when people took the Ice Bucket Challenge in 2014 as part of a fundraising campaign for motor neuron diseases.