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Here are the main topics Anadolu’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, March 7, 2023

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA - Following developments in aftermath of Feb. 6 earthquakes in 11 southern provinces.

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet with Brunei Darussalam's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah to discuss bilateral ties, regional, international issues.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken to meet virtually with business leaders, members of US Chamber of Commerce to discuss US response to quakes in Türkiye, Syria.

WASHINGTON - Fed Chair Jerome Powell to speak at hearing by Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

WASHINGTON - House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to hold hearing on COVID-19 Origins Act of 2023, with Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to speak.

CANADA

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to hold joint news conference.

SWEDEN

STOCKHOLM - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to pay 2-day visit to Sweden to meet with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.

STOCKHOLM - Swedish government bringing new anti-terror bill to parliament.

STOCKHOLM - EU defense ministers to gather for a 2-day unofficial summit.

LONDON - UK government is expected to introduce new legislation to ensure those entering country illegally are not able to remain.

FRANCE

PARIS - Series of protests, strikes over government's proposed pensions reform to take place.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama.

THE ECONOMY

PARIS - OECD to reveal inflation figures for January.

BERLIN - Germany's Federal Statistical Office to share factory order data for January.

SPORTS

LONDON/LISBON - Chelsea to face Borussia Dortmund while Benfica to take on Club Brugge in UEFA Champions League Round of 16 second leg.

SPECIAL REPORT

Quake-hit regions' sustainable recovery vital for long term development

By Nuran Erkul

LONDON (AA) - The recovery in the quake-hit region in Türkiye should be sustainable in the whole process, from the removal of the debris and its recycling as well as supporting small businesses' reopening with no one left behind, officials told Anadolu in interview.

SPECIAL REPORT

Greeks gather aid for earthquake victims in Türkiye, Syria

By Magda Panoutsopoulou

ATHENS (AA) - Boxes piled up at the entrance of Athens’ municipality building in Greece as people from all backgrounds donated items for the victims of last month’s devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria.

SPECIAL REPORT

Canada school board gets high marks for historic adoption of anti-Islamophobia program

By Barry Ellsworth

TRENTON, Canada (AA) – A Toronto-area school board has become the first in Canada to introduce an anti-Islamophobia program.

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