Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to meet, appear in joint press conference.

ANKARA - Monitoring aftermath of floods in Black Sea provinces.

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

US

WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden to deliver remarks on COVID-19 pandemic.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - EU foreign ministers to convene extraordinary meeting at Lithuania's request to discuss migration crisis on Belarusian border.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Monitoring developments as Taliban take control of Afghanistan after 20 years.

TUNISIA

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

MYANMAR

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

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to announce June figures for outstanding loans received from abroad by private sector.

LUXEMBURG - Eurostat to release inflation figures for July.

WASHINGTON - US Federal Reserve to release minutes of Federal Open Market Committee's meeting in July.

SPORTS

CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania - 2021 CEV Women's European Volleyball Championship to kick off, jointly hosted by Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Covering COVID-19 was the most difficult assignment'

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - When India was hit with a devastating wave of COVID-19 earlier this year, at the forefront were the photojournalists who with the help of images told India's pandemic story to the world.

SPECIAL REPORT

Businessman brings hope to Indians working in Middle East

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - As many as 17 Indian prisoners on death row in the UAE got a new lease of life in 2013 when an Indian businessman Surinder Pal Singh Oberoi paid $1.4 million as blood money. They had been convicted of the murder of a Pakistani national in 2009.​​​​​​​

SPECIAL REPORT

OPINION - Bangladesh leading post-COVID recovery conversation, data-driven tech on public health policies

By Anir Chowdhury

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - A landmark international conference led by the Government of Bangladesh was held on July 15, 2021, in Dhaka to look at strengthening government efforts for real-time data capacity with a focus on public health during pandemics like COVID-19.