Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair Cabinet meeting at presidential complex.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency's Editor's Desk to host Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar at agency's headquarters.

UK

LONDON - UK Conservative leadership candidates Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss to speak at a hustings event in Exeter.

SERBIA

BELGRADE - Following heightened border tensions between Serbia and Kosovo.

US

WASHINGTON - US Senate to begin considering major climate, healthcare package.

WASHINGTON - China to assume presidency of UN Security Council.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken to meet with Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Non-Nuclear Weapons States Parties at UN conference in New York.

UKRAINE

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

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Iraq's pro-Iran Coordination Framework coalition calls for protests.

BAGHDAD - Tension expected as Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr calls on supporters to remain on streets.

ALGERIA

ALGIERS - Following reactions to Algerian president's speech about Palestinian reconciliation, Libya, Tunisia.

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ECONOMY

BERLIN - German retail sales for June to be revealed by Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

ANKARA - US-based financial services company S&P Global to announce final July Manufacturing PMI readings for eurozone, Russia, Germany, UK, Türkiye.

BRUSSELS - European Statistical Institute (Eurostat) to announce euro area unemployment rate for June.

SPECIAL REPORT

Global environmental disasters in July 2022

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - The world witnessed several unexpected environmental developments and disasters in July, including heavy rains and floods in Pakistan and the US, deadly landslides in India, wildfires in Spain, France and the UK, extreme heat across Europe as well as a volcanic eruption in Japan.

SPECIAL REPORT

Global climate strikes, environmental protests in July 2022

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - Protests and strikes against environmental degradation continued across the globe in July, with demonstrators demanding decisive action to tackle climate change.

SPECIAL REPORT

Global environmental developments in July 2022

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - Several reports about climate change and its growing effects were released in July along with encouraging initiatives and pledges for environmental protection.

SPECIAL REPORT

PROFILE: Commemorating founder of Ottoman Empire on 696th anniversary of his passing

By Faruk Zorlu

ANKARA (AA) - Monday marks the 696th anniversary of the death of Osman Ghazi, the founder and first sultan of the Ottoman Empire, which would eventually grow into a vast and influential world power.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bookshop on island off Istanbul connects people with the past

By Riyaz ul Khaliq

ISTANBUL (AA) - A mere love for books won’t make one a bookseller in Heybeliada, an island of around 5,000 people off the coast of Istanbul in the Sea of Marmara, where foot traffic increases only during the summer months