Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

US

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden to host dinner for combatant commanders at White House.

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Antony Blinken to participate in conversation on state of press freedom worldwide with Washington Post columnist David Ignatius.

WASHINGTON – Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido to deliver remarks at Wilson Center think tank.

WASHINGTON – US National Center for Health Statistics to release report on drug overdose deaths from fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, oxycodone in 2021.

NEW YORK – UN Security Council to hold debate on peacebuilding, sustaining peace, featuring UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk.

CANADA

OTTAWA – Harjit S. Sajjan, minister of international development and minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, to hold press conference announcing humanitarian assistance funding for Sudan.

GERMANY

BERLIN – President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to host Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

PETERSBERG – Chancellor Olaf Scholz to address Petersberg Climate Dialogue meeting.

POLAND

WARSAW – President Andrzej Duda to speak at Poland Constitution Day.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA – Türkiye to announce inflation rate figures for April.

LUXEMBURG – Eurozone unemployment rate for March to be revealed.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL – Fenerbahce Beko to host Olympiacos Piraeus in Game 3 of EuroLeague playoffs.

SPECIAL REPORT

Kashmiri women face lifelong battle with HIV

By Nusrat Sidiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Foziya Akhtar, a 35-year-old woman living in Indian-administered Kashmir, is waiting at the corridor of a hospital in the capital Srinagar for her health checkup.

SPECIAL REPORT

Fed to pause rate increases until year-end after one final hike this week: Moody's expert

By Ovunc Kutlu

ISTANBUL (AA) – The US Federal Reserve is expected to pause its interest rate increases in the second half of this year, but that would come after it makes one last rate hike this Wednesday, according to an expert.

SPECIAL REPORT

UK's Labour Party likely to regain key regions in Thursday's local elections

By Mehmet Solmaz

BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – Seven out of 10 people in England will be heading to the polls Thursday to vote in local elections, with more than 8,000 seats in 230 councils up for grabs across the country, excluding London and some western regions.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Moscow uncomfortable with NATO expansion, but provokes it'

By Seda Sevencan

ISTANBUL (AA) – Despite its discomfort with NATO expansion, Russia's actions have served to encourage the enlargement of the alliance, according to an expert.