Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, June 7, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair his Justice and Development (AK) Party's Central Executive Board meeting at party headquarters.

ANKARA - Following gradual normalization process in Turkey with drop in COVID-19 cases as well as pandemic situation worldwide.

ISTANBUL - Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Donmez to attend 4th Turkey Energy and Natural Resources Summit.

FRANCE

PARIS - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to meet NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at White House.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Transport and Infrastructure Ministry to reveal airport statistics for May.

ANKARA - Treasury and Finance Ministry to share cash realizations for May.

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM - Following aftermath of cease-fire agreement between Israel, Hamas.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Monitoring developments in Myanmar after Feb. 1 military coup triggered violent protests, crackdown.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Fenerbahce Beko to host Anadolu Efes in Game 3 of ING Basketball Super Lig playoff finals.

SPECIAL REPORT

Israeli arbitrary practices against Palestinian minors threaten their future

By Salam Abu Sharar

JERUSALEM (AA) - Israeli forces arrested Jerusalem journalist Zina Halawani on the night of May 27 while she was performing her job in the Shaikh Jarrah neighborhood.

SPECIAL REPORT

Public-private partnership to tackle harmful plastics in Rwanda

By James Tasamba

KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) - Rwanda is looking at a public-private partnership as a new approach to completely eliminate single-use plastics in the country, officials say.

SPECIAL REPORT

Awareness in Turkey of sign language has increased in recent years

By Burak Dag and Dilara Hamit

ANKARA (AA) - Worrying about not being understood is the biggest problem among the hearing impaired, said a sign language instructor, marking Turkish Sign Language Day.