ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, June 8, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President and ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend his party’s Central Executive Board’s meeting.
ANKARA - Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.
ANKARA - Following latest cease-fire agreement for Idlib, northwestern Syria, along Turkey's southern border, reached by Turkey and Russia.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg to deliver speech on security challenges in post-COVID-19 world at video discussion hosted by Atlantic Council and the German Marshall Fund.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON - Following nationwide protests over death of George Floyd.
LIBYA
TRIPOLI - Following clashes between Libyan army and militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar.
SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa to re-open schools for grade 7 and 12 after closing for two months to curb spread of coronavirus. Africa has one of highest cases of COVID-19 in Africa with almost 50,000 confirmed infections and 998 deaths.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA - Transport and Infrastructure Ministry to release airport statistics for May.
ANKARA - Technology and Industry Minister Mustafa Varank to attend monthly evaluation meeting of COVID-19 Vaccine and Pharmaceutical Projects.
SPECIAL REPORT
Zimbabwe’s underage children toil on mines, cotton farms
By Jeffrey Moyo
CHAKARI, Zimbabwe (AA) - Donning torn clothes, a 14-year-old barefooted boy is all covered in red earth, his face is hardly recognizable as he wriggles on his belly from underground and his hands clasping a tin apparently too heavy for him.
SPECIAL REPORT
World looks to innovation for sustainable oceans
By Burak Bir
ANKARA (AA) - Oceans, which provide the oxygen we breathe and food as well as regulate the climate, will be celebrated online Monday with the theme 'Innovation for Sustainable Ocean' on the occasion of World Oceans Day.