Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

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

RUSSIA

SOCHI - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at Russia’s Official Residence of Presidency.

US

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, and CENTCOM Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie to testify at House Armed Services Committee.

WASHINGTON - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertugruloglu to speak to Turkish reporters at Turkish Embassy.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Monitoring situation in Afghanistan after Taliban's formation of interim government.

ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkstat to release Economic Confidence Index for September.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Following UEFA Champions League group games.

SPECIAL REPORT

Arduous job of real-time translator

By Kizito Makoye

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) - Translator walks on razor’s edge and it requires them to keep the senses on alert while delivering the message, said John Kionzo, a resident of Tanzania‘s port city of Dar es Salaam, who has been working as an interpreter past many years.

SPECIAL REPORT

Palestinian prisoner, who became face of 2nd intifada

By Salam Abu Sharar

JENIN, Palestine (AA) - Palestinian vegetable seller Zakaria Zubaidi’s simple life took a turn on Sept. 29, 2000, coinciding with the launch of the Al-Aqsa uprising also known as the second intifada.

SPECIAL REPORT

Biobank sparks hope to heart patients in India

By Shuriah Niazi

NEW DELHI (AA) - India has set up its first heart failure biobank to store tissues and genetic material of patients along with blood samples, body fluids, and all those things that help in medical research to find the remedy for heart diseases.

SPECIAL REPORT

Environmental developments worldwide in August 2021

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - August saw several reports on climate change and the environment, including record-breaking temperature in Spain and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) report as well as large and intense forest fires around the world.

SPECIAL REPORT

Environmental disasters across globe in August 2021

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - A host of environmental disasters including deadly rains and floods in Turkey, China and the US and massive forest fires in Russia, Algeria, Greece, Turkey and the US as well as a hurricane in Mexico were reported in August.

SPECIAL REPORT

Global climate strikes, environmental protests in August 2021

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - Strikes, demonstrations and protests for the environment continued across the globe in August, with protesters demanding more decisive action to tackle climate change.

SPECIAL DIARY

Somalis return to cinema after 30 years

By Magdalene Mukami

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) - Somalis went to the movies for the first time in 30 years after the Somali National Theatre in the capital Mogadishu screened two films last week that reminded them of happier times and gave the new generation an experience of a lifetime.

SPECIAL REPORT

From Konya to Lahore, people celebrate Mevlana Rumi’s birthday with zeal

By Kiran Butt

LAHORE, Pakistan (AA) - On the eve of an important date, a special ceremony was arranged in Lahore, the provincial capital of Pakistan’s Punjab province, by Minhaj-ul-Quran International, a non-governmental organization working in over 100 countries around the globe.

SPECIAL REPORT

India: 'Heart ailment patients suffered maximum in pandemic'

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - The prevalence of cardiovascular disease is increasing in India and COVID-19 has impacted the patients with heart related ailments as a large number of patients are now not reporting to the hospitals due to fear of pandemic, a leading Indian cardiologist has said.