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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020
ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend meeting of provincial heads of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party.
ELAZIG - Following developments in wake of last week's 6.8 magnitude earthquake in eastern province.
BULGARIA
SOFIA - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, Parliament Speaker Tsveta Karayancheva, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, and Chief Mufti of Bulgaria’s Muslim community Alis Haci. Cavusoglu also due to meet his Bulgarian counterpart Ekaterina Zaharieva and hold joint press conference.
UK
LONDON - Making Brexit a reality, Britain to officially leave EU.
US
WASHINGTON - Senate to vote on whether to allow witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Mark Esper to hold media briefing with Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini.
WASHINGTON / TEL AVIV / JERUSALEM - Following reaction to Trump’s so-called Middle East peace plan.
KAZAKHSTAN
ALMATY - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to take part in meeting of Eurasian Intergovernmental Council.
CHINA
WUHAN - Following global spread of coronavirus outbreak and efforts to fight it.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB / RAQQAH / HASAKAH - Monitoring developments in cease-fire brokered by Turkey and Russia for Idlib, province targeted by Assad regime and its allies.
LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY
TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA - Monitoring initiatives to resolve Libya crisis as well as cease-fire process.
ECONOMY
ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release foreign trade and tourism statistics for 2019.
ANKARA - Culture and Tourism Ministry to announce number of arriving and departing foreigners and citizens for 2019.
ANKARA - Treasury and Finance Ministry to announce domestic borrowing strategy for coming three-month period.
VILNIUS - Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to take part in Turkey-Lithuania Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) meeting and Turkey-Lithuania Business Forum.
SPORTS
BERLIN - Crvena Zvezda to host top-ranked Anadolu Efes in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season Round 22.
MELBOURNE - In Australian Open, first tennis grand slam of year, Austria's Dominic Thiem to face Germany's Alexander Zverev in semifinals.
ISTANBUL - Winter transfer season to end for Turkish Super Lig football clubs.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkish furniture sector targets $4.5B exports in 2020
By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's furniture sector, which sells goods to nearly 200 countries and regions, has set a target of $4.5 billion in exports, the head of a top trade group told Anadolu Agency.
SPECIAL REPORT
Ottoman archive: Palestine's weapon against occupation
By Qais Abu Samra
JERUSALEM (AA) - The struggle of the Palestinian people to prove their ownership of lands under Israeli occupation has been taken to a new level thanks to the Ottoman archive.
SPECIAL REPORT
World traditions: Russian samovar tea-drinking
By Elena Teslova
MOSCOW (AA) - Inspired by the refreshing and invigorating taste of tea, many nations have created their own traditions around drinking it.
SPECIAL REPORT
Coronavirus infects global economy with uncertainty
By Aysu Bicer
ANKARA (AA) - As the coronavirus epidemic spreads beyond China to become a global threat, its possible impact on the world economy has become a hot topic.
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