Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Following latest developments on coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

ANKARA - Following Turkey’s worldwide operations to bring back its citizens stranded abroad due to coronavirus pandemic.

ANKARA - Following latest cease-fire agreement for Idlib, northwestern Syria, along Turkey's southern border, reached by Turkey, Russia.

UK

LONDON - Developments on coronavirus pandemic to be followed as death toll passes 16,000.

LONDON - Personal protective equipment sent by Turkey expected to arrive in UK.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Monitoring political developments after intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi tasked with forming government.

ISRAEL

JERUSALEM - Monitoring developments after Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his main rival, Benny Gantz, agree to form coalition government

LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY

TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA - Monitoring conflict between forces of Libya's internationally-recognized government and renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar, diplomatic initiatives to resolve the crisis.

SPECIAL REPORT

Zimbabwe: Villagers cancel ritual of meeting dead spirits

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) – The fear of contracting the deadly coronavirus or COVID-19 has forced villagers in Zimbabwe to postpone ceremonies to meet the spirits of their dead family members.

SPECIAL REPORT

COVID-19 rips through fragile Afghan health system

By Shadi Khan Saif

KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) - Frontline Afghan health workers find themselves in dire straits as the coronavirus pandemic ripped through their ranks with an upward trajectory killing at least three doctors in the capital Kabul alone, officials confirmed.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey: Arab immigrants adjusting to new life to defeat pandemic

By Bassel Barakat

ANKARA (AA) – Like others, Arab immigrants that include diaspora living in Turkey as well, are gasping to adopt a new life, secluded and cut off from their hurly-burly routines. But for many the lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic has come a boon to rediscover social relations.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey Wealth Fund pioneer in adapting to challenges of virus era

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) – The Turkey Wealth Fund (TWF) is the first sovereign wealth fund in the world to revamp its legal framework to face the altered micro- and macroeconomic landscape since the coronavirus pandemic emerged, according to Zafer Sonmez, the fund's managing director.

SPECIAL REPORT

World relying on China, India for drug raw material

By Faruk Zorlu

ANKARA (AA) – Many countries including Turkey are relying on China and India for raw materials for drugs believed to cure coronavirus-related symptoms.

OPINION

Turkish higher education in days of pandemic

By Yekta Sarac

ISTANBUL (AA) - After the World Health Organization announced the novel coronavirus as a pandemic, the world is witnessing the age of digital and remote education with massive open online courses.

SPECIAL REPORT

79-year-old Indonesian doctor on the frontline in battle against COVID-19

By Hayati Nupus

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AA) –Being old did not prevent Dr. Handoko Gunawan, a pulmonary specialist, from fighting in the front line against the deadly COVID-19.

SPECIAL REPORT

More ‘family time’ amid coronavirus isolation at home

By Ali Murat Alhas

ANKARA (AA) – Millions of Turkish people are staying at home in a bid to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, similar to many other countries across the globe, but some of them are turning crisis into opportunity by sparing more time to their families and developing a more intimate relationship.