Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet with his counterpart Umaro Sissoco Embalo from Guinea-Bissau and Senegalese President Macky Sall at Vahdettin Pavilion.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in COVID-19 outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

ANKARA - Following developments in wake of pirate attack on cargo ship in waters off Gulf of Guinea, kidnapping Turkish crew.

AZERBAIJAN

AGHDAM - Turkish-Russian Joint Observation Center to monitor cease-fire deal between Azerbaijan, Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh to become operational.

INDONESIA

YOGYAKARTA - Following developments after Mt. Merapi erupts in Java Island.

SPECIAL REPORT

Open toileting plagues cities in Zimbabwe

By Jeffrey Moyo

EPWORTH, Zimbabwe (AA) - With flies hovering all over the vicinity of the crowded slums of Epworth, an urban settlement approximately 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) east of the Zimbabwean capital Harare, laden plastic paper bags lie scattered on streets and sidewalks, with small children rummaging through garbage and vendors going about their normal business oblivious to the wafting stench of human waste.

SPECIAL REPORT

Despite new Biden administration, US-China friction could remain high

By Riyaz ul Khaliq

ANKARA (AA) - Chinese-US relations during the Donald Trump years went from bad to worse, but experts believe friction could climb even higher under new President Joe Biden.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Turkish swords, Gandhi’s moral backing foil colonial plot’

By Iftikhar Gilani

ANKARA (AA) - As the world observes the 73rd anniversary of the assassination of India’s freedom icon Mahatma Gandhi on Saturday, experts recalled that the events which unfolded in Turkey a century ago actually helped and shaped his leadership in India.