Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to meet Congressional leaders on debt limit at White House. He will later deliver remarks at celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to testify at Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing.

WASHINGTON - JAMA Network Open journal to release report on excess deaths among Black population in US.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to hold hearing on peace and security in Africa.

ICELAND

REYKJAVIK - Leaders from Council of Europe member states to gather for summit "to respond to the exceptional challenges raised by the war in Ukraine."

AUSTRIA

VIENNA - Austrian World Summit to take up solutions to tackle climate change.

FRANCE

PARIS - Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to hold series of meetings with representatives of leading French unions ahead of planned strikes over pension reform.

CANNES - 76th Cannes Film Festival starts.

THE ECONOMY

LUXEMBOURG - European statistical institute to release provisional GDP figures for Q1, and foreign trade data for March.

SPORTS

MILAN - Inter Milan to host AC Milan in UEFA Champions League semifinals second leg.

SPECIAL REPORT

Kashmir G-20 tourism meeting has broader political message: Analysts

By Hilal Mir

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) - India is set to host the third G-20 working group meeting in the Jammu and Kashmir region on May 22-24 as head of the 20-nation group.

SPECIAL REPORT

Geo-security new elephant in room in Denmark’s changing foreign, defense policies

By Ebad Ahmed

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) - Denmark announced May 2 it would give a military donation and financial package to Kyiv estimated at $250 million amid growing calls to restructure its defense and foreign policies in the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war.