Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to visit Baltimore and Maryland to speak about local benefits of bipartisan infrastructure law.

NEW YORK - Senior UN officials to brief reporters on recent visit to Afghanistan.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to take up resolution to extend mandate of Cyprus peacekeeping mission.

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to host his Portuguese counterpart Joao Gomes Cravinho for talks on bilateral and international issues.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Following NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s visit to South Korea, Japan.

FRANCE

PARIS - Foreign and defense ministers of France and Australia to hold talks in Paris.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz to arrive in Brazil as part of Latin America tour.

UK

BELFAST - Events to be held on 51st anniversary of 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre by British soldiers.

ECONOMY

ANKARA - TurkStat to release economic confidence index data for January.

BERLIN - Destatis to released Germany’s GDP figures for Q4 2022.

SPECIAL REPORT

Segregation behind gang-related shootings, bombings in Sweden: Expert

By Mehmet Solmaz

STOCKHOLM (AA) - Since the beginning of January, around 30 serious violent crimes have been committed in the Swedish capital Stockholm, including shootings and explosions, all of which are reportedly the result of disputes between gangs.

SPECIAL REPORT

No solution to climate problem without global carbon tax: Ex-IMF chief economist

By Aysu Bicer

LONDON (AA) - There is no solution to the climate problem without a global carbon tax or global trading system, according to Kenneth Rogoff, a Harvard professor and former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

SPECIAL REPORT

Kashmir mutton price war persists at consumers’ cost

By Hilal Mir

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) - One of the weirdest market sights in Kashmir is a butcher shop that has dressed chicken, rather than sheep, hanging from iron display hooks.

SPECIAL REPORT

Russians in Poland face uncertain future

By Jo Harper

WARSAW (AA) - Russians are a small community compared to their Ukrainian and Belarusian neighbors in Poland’s capital Warsaw, and theirs is a voice rarely heard.

SPECIAL REPORT

Cleveland’s Cedi Osman says it’s been a ‘good season’ at NBA

By Rabia İclal Turan

OHIO, US (AA) - Cleveland Cavaliers’ Turkish basketball player Cedi Osman said it’s been a “good season” for him in the NBA so far, and his team is “progressing very well.”