Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, March 9, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

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

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden expected to unveil his budget request for 2024.

WASHINGTON - Finland's President Sauli Niinisto to meet US senators to discuss Finland’s NATO membership and security in Europe.

WASHINGTON - Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger, who worked with Elon Musk on release of 'Twitter Files,' to testify at weaponization of the Federal Government hearing.

WASHINGTON - US House Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence to hold hearing on threats posed by Chinese Communist Party.

EUROPE

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Officials from Türkiye, Sweden, and Finland are expected to discuss two Nordic countries' NATO accession.

FRANCE

PARIS - Youth groups to stage various protests.

UK

LONDON - Health Secretary Steve Barclay to meet representatives from health workers' unions over ongoing disagreement over pay.

SPORTS

SEVILLE, Spain - Fenerbahce to face Sevilla in UEFA Europa League Round of 16 first-leg.

GENT, Belgium/ FLORENCE, Italy - Medipol Basaksehir to take on Gent while Demir Grup Sivasspor to play against Fiorentina in UEFA Europa Conference League Round of 16 first-leg.

SPECIAL REPORT

Migration policy group offers to set up 'solidarity bridge' between Türkiye, member states

By Merve Aydogan

ANKARA (AA) - With more than a month passed since the deadly earthquakes shook Türkiye's southern regions, an international migration policy organization offered to build a "solidarity bridge" between Türkiye and member states, said Michael Spindelegger, director general of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) in an interview with Anadolu.

SPECIAL REPORT

Pakistan uses famous truck art to ramp up anti-polio efforts

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan is using its famous truck art to ramp up an ongoing countrywide anti-polio campaign aimed at achieving a long-desired polio-free status for the South Asian nuclear nation.

SPECIAL REPORT

UK legislation on illegal migrants breach of international law, says UNHCR spokesperson

By Rabia Ali​​​​​​​

ISTANBUL (AA) -The new UK bill against illegal migrants violates the international treaty for refugees and therefore is a violation of international law, says an official of the UN’s refugee agency.