Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, July 29, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

ISTANBUL - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint press conference with German counterpart Annalena Baerbock.

GREECE

ATHENS - Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias to meet German counterpart Annalena Baerbock for talks on bilateral relations, regional issues.

US

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to address reporters alongside Japanese counterparts amid inaugural ministerial meeting of US-Japan Economic Policy Consultative Committee.

UKRAINE

KYIV – Following Russia's war on Ukraine, sanctions, efforts for peace, grain deal, related international developments.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release foreign trade figures for June and tourism statistics for Q2.

ANKARA - Culture and Tourism Ministry to announce number of foreign tourists who visited Turkiye in June.

LUXEMBOURG – European statistical office Eurostat to release preliminary GDP for Q2 and inflation (flash estimate) figures for July.

BERLIN – Germany to release unemployment figures for July.

SPECIAL REPORT

100 basis points Fed rate hike unlikely in September as inflation expected to moderate: Expert

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - The US Federal Reserve raising interest rates by 100 basis points in September is unlikely as record high inflation is expected to moderate, according to an expert with Moody’s Analytics.

SPECIAL REPORT

Ethiopia tightens noose on human traffickers, assists victims

By Seleshi Tessema

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - Promises of an attractive salary along with the obligation to help poor families in rural Ethiopia drove Abrhet Gebreegziabher, an uneducated 26-year-old, to make a harrowing journey to Saudi Arabia, where she was employed as a domestic worker.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Peace walkers’ from India take bumpy track to Pakistan for peace

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At a time when rivalries between longtime rivals Pakistan and India are running high, S. Nitin, an Indian “peace walker,” insists that his small initiative can still make a difference.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Apply Kissinger’s Middle East formula to end Russia-Ukraine war'

By Iftikhar Gilani

ANKARA (AA) – A former US diplomat and author has proposed applying the tactics and formula that then-Secretary of State and also National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger used in the Middle East in the 1970s to end the current war between Ukraine and Russia.

SPECIAL REPORT

IMF injects $1B to cushion Tanzania’s economy

By Kizito Makoye

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) - Teetering on the ruins of the Russian-Ukraine war, the East African country of Tanzania breathed a sigh of relief to get a $1.04 billion shot in the arm from the International Monetary Fund to boost its economy as it recovers from the impact of COVID-19.

SPECIAL REPORT

Excessive human dependence on Sundarbans endangers tigers

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Excessive dependence of hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi coastal residents on the Sundarbans has endangered the existence of Royal Bengal tigers in the world’s largest mangrove forest.