Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

RUSSIA

SOCHI – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss bilateral relations, international issues.

UK

LONDON – UK Conservative leadership candidates Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss to speak at hustings event in Eastbourne.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Efforts continue to contain fire in Berlin's Grunewald forest triggered by explosion at bomb disposal site.

CHINA

BEIJING – Following recent tensions between China, Taiwan heightened with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to island this week.

UKRAINE

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

IRAQ

BAGHDAD – Following developments amid heightened tensions as supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr continue protests, sit-in in Green Zone.

ECONOMY

WASHINGTON – Bureau of Labor Statistics to release US unemployment figures for July.

BERLIN – Germany to reveal industrial production for June.

ANKARA – Türkiye to announce treasury cash realizations for July.

SPORTS

LONDON / FRANKFURT AM MAIN / LYON – 2022-23 football season in English Premier League, German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1 to start with opening matches; Crystal Place vs. Arsenal in England, Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Bayern Munich in Germany, Lyon vs. Ajaccio in France.

ISTANBUL – 2022-23 football season in Turkish Spor Toto Super Lig to kick off with game between Istanbulspor, defending champions Trabzonspor at Ataturk Olympic Stadium.

SPECIAL REPORT

EU slowing down on green policies using Ukraine war as excuse: Expert

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) – The EU's steps, which are normally seen in a "leader position" in environmental policies, call into question the bloc's policies in the fight against climate change.

SPECIAL REPORT

France embraces sobriety measures as energy crisis, inflation hit Europe

By Shweta Desai

PARIS (AA) – French households and businesses are adopting the government's call for "energy sobriety" with responsible consumption of electricity and gas amid risk of shortages caused by the Russia-Ukraine war.

SPECIAL REPORT

As Sri Lanka waits for bailout, economic suffering worsens for people

By Dilrukshi Handunnetti

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AA) – Piyadasa Fernando, 62, sells firewood by the roadside in Sri Lanka's southwestern town of Moratuwa. A taxi driver who is impacted by fuel shortages now feeds his family of four by collecting pieces of wood from nearby furniture shops and bundling them into firewood, with each bundle priced at a quarter of a dollar.

SPECIAL REPORT

Mothers forego breastfeeding amid economic hardships in Zimbabwe

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) – Lindiwe Sayi, 32, has weaned her baby when she was just three months old as the mother has to focus on her work as a vendor to earn a livelihood in Zimbabwe's capital Harare.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bangladesh's garment industry not conducive for breastfeeding women workers

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Despite significant advances in Bangladesh's readymade garment industry in terms of labor rights, safety, and a congenial workplace environment, many women workers are unable to breastfeed their babies, according to multiple sources.

SPECIAL REPORT

Spain should treat refugees from everywhere with same 'political will': Human rights group

By Beyza Binnur Donmez

ANKARA (AA) – Welcoming Spain's decision to give monthly aid to Ukrainian refugees in the country, the person in charge of Right to Life, a division of the international human rights organization Caminando Fronteras (Walking Borders), urged Spain to treat refugees with the same "political will" no matter what their origin is.