Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

WORLD

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to deliver remarks at reception for Pennsylvania Democratic Party, US state critical for Nov. 8 midterm congressional elections.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit Quebec as part of two-day visit to Canada.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss situation in Libya. The council will later convene to discuss situation in Middle East, including Palestinian issue.

MICHIGAN - Hearing to take place in case of James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of Ethan Crumbley, who killed 4 people in November 2021 high school shooting.

BRAZIL

BRASILIA - Presidential candidates Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to face off in debate ahead of Sunday's runoff election.

UK

LONDON - UK's Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris expected to call fresh snap elections after nationalist and loyalist parties failed to reach agreement to form new executive before Friday deadline.

FINLAND

HELSINKI - Prime Minister Sanna Marin to meet Ulf Kristersson, her new Swedish counterpart.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to take part via videoconference in extraordinary session of Collective Security Council of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

KAZAKHSTAN

ASTANA - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to take part in meeting of heads of governments of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend event presenting "Century of Türkiye," Justice and Development (AK) Party’s projects and programs for country's future.

ECONOMY

BERLIN - Federal Statistical Bureau to release inflation figures for October.

MOSCOW - Russian Central Bank to issue interest rate decision.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Anadolu Efes, Fenerbahce Beko to face off at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall in Istanbul derby in Round 5 of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

SPECIAL REPORT

Climate finance talks expected to gain momentum at UN climate summit

By Dilan Pamuk

ISTANBUL (AA) - A spate of climate-related disasters worldwide is likely to fuel discussions of climate financing at an upcoming UN climate summit, a leading journalist covering the climate change beat told Anadolu Agency.