Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, June 11, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to virtually attend opening ceremony of Kilis Upper Afrin Dam and Drinking Water Transmission Line from Vahdettin Mansion.

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

UK

LONDON - Leaders of G7 countries to meet at summit to be hosted by UK.

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.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce industrial production, retail trade, turnover indices for April.

ANKARA - Global Tourism Forum to be held in Bodrum.

SPORTS

ROME - UEFA EURO 2020 to start with Group A match between Turkey, Italy in Rome's Olympic Stadium.

VALENCIA, Spain - Turkish women's national basketball team to take on Italy in preparation tournament ahead of FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2021 co-hosted by Spain, France on July 17-27.

PARIS - Following French Open (Roland Garros) men's singles semifinals.

SPECIAL REPORT

Group F of EURO 2020: Clash of strong competitors

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) - Football fans cannot wait to watch the fierce competition in the UEFA EURO 2020 Group F as it includes game's heavyweights France, Germany, and the EURO 2016 champions Portugal, as well as the group underdogs Hungary.

SPECIAL REPORT

EURO 2020 Group E: Arguably weakest Spanish side in a generation

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) - Spain’s national football team is targeting a fourth EURO title at this summer's European football championship, which is set to start on Friday.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkish Red Crescent marks 153rd foundation anniversary

By Faruk Zorlu

ANKARA (AA) - Established in 1868 as the Society for Aiding the Wounded and Ailing Ottoman Soldiers, Turkish Red Crescent, the largest humanitarian organization in Turkey, on Friday celebrated its 153rd anniversary.

SPECIAL REPORT

Former child soldiers struggling with life in South Sudan

By Benjamin Takpiny

JUBA, South Sudan (AA) - Former child soldiers who left the armed groups are struggling to adjust to civilian life.

SPECIAL REPORT

A Kashmiri woman and an animal world an ‘inspiration’

By Nusrat Sidiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) - On the evening of June 2, Aliya Mir in the Indian-administered Kashmir received a call to rescue a snake from the bushes seen around a serene area of the Muslim-majority capital city Srinagar region’s Gupkar area.

SPECIAL REPORT

Togolese parents send children to work to avoid starvation

By Aurore Bonny

LOME, Togo (AA) – In extreme poverty-stricken regions of the West African country of Togo, parents are preferring to send their children to cities to work as domestic servants to avoid hunger.

SPECIAL REPORT

Outgoing Turkish envoy recalls successful tenure in South Africa

By Hassan Isilow

PRETORIA, South Africa (AA) - Outgoing Turkish Ambassador Elif Comoglu Ulgen described her four-year tenure in South Africa as largely successful and accomplishing.

SPECIAL REPORT

Pakistan, India exporters agree to share Basmati rice ownership

By Aamir Latif and Ahmad Adil

KARACHI, Pakistan/NEW DELHI, India (AA) - Although longtime rivals India and Pakistan are already locked in a slew of land and sea disputes, exporters from both sides have agreed to joint ownership of the region’s prized Basmati rice, the best solution to the issue to reach the European Union markets.

SPECIAL REPORT

Child labor soars in Kenya during pandemic​​​​​​​

By Andrew Wasike

NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – With schools closed for most of the time over the past two years due to COVID-19 related restrictions, Koech Kipsiele, 13, was forced to work to help the family to bring food to the table.

SPECIAL REPORT

Nobel laureate envisages global leadership role for Turkey

​​​​​​​By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - Turkey has a global leadership role and can promote a global social protection fund at the UN and the G20, said Nobel Peace Laureate and Indian child-labor activist Kailash Satyarthi as he envisages a global role for Turkey to end child labor menace.