Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.

ANKARA - Erdogan also due to chair his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s Central Executive Board’s meeting at party headquarters.

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend Asia Anew initiative meeting.

ANKARA - Monitoring developments in cease-fire brokered by Turkey and Russia for Syria's northwestern province of Idlib targeted by Assad regime and its allies, where Turkish troops martyred in regime shelling on Monday.

US

WASHINGTON / TEL AVIV / JERUSALEM - Following reactions to US President Donald Trump’s so-called Middle East peace plan.

WASHINGTON - Trump to give his annual State of the Union speech before joint session of Congress.

NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to address annual news conference.

CHINA

WUHAN - Following global spread of coronavirus outbreak and efforts to contain it.

LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY

TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA - Monitoring initiatives to resolve Libyan crisis as well as cease-fire process.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Protests continue against new prime minister-designate.

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Following repercussions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudanese Sovereign Council in Uganda head .

PALESTINE

RAMALLAH / GAZA - Palestinians to stage protests against Trump's controversial proposal for Israeli-Palestinian dispute.

SPORTS

MOSCOW - In basketball, leaders Anadolu Efes to face CSKA Moscow in Round 23 of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

TRABZON - Trabzonspor to take on Erzurumspor in Turkish Cup quarterfinals first leg.

SPECIAL REPORT

Happily ever after? Data shows no more

By Dilara Hamit

ANKARA (AA) - M.G., a 43-year-old woman living in Turkey's Aegean city of Izmir, left her husband after 11 years of marriage.

SPECIAL REPORT

Nigerian cancer patients fret over medical costs

By Olarewaju Kola

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) - In an all-too common scenario in Nigeria, many patients and their families, particularly low income earners, say they regard cancer diagnosis as a death sentence due to the high cost of treatment.

SPECIAL REPORT

Can US-sponsored Nile dam talks end win-win?

By Addis Getachew

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - Water ministers of Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt, along with their technical teams, ended their Washington D.C. talks on Ethiopia’s $4.8-billion worth hydro dam on the Nile River without reaching an agreement and dragging them for another 30 days.

SPECIAL REPORT

Plane braves coronavirus epicenter to bring Turks home

By Ali Murat Alhas

ANKARA, Turkey/WUHAN, China (AA) - The Turkish Armed Forces A400M cargo plane had successfully conducted many operations, including supporting logistics and taking part in drills and campaigns, but it had a completely unique mission on Jan. 31: to evacuate dozens of Turkish citizens from Wuhan city -- ground zero of China’s coronavirus epidemic.

SPECIAL REPORT

Unlikely spenders lead January transfer charge

By Muhammed Enes Calli

ANKARA (AA) - The January 2020 transfer window did not see any big-money signings in Europe and it was German club Hertha Berlin that led the pack in terms of overall spending.