Diary

NEW YORK (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to hold bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at White House.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken to sign US-Japan Space Cooperation Framework Agreement with Japan's Kishida, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

WASHINGTON - Hearing to take place in bankruptcy process for crypto exchange company FTX, founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, in Delaware.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss situation in Afghanistan, security in Ukraine amid Russia's war.

UK

EDINBURGH - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to pay two-day visit to Scotland, meet with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Climate activists continue protests against coal mine expansion in Lutzerath.

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani for talks on bilateral relations, regional issues.

CZECH REPUBLIC

PRAGUE - Czech voters to go to polls for two-day presidential election to replace outgoing President Milos Zeman.

LUXEMBOURG - European statistical office Eurostat to reveal industrial production, trade balance figures for November.

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint press conference with Italian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani.

SPORTS

NAPOLI - Juventus to visit Napoli in Italian Serie A match.

BARCELONA - Anadolu Efes to face Spain's Barcelona in Round 19 of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

SPECIAL REPORT

Russia's seaborne crude oil exports down 9% in 1st month of price cap

By Nuran Erkul

LONDON (AA) - Russia's seaborne crude oil exports dropped 9% in the first month of the European Union's embargo and price cap, falling well below 3 million barrels a day to their lowest level in 15 months, according to Kpler data compiled by Anadolu.

SPECIAL REPORT

Climate change to cost Europe at least 85% of its glaciers by 2100

By Beyza Binnur Donmez

ISTANBUL (AA) - By the end of the century, half of the world's glaciers are set to vanish, resulting in not just the loss of their mesmerizing natural beauty, but in heightened water scarcity and risk of natural disasters as well.

SPECIAL REPORT

Thousands of Afghans evacuated by UK still remain in hotels

By Anadolu Staff

BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) - Thousands of Afghan citizens who served Britain in its army and other bodies were evacuated with their families from Afghanistan in what was reported as the biggest British military evacuation in over 70 years.

SPECIAL REPORT

2-day Czech presidential elections kick off with 8 contenders, 3 favorites

By Talha Ozturk

BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) - Voters in the Czech Republic are set to start going to the ballot boxes on Friday to choose among eight candidates and three favorites to run the Central European country for the next five years.

SPECIAL REPORT

Hopes high for level UK property market in 2023 after last year's 'unprecedented' trends

By Burak Bir

LONDON (AA) - UK property markets will hopefully flatten out in 2023, according to a property expert as the country left behind an unsteady year in which prices went up and down.

SPECIAL REPORT

3 QUESTIONS - Twitter and psychological warfare

By Ali Murat Kirik

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Twitter files demonstrated how social media companies are not hesitating to cooperate with governments and are helping them spread state propaganda to shape public opinion.