Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend opening ceremony of new factories, infrastructure projects in capital’s 2nd Organized Industrial Zone.

ANKARA - Following floods in Black Sea provinces.

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

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Monitoring developments after Taliban seize Afghanistan capital to mark end of former President Ashraf Ghani’s rule.

TUNISIA

TUNIS - Monitoring developments after President Kais Saied suspended parliament in July.

MYANMAR

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

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Treasury and Finance Ministry to announce government budget figures for July.

SPECIAL REPORT

OPINION - Turkey seeks to position itself according to realities of emerging new world order

By Ahmet Gencturk

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey turning its back on the West and cozying up with extra-Western powers has been a popular notion in some circles in European and American media, academia, and governments.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tanzania struggles to dispel myths against COVID-19 vaccines

By Kizito Makoye

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) - Tanzanian health officials are struggling to dispel criticism and misinformation about coronavirus vaccines, amid widespread apathy among younger generations in a country desperately trying to contain a third wave of infections.

SPECIAL REPORT

ANALYSIS - Afghanistan comes full circle with return of Taliban

By Iftikhar Gilani

ANKARA (AA) – With the dramatic sweep of the Taliban across Afghanistan in the face of crumbling resistance from the Ashraf Ghani regime, the wheel of history has turned full circle.