Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

UK

LONDON – King Charles III to receive motions of condolence from House of Commons, House of Lords following death of Queen Elizabeth II.

EDINBURGH – Body of Elizabeth to be taken from Holyroodhouse Palace to St. Giles Cathedral to lie in rest after prayer service.

GERMANY

BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid for talks on bilateral relations, regional issues.

BERLIN – Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht to give speech on Ukraine war, Germany's new national security strategy.

FRANCE

PARIS – President Emmanuel Macron to meet Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at Elysee Palace to discuss regional issues, bilateral relations.

US

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden to deliver remarks on his administration's infrastructure during visit in Boston, Massachusetts. He will later attend reception for Democratic National Committee.

NEW YORK – President of 77th session of UN General Assembly, Csaba Korosi, to hold press conference.

NEW YORK – Press briefing to be held with women leaders from Afghanistan, including Afghan parliamentarian Naheed Farid and Najiba Sanjar, human rights activist and feminist.

MEXICO

MEXICO CITY – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to attend US-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue, joined by US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to deliver speech at symposium titled 'Battle of Sakarya.'

RUSSIA

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to take part in ceremony for unveiling bust of Alexander Nevsky in Foreign Ministry building.

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SWEDEN

STOCKHOLM – Following general election results, related developments.

PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD – Monitoring developments as unprecedented floods cause massive destruction, kill hundreds, affect over 33 million since mid-June.

UKRAINE

KYIV – Following Russia's war on Ukraine, sanctions, peace efforts, Istanbul grain shipment deal, and related developments.

THE ECONOMY

LONDON – British statistical office to announce industrial production, trade balance for July, and monthly gross domestic product growth.

ANKARA – Turkish statistical authority to reveal unemployment rate for July.

ANKARA – Turkish Central Bank to announce balance of payments for July.

NEW DELHI – India's statistical office to reveal annual consumer inflation rate for August.

SPECIAL REPORT

Italian retailers put their energy bills on display as they fight for survival

By Giada Zampano

ROME (AA) – Struggling to cope with soaring energy prices, bar and restaurant owners across Italy have decided to share their pain with their customers, putting their "unbearable" gas and electricity bills on display.

SPECIAL REPORT

SCO Samarkand Summit: Dialogue and cooperation in an interconnected world

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AA) – Uzbekistan's chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has fallen during a dynamic period fraught with various events and trends – a period of a "historical rift" when one era comes to an end and another begins, thus far unpredictable and unknown.