Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas at presidential complex.

UNITED NATIONS

UNITED NATIONS - UN Security Council to discuss situation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to participate in second summit of Crimea Platform via video link.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to meet with Icelandic counterpart Thordis Gylfadottir for talks on regional issues.

UK

BIRMINGHAM - Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to speak at Birmingham hustings event as Conservative Party leadership race continues.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to release August consumer confidence figures.

ANKARA - US-based financial services company S&P Global to announce provisional August Manufacturing PMI data for eurozone, Germany, UK, US.

WASHINGTON - US Department of Commerce to release figures on new home sales in July.

SPORTS

LISBON, Portugal - Following UEFA Champions League playoff second leg matches, including Portuguese club Benfica vs Ukraine's Dynamo Kyiv.

SPECIAL REPORT

Sweden's anti-ghetto plan 'brings to mind state racism': Expert

By Leila Nezirevic

LONDON (AA) - Swedish Immigration Minister Anders Ygeman faced criticism after stating that the country should follow Denmark and seek to limit the concentration of people with immigrant backgrounds in the most troubled areas of its cities.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tanzania’s 'Royal Tour' documentary pushes up price of Tanzanite gemstones

By Kizito Makoye

ARUSHA, Tanzania (AA) - Despite economic disruptions caused by COVID-19 travel restrictions, the price of Tanzanite -- a precious gemstone 1,000 times rarer than diamonds -- is slightly rising in the global market thanks to the government’s efforts to plug off loopholes for smuggling and an effective marketing strategy.