Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend meeting of Justice and Development (AK) Party local heads.

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

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to deliver remarks on importance of COVID-19 vaccine requirements in Chicago.

ITALY

ROME - Turkish parliament speaker Mustafa Sentop to take part in two-day G20 Parliamentary Speakers' Summit, also known as P20, meet with speakers of Italy's Chamber of Deputies, Senate.

UKRAINE

LVIV - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend Turkey-Ukraine Joint Strategic Planning Group meeting, hold joint press conference with Ukrainian counterpart Dmitro Kuleba.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), Greens, and liberal Free Democrats (FDP) to hold their first three-way talks to form coalition government following last month's national election.

AFGHANISTAN

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

THE ECONOMY

ROME - UN Food body FAO to announce World price index for September.

WASHINGTON - US Labor Department to release figures on initial jobless claims.

WIESBADEN - Federal Statistical Office in Germany (Destatis) to announce Industrial Production for August.

LUXEMBOURG - Eurostat to announce housing price index for second quarter.

PARIS - International Energy Agency will launch its new report, “Pathways to a 75% cut in methane emissions from fossil fuel operations by 2030”.

ANKARA - State Airports Authority General Directorate (DHMI) to reveal September airport statistics.

ANKARA - Turkish Treasury and Finance Ministry to announce Treasury cash realizations for September.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Following Round 2 in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey wins Ugandan hearts with COVID-19 handling

By Hamza Kyeyune

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) - When Uganda was grappling with an aggressive second surge of COVID-19 cases a few weeks ago, one of the major challenges was a severe shortage of oxygen.

SPECIAL REPORT

Second-hand clothes steal show in poverty-hit Zimbabwe

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - Like many economically pummeled families in Zimbabwe, 41-year-old Melinda Gambiza, her husband, and their four school-going children have long since stopped getting new clothes.

SPECIAL REPORT

ANALYSIS - OPEC+ stays the course and keeps production unchanged

By Jose Chalhoub

CARACAS, Venezuela (AA) - The world's major oil producers alliance agreed Monday at its 21st ministerial meeting to stick to an existing plan which requires it to incrementally phase out production cuts, reaffirming its decision at its meeting in July to increase output by 400,000 barrels a day through October and November.