Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

US

WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to address Center for Strategic and International Studies on role his agency plays in defending against current, future security threats.

NEW YORK – UN Security Council to convene to discuss efforts to ensure accountability for crimes committed by Daesh/ISIS.

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Antony Blinken participates in EU-US Trade and Technology Council ministerial meeting.

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to deliver speech at conference titled "Türkiye's Entrepreneurial and Humanitarian Foreign Policy."

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU – Accompanied by the top brass of the Turkish Armed Forces, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to pay an official visit to Azerbaijan.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet with representatives of 40 biggest companies at German stock exchange.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS – EU ban on seaborne Russian crude oil to start.

UK

LONDON – UK ban on British ships, services facilitating maritime transport of Russian crude oil to start.

SWEDEN

STOCKHOLM – Stockholm International Peace Research Institute to release annual report on 100 top arms producers.

ECONOMY

ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release inflation figures.

LUXEMBOURG – Eurostat to share retail trade data.

SPORTS

AL WAKRAH / DOHA, Qatar – 2022 FIFA World Cup goes on with last 16 matches; Japan vs. Croatia, Brazil vs. South Korea.

SPECIAL REPORT

Global environmental developments in November 2022

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) – Several reports about climate change and its growing effects were released in November along with encouraging initiatives and pledges for environmental protection amid various reactions during the UN climate summit COP27 in Egypt.

SPECIAL REPORT

Global climate strikes, environmental protests in November 2022

By Burak Bir

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

SPECIAL REPORT

Global environmental disasters in November 2022

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) – The world witnessed several unexpected environmental developments and disasters in November, including floods in Australia and Palestine, heavy rains and deadly landslides in Congo and Italy, and powerful storms in the Philippines and China as well as a hurricane in the US.

SPECIAL REPORT

ANALYSIS - Migration, colonial past, military interventions, economic ties – how big is France in Africa?

By Nur Asena Erturk

ANKARA (AA) – A migration row between Italy and France, the African colonial past, France's military withdrawal from the Sahel region and its economic activities in Africa – all these entangled topics have resurged with a video.

SPECIAL REPORT

ANALYSIS - Türkiye's cross-border operations and their legitimacy

By Abdullah Agar

ISTANBUL (AA) – As is widely known, NATO's Article 5 suggests that an attack on a NATO member will be considered as an attack on all of them. The first and only event in the history of NATO in which Article 5 came into force is the 9/11 attacks in the US. Article 5 was activated on the grounds of fighting terrorism, the invasion of Afghanistan was started with NATO countries, and later came the invasion of Iraq.