Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

US

WASHINGTON - Monitoring developments regarding US midterm elections.

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to attend COP27 climate summit in Egypt, will meet Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.

FRANCE

PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will be among speakers at Paris Peace Forum.

GERMANY

BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to meet her Lithuanian counterpart Gabrielius Landsbergis for talks on bilateral ties, EU, regional issues.

UZBEKISTAN

SAMARKAND - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ceremonies at the Organization of Turkic States Summit.

THE ECONOMY

LONDON - UK's statistical institute to release GDP figures for Q3, industrial production figures for September.

BERLIN - Germany's Destatis to share inflation figures for October.

ANKARA - TurkStat to share industrial production, retail sales, turnover indices for September.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to share current account balance data for September.

SPECIAL REPORT

Workers stage massive general strike in France

By Luis Carballo

PARIS (AA) - French unions showed their muscle Thursday in the streets of Paris and dozens of other cities in the country in the latest expression in a campaign of nationwide industrial action to demand improved pay and working conditions, denounce the increased cost of living and demand relief from the government from soaring prices.

SPECIAL REPORT

Sweden must step up efforts to fight systemic racism, urge UN experts

By Leila Nezirevic

LONDON (AA) - A group of independent experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council urged Sweden to step up efforts to fight systemic racism and focus on strategies to restore trust between the police and minority groups.

SPECIAL REPORT

Global environmental developments in October 2022

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - Several reports about climate change and its growing effects were released in October along with encouraging initiatives and pledges for environmental protection.

SPECIAL REPORT

Global climate strikes, environmental protests in October 2022

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - Protests and strikes against environmental degradation continued across the globe in October, with demonstrators demanding decisive action to tackle climate change.

SPECIAL REPORT

Global environmental disasters in October 2022

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - The world witnessed several unexpected environmental developments and disasters in October, including floods in Australia and South Sudan, heavy rain, and deadly landslides in Venezuela and Cambodia, and cyclone in Bangladesh as well as powerful storms in Nicaragua and the Philippines, and a hurricane in the US.

SPECIAL REPORT

Kashmir 'ecovillage' undertakes mission to promote sustainability, local culture

By Hilal Mir

GANDERBAL, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) - Fayaz Ahmad Dar, a sustainable development practitioner based in Indian-administered Kashmir, believes culture cannot be preserved in museums but by practicing it.