Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to hold news conference following Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board meeting.

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

HUNGARY

BUDAPEST - Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto. Cavusoglu also due to address ambassadors conference and be received by Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Leaders of EU countries to hold virtual summit on COVID-19 measures and vaccination.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to take part in event commemorating nation’s 50 millionth COVID-19 vaccine shot.

NEW YORK - Linda Thomas-Greenfield to deliver first remarks as ambassador to UN at world body’s headquarters.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

BRAZZAVILLE - World Health Organization Africa director to brief media on Ebola outbreaks and COVID-19 in Africa.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Turkic languages unite nations across 3 continents’

By Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA (AA) – The Turkic languages – a group of closely related languages that form a family within the Altaic language group – unite nations spread across three continents, according to the head of the International Turkic Academy.

SPECIAL REPORT

Zimbabwe: Social media helps businesses tackle lockdown

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) – As the COVID-19 pandemic keeps closing down businesses and leaving people jobless, new survival strategies under social media in Zimbabwe are offering a silver lining.

SPECIAL REPORT

Niger: Challenges await new president

By Aurore Bonny

LOME, Togo (AA) – Mohamed Bazoum, 61, the winner of Niger’s Feb. 23 presidential runoff, is a traditional politician who in the past has served the landlocked West African country in various capacities.

SPECIAL REPORT

Mother joins sit-in to inspire others to defy terrorist PKK

By Ali Murat Alhas

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (AA) – With the PKK’s bloody terror campaign continuing to victimize countless lives in Turkey, mothers of those forcibly recruited by the terrorist group launched a sit-in in 2019 to bring back their children.

SPECIAL REPORT

Peace deal between Thailand, separatists still distant

By Pizaro Gozali Idrus

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AA) - One year later, peace talks facilitated by Malaysia between the Thai government and the Patani Malay National Revolutionary Front (BRN) are still facing obstacles due to political instability in both countries, according to experts and activists.