UPDATE - Diary

ADDS RUSSIA ITEMS

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022.

TURKIYE

ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair Cabinet meeting at presidential complex.

QATAR

DOHA – Turkiye's Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to be received by Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani as part of official talks in capital.

GERMANY

BERLIN – Chancellor Olaf Scholz to address virtual Davos Agenda 2022, annual event by World Economic Forum.

US

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden to hold news conference at White House to kick off his second year in office.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin to meet with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi.

MOSCOW – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold annual meeting in Moscow with ambassadors from Commonwealth of Independent States.

SPORTS

MELBOURNE – Following 2022 Australian Open, first Grand Slam of year, as second round matches are set to start.

YAOUNDE – Following 2021 Africa Cup of Nations group matches in Cameroon.

THE ECONOMY

LUXEMBOURG – European statistical authority Eurostat to reveal GDP, unemployment figures for third quarter of 2021.

WASHINGTON – US Department of Commerce to announce housing starts, building permits for last December.

SPECIAL REPORT

Biden's first-year foreign policy record a mix of successes, unmet goals

By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden entered office with promises to reforge America's long-standing alliances following tumult under the past administration and redefine ties with prominent adversaries.