Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics. Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing / breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend meeting on public security, counter-terrorism at Gendarmerie General Command.

ISTANBUL - Yildirim to attend opening of 1915 Canakkale and Panorma Mumuhsin Yazicioglu Martyrdom Park.

ANKARA - Deputy Premier Recep Akdag to attend meeting of provincial branches of Disaster and Emergency Management Authority.

ISTANBUL - Ongoing trials linked to July 2016 coup attempt.

BANGLADESH

DHAKA - Pope Francis to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, church leaders, Rohingya Muslim refugees.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar to meet European Council President Donald Tusk in Dublin to discuss Brexit, border issues.

LONDON - Stand Up to Racism protest against President Donald Trump outside U.S. Embassy following his retweets of videos from far-right group.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Social Democrat Party due to announce decision on entry to coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc.

BULGARIA

SOFIA - Turkey’s EU Minister Omer Celik to meet Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva under Bulgaria’s presidency of Council of EU.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Syrian peace talks with separate meetings between UN envoy Staffan de Mistura, delegations from regime, opposition.

AZERBAIJAN

BAKU - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process on Afghanistan ministerial conference.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Draw for 2018 football World Cup. President Vladimir Putin to attend.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to address World Aids Day commemoration event in Eastern Cape.

ETHIOPIA

SPECIAL REPORT: Ethiopian firm turns recycled tires into global brand

By Seleshi Tessema

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - Having founded her shoe company more than a decade ago in a poverty-stricken neighborhood of Addis Ababa, Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu has reached a global audience and is now seeking to expand exports beyond 50 countries.