Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Angola's President Joao Manuel Gonalves Lourenco at Presidential Complex, bilateral agreements to be signed after one-on-one and delegation meetings.

ANKARA - Following normalization process in Turkey, developments related to COVID-19, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU – Turkish parliament speaker Mustafa Sentop to call on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and attend meeting with parliament heads of Azerbaijan and Pakistan.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to visit Office of the Director of National Intelligence in Virginia, where he will address intelligence workforce and leadership.

TUNISIA

TUNIS - Monitoring developments after President Kais Saied suspends parliament.

ITALY

ROME - Following the United Nations Food Systems Pre-Summit.

ROME - Following protests in Italy against government's “Green Pass” initiative, under which people not vaccinated against COVID-19 face restrictions.

UK

LONDON - Following protests by the doctors in the UK over lack of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

LONDON - Following pandemic-related developments in the UK, where the number of COVID-19 cases has decreased for five consecutive days for the first time since February.

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM - Monitoring situation after Israeli forces carried out airstrikes on Gaza Strip following launch of incendiary balloons from besieged Palestinian territory.

MYANMAR

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

SPORTS

TOKYO - Turkish women’s volleyball team to face Italy in second match of Group B at Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Elimination of hepatitis virus to take several years in India’

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) – With more than 40 million chronic hepatitis B patients in the country, the COVID-19 pandemic has seriously impacted India’s fight against the disease.

SPECIAL REPORT

Obesity emerges as health hazard in cash-strapped Zimbabwe

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) – While obesity is often blamed on the consumption of too many calories, especially in Western countries, in the landlocked southern African country of Zimbabwe, the lack of access to a proper balanced diet is making the poor overweight.