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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden to meet with Democratic members of Congress. Later, he will host reception at White House for new Congress members.

WASHINGTON – US Secret Service to host press conference to brief on new report titled 'Mass Attacks in Public Spaces' by National Threat Assessment Center.

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris to meet with State Department officials, Congress members during his US visit.

NEW YORK – UN Security Council to discuss situation in Haiti.

GERMANY

BERLIN – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to meet with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius to discuss international security issues, military support to Ukraine.

BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to deliver remarks at discussion on the economy.

FRANCE

STRASBOURG – European Court of Human Rights to deliver judgments in two cases against Russia.

STRASBOURG – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to address Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly.

LONDON – Peer-reviewed Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health to publish new study arguing that amount of time spent exercising can be linked to brain power in middle age.

CZECH REPUBLIC

NACHOD – Outgoing Czech President Milos Zeman, Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda to address media.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin to hold regular meeting with government members via videoconference.

UZBEKISTAN

TASHKENT – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend 26th meeting of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Council of Ministers.

THE ECONOMY

NEW YORK – S&P Global to release provisional manufacturing PMI for Japan, Germany, eurozone for January.

SPORTS

MELBOURNE – Following 2023 Australian Open quarterfinals, first Grand Slam of year.

SOUTHAMPTON, UK – Southampton to take on Newcastle United in EFL Cup semifinals.

SPECIAL REPORT

Journalist reveals how Swedish police enabled Paludan to burn Quran

By Mehmet Solmaz

STOCKHOLM (AA) – Rasmus Paludan – the leader of the Danish far-right party Stram Kurs (Hard Line) – had not only burnt a copy of Islam's holy book Quran under police protection, but also reportedly made the Swedish security forces to release a member of his team to start his provocative act.

SPECIAL REPORT

Finnish journalist accused for revealing state secret: 'I have had to tolerate 5 years of hate speech against me'

By Muhammed Enes Calli

ISTANBUL (AA) – The verdict in the trial of journalists from Finland's largest newspaper will be announced late January.

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