Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

LITHUANIA

VILNIUS - Leaders from NATO members gather in Lithuanian capital for two-day summit.

VILNIUS - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend the NATO leaders' summit, hold bilateral meetings with heads of state and government.

VILNIUS - Two-day NATO public forum to take place in parallel with NATO summit.

UK

LONDON - Policy Exchange think tank to publish report revealing total one-year cost of asylum-related spending.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Francesca Albanese, special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, to hold news conference.

US

WASHINGTON - Desk to monitor developments following planned meeting between President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Lithuania NATO summit.

WASHINGTON - US Senate Committee on Armed Services to hold hearing to consider nomination of General Charles Brown as next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss situation in Syria.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in Lithuania to attend NATO summit.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - Top diplomats of Association of Southeast Asian Nations meet in Indonesia for annual summit.

ISRAEL

TEL AVIV – Israelis to stage opposition-led protests after another fresh judicial-overhaul plan bill passed first vote.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to release current account balance data for May.

BERLIN - Germany's statistical department Destatis to reveal inflation figures for June.

MANNHEIM, Germany - Zew institute to release Germany's economic confidence data for July.

​​​​​​​SPORTS

LONDON – Wimbledon, 3rd Grand Slam of year in tennis, to continue with quarterfinal games

SPECIAL REPORT

Decoding China’s population decline and its impact

By Riyaz ul Khaliq

ISTANBUL (AA) - After years at the top, China is no longer the world’s most populous nation.

SPECIAL REPORT

Earliest love poem, oldest peace treaty: Türkiye’s first museum boasts marvels of history

By Handan Kazanci

ISTANBUL (AA) – The world’s earliest known love poem, the oldest written peace treaty in history, the Alexander sarcophagus: these are just a few of the truly exceptional pieces housed at the Istanbul Archaeological Museums.