Diary

ISTANBUL (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, May 25, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to announce his intent to nominate Gen. Charles Brown, Jr. to serve as next chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff.

WASHINGTON - Marquette Law School to release national poll on Republican presidential candidates and support among Democrats for President Biden.

WASHINGTON - Emergency officials to hold annual news conference to discuss this year's hurricane outlook in US.

WASHINGTON - Desk to monitor events that will mark three years since death of Black man George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to convene for briefing on peace and security in Africa.

UK

LONDON - Home Office to reveal quarterly illegal immigration statistics.

BELFAST - King Charles III, Queen Consort Camilla to make their first visit to Northern Ireland since coronation.

ITALY

EMILIA ROMAGNA - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to visit floods-hit Emilia-Romagna region.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz to host Greek Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulidis for bilateral talks.

THE ECONOMY

BERLIN - Germany’s statistical office Destatis to share GDP figures for Q1.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to share interest rate decision.

DOHA - Qatar Economic Forum to end.

SPECIAL REPORT

3 years since George Floyd's death, police killings of Black Americans rage on

By Rabia Ali

ISTANBUL (AA) - Black Minneapolis resident George Floyd’s 2020 killing at the hands of a white police officer sparked protests across the US in the hopes of racial justice and an end to police brutality.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Rooted in racism': Fear of police runs deep for Black Americans years after George Floyd's murder

By Darren Lyn

HOUSTON, US (AA) - George Floyd's murder three years ago by police officers in the US state of Minnesota still resonates with Black Americans, leaving them with skepticism and distrust of police.

SPECIAL REPORT

Greek ruling party’s positive agenda won over main opposition’s negative, ambiguous narrative: Analysts

By Ahmet Gencturk

ATHENS (AA) - Greece’s ruling center-right New Democracy party’s positive agenda won over the leftist main opposition SYRIZA party’s negative narrative and ambiguous promises, according to political analysts.

SPECIAL REPORT

Most successful managers in football history by trophies won: Ferguson, Lucescu, Guardiola, Mourinho, and others

By Emre Asikci

ISTANBUL (AA) - Sir Alex Ferguson is widely considered the greatest football manager of all time, winning a wide array of titles in both domestic and European events over the course of his legendary career.

SPECIAL REPORT

EXPLAINED: Pakistan’s economic crisis and default risk

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – With escalating political uncertainty, a balance of payment crisis, severely depleted foreign reserves, and increasingly grim prospects of external financing, Pakistan is presumably sitting on an economic powder keg.