Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, July 14, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz to deliver traditional summer news conference on domestic, foreign policy issues.

BERLIN - Scholz to host Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo.

FRANCE

PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will attend National Day commemorating Storming of Bastille in 1789.

UK

LONDON - Office for National Statistics to publish analysis of proportion of population affected by increase in their cost of living, characteristics associated with financial vulnerability.

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - Summit of foreign ministers of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to conclude.

JAKARTA - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to hold bilateral talks on sidelines of ASEAN meeting.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL - Acute weather leaves thousands without electricity in South Korea, many more evacuated.

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Following developments day after Sudanese sides welcomed agreement of neighboring countries to establish ministerial mechanism to stop fighting between belligerent parties.

US

WASHINGTON - Turkish diplomatic missions in US to hold events to mark anniversary of defeated coup of July 15, 2016 in Türkiye.

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

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to reveal private sector's foreign debt figures for May.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to reveal house sales data for June.

LUXEMBOURG - European statistical department Eurostat to reveal trade balance data for May.

BERLIN - Germany's Destatis to reveal developments for wholesale prices for June.

SPORTS

LONDON - Following Wimbledon men's singles semifinal matches.

CHATILLON-SUR-CHALARONNE, France - Tour de France to continue with Stage 13 between Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne, Grand Colombier.

SPECIAL REPORT

Unprecedented warming in North Atlantic, El Nino effect to drive temperatures further

By Nuran Erkul

LONDON (AA) - The unprecedented warming in North Atlantic Ocean, which is worrying the scientists, and the El Nino effect will drive temperatures further across globe as many parts of the world are under "very high risk" to see record temperatures, a senior official at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) told Anadolu exclusively.

SPECIAL REPORT

Barbie and the map: What is the South China Sea dispute?

By Anadolu staff

ANKARA (AA) - Early this month, Vietnam banned the upcoming Barbie film over a scene featuring a map that depicts contested Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea.