Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

UZBEKISTAN

SAMARKAND - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address 2nd session of SCO summit, and to have sideline meetings, including with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

SAMARKAND - Russian President Vladimir Putin to have separate meetings with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev as well as Erdogan.

ESTONIA

TALLINN - NATO Military Committee to convene in Chiefs of Defense Session.

GERMANY

BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to address armed forces conference.

UK

CARDIFF - King Charles III to travel to Welsh capital Cardiff on his first visit there as king.

​​​​​​​US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to hold bilateral meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken to host joint press conference at State Department with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi.

PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD - Monitoring developments as unprecedented floods cause massive destruction, killing over 1,500 and affecting 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

LUXEMBOURG - European statistics authority Eurostat to announce inflation data for August.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to release short-term external debt statistics for July.

MOSCOW - Russian Central Bank to announce interest rate decision.

SPORTS

BERLIN - 2022 European Basketball Championship (EuroBasket) semifinals to be played in Germany (Poland vs. France / Germany vs. Spain).

SPECIAL REPORT

Methane blowout craters in Siberia ‘canary in coal mine for global climate’

By Dilan Pamuk

ISTANBUL (AA) - Gases released from methane craters on Siberia's Yamal and Gydan peninsulas and the immense amounts of carbon dioxide released from wildfires can accelerate global warming, experts have warned.