Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

UK

LONDON - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to meet workers' union representatives amid ongoing strikes in country.

LONDON - New survey of UK senior executives published jointly by Make UK and PWC finds that large increases in energy prices will continue to affect UK business in 2023.

LONDON - Virgin Orbit to launch its LauncherOne rocket from Cornwall, England, marking the first ever orbital launch from the UK.

FRANCE

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron to host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

ITALY

ROME - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to visit Rome, meet with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to attend North American Leaders' Summit in Mexico City. He will also meet with Mexican and Canadian leaders during summit.

WASHINGTON - House of Representatives to reconvene after election of new speaker following days-long stalemate.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to vote on resolution that extends humanitarian aid deliveries to northern Syria through Türkiye. Resolution is due to expire Monday.

BRAZIL

BRASILIA - Desk to monitor developments after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress, presidency and Supreme Court.

SOUTH AFRICA

CAPE TOWN - Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to officially inaugurate Turkish Consulate General in Cape Town.

THE ECONOMY

BERLIN - Destatis to share Germany’s industrial production figures for November.

SPECIAL REPORT

World in transition to new economic order amid multiple crises: WEF

By Nuran Erkul

LONDON (AA) - The right word to describe the current period of multiple convergent crises surrounding the global economy is a “transition,” and action by central banks in tandem with the resilience of labor markets and the re-balancing of supply chains will be among the factors deciding what kind of economic order this transition will result in, World Economic Forum (WEF) Managing Director Mirek Dusek told Anadolu Agency in an interview.

SPECIAL REPORT

UK-based firm plans to attract $4B in direct investment to Türkiye for solar-based battery projects

By Nuran Erkul

LONDON (AA) - A UK-based company, Hive Energy, is planning to attract $4 billion in direct investment to Türkiye for about 4 gigawatts of solar-based battery in 30 locations across the country.

SPECIAL REPORT

Biden's new immigration policy evokes praise, condemnation

By Darren Lyn

HOUSTON, US (AA) - President Joe Biden's new immigration policy to allow up to 360,000 Latin American migrants into the US legally every year is getting mixed reviews from advocacy groups.