Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

US

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to meet in California with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen.

NEW YORK - Russia, as UN Security Council president, to hold informal session on children taken from Ukraine to Russia.

MARYLAND - Maryland Attorney General's office due to release report on child abuse in Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - NATO foreign ministers meeting to conclude on second day.

BRUSSELS - UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly to hold bilateral meetings with various counterparts, including Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

BRUSSELS - US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to hold press conference following NATO meeting.

FRANCE

PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron to start four-day visit to China.

CHINA

BEIJING - Following China’s response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - Following situation as scores of flights grounded on southern island of Jeju due to dangerous wind conditions.

AUSTRALIA

CANBERRA - Opposition Liberal Party set to oppose establishment of Indigenous Voice to Parliament consultative body though it supports recognition of First Nations people in Constitution.

THE ECONOMY

BERLIN - Destatis to announce factory orders data for February.

SPORTS

LISBON - 47th Ordinary UEFA Congress, including elections of UEFA president, Executive Committee.

BARCELONA - Barcelona to face Real Madrid in second leg of Spain's Copa del Rey semifinals.

SPECIAL REPORT

West needs to prepare for diplomacy to end war in Ukraine: Former German diplomat

By Ayhan Simsek

BERLIN (AA) - Western countries should start examining diplomatic options for finding an end to the Ukraine war, according to Wolfgang Ischinger, a prominent German pundit and former ambassador.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Climate migrants' in coastal Bangladesh live in vulnerable conditions

By Md. Kamruzzaman

BARGUNA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh (AA) – Mohammad Sohrab Khan, a 70-year-old man, was sitting beside the Buriganga River with his grandson on his lap.

SPECIAL REPORT

Russia exported 91% of its crude to China, India in March as trade routes shifted under sanctions

By Nuran Erkul

LONDON (AA) - China and India accounted for 91% of Russia’s crude oil exports in March as Western sanctions led the country to almost totally shift its trade routes from Europe to Asia, according to data from energy analytics company Vortexa compiled by Anadolu.