Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to meet business and labor leaders at White House.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to chair meeting of heads of Russian regions.

THE ECONOMY

LONDON - Office for National Statistics to announce UK retail sales in October.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to release international investment position data for September.

ANKARA – Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) to share established and liquidated companies data for October.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Fenerbahce Beko to host Panathinaikos on matchday 8 of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

SPECIAL REPORT

France seeks to mandate solar panels over all large car panels

By Hafsa Alami

PARIS (AA) - Because of gas and electricity shortage, energy bills are soaring in Europe. In the context of this ongoing crisis, decarbonizing energy would generate savings and reduce dependence.

SPECIAL REPORT

Al-Shabaab blockade in parts of Somalia exacerbating humanitarian crisis

By Mohammed Dhaysane

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) - An ongoing blockade by al-Shabaab terrorists in parts of Somalia is worsening the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa country.

SPECIAL REPORT

Dominican Republic, Türkiye offer one another great economic opportunities

By Burak Dag and Mustafa Deveci

ANKARA (AA) - Despite the fact that the Dominican Republic and Türkiye lie far from each other geographically, both countries offer one another great opportunities in economic terms, the executive director of the Export and Investment Center of the Dominican Republic (ProDominicana) said.

SPECIAL REPORT

TRNC’s observer status ‘message’ to the world: Head of interstate body

By Muhammet Tarhan and Handan Kazanci

ISTANBUL (AA) – The newly appointed secretary-general of the Organization of Turkic States on Thursday praised the inclusion of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) in the interstate bloc as an observer, saying it is a “message” to the world.

SPECIAL REPORT

WMO warns of growing greenhouse gas concentrations, aims to advance emissions monitoring worldwide

By Nuran Erkul Kaya

SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AA) - A system to help globally monitor CO2 emissions is of critical importance for progress on climate action, the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) deputy secretary-general, Elena Manaenkova, told Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview.