Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, June 27, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Following normalization process in Turkey amid drop in COVID-19 cases, plus worldwide pandemic situation.

PALESTINE

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

MYANMAR

YANGON - Monitoring developments after February military coup triggered violent protests, crackdown.

SPORTS

BUDAPEST/ SEVILLE - Netherlands to face Czech Republic while Belgium to take on Portugal in UEFA EURO 2020 last 16 phase.

SPECIAL REPORT

Youth in Kenya join honey ventures to beat job losses

By Andrew Wasike

NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has eaten jobs all over the world, educated youth in the East African country of Kenya are turning to beekeeping, preserving an economic activity that was a mainstay of their forefathers

SPECIAL REPORT

2020 Summer Olympics to take place in shadow of pandemic

By Emre Asikci and Muhammed Enes Calli

ISTANBUL (AA) - The long-delayed 2020 Summer Olympics will take place in Tokyo from July 23 to Aug. 8 in the shadow of coronavirus, without international spectators

SPECIAL REPORT

Horrific tale of Palestinian girl in Israeli jail

By Salam Abu Sharar

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – In a long corridor, Israeli intelligence operatives were standing and clapping sarcastically as jailers were taking handcuffed Mays Abu Ghosh to a military interrogation cell.

SPECIAL REPORT

OPINION - Myanmar’s twin curse of murderous military and cultist opposition

By Maung Zarni

LONDON (AA) – The last few days saw heated debates and name-calling in Burmese-language social media between, on the other hand, national minority activists who are completely fed up with the ethnic majoritarian colonial mentality and on the other, political practices and the majoritarian democrats who treat Aung San Suu Kyi’s words like holy scripture.

SPECIAL REPORT

ANALYSIS - Space 2.0: Military, strategic competition on rise

By A. Inci Sokmen Alaca

ISTANBUL (AA) - The final statement of last week’s NATO summit in Brussels said that the alliance would boost its political capacity and play a more active role in the face of emerging threats and challenges