Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

UZBEKISTAN

SAMARKAND - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend Organization of Turkic States Summit.

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend event marking 84th anniversary of passing of Republic of Turkey's founder, Gazi Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, at his mausoleum, Anitkabir.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to deliver remarks at political event at Howard Theatre. Biden will later depart for Egypt to attend UN climate change summit COP27.

NEW YORK - UN General Assembly members to discuss situation in Afghanistan.

UK

BLACKPOOL - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to attend British-Irish Council summit, meet his Irish counterpart Micheal Martin and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

LONDON - Railway and metro workers to stage strike.

LONDON - Jordan's King Abdullah to be hosted by King Charles.

FRANCE

PARIS - Thousands of workers to go on 1-day general strike called by CGT union.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to meet her Swedish counterpart Tobias Billstrom for talks on EU issues, Russia-Ukraine war.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - TurkStat to release unemployment data for September.

PARIS - OECD to release unemployment figures.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL / MADRID - Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 7 basketball games, including Fenerbahce Beko vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade, Real Madrid vs. Anadolu Efes.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Organization of Turkic States has become body of global stature’

By Merve Aydogan

ANKARA (AA) - The Organization of Turkic States (OTS), an international body of growing global visibility, operates in over 20 areas of cooperation in order to bring the Turkic world closer together, said the group's deputy secretary general.

SPECIAL REPORT

Poland is bolstering its defenses against the ‘Wild East'

By Jo Harper

WARSAW (AA) – As we drive deeper into the forest, The Fall’s song Totally Wired comes on the car radio. Are Belarusian DJs deliberately taunting us by weaponizing frontman Mark E. Smith over the barbed wire fence separating our “civilization” and their barbaric “East”?

SPECIAL REPORT

Türkiye can become safe grain hub: Expert

By Gokhan Ergocun

SAMSUN, Türkiye (AA) - Citing recent events in the Black Sea region related to grain trade, the head of the International Association of Operative Millers - Eurasia said there is reason to believe Türkiye can be a safe grain transit hub or even storage point.