ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend opening ceremony of factory on solar technologies. Erdogan to separately receive ambassadors of India, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina at presidential complex.
ANKARA - Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to speak at news conference following meeting of Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board.
ANKARA - Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.
ANKARA - Following latest developments in normalization deal reached by United Arab Emirates, Israel.
ANKARA - Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON - Presumptive vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, former President Barack Obama to deliver keynote speech at 3rd night of Democratic National Convention.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to meet Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud for talks on bilateral relations, international issues.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - Leaders of European Union countries to hold extraordinary meeting on Belarus via video conference.
BELARUS
MINSK - Monitoring protests against election results that gave landslide victory to President Alexander Lukashenko.
MALI
BAMAKO - Following military mutiny in Mali that led to the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
LEBANON
BEIRUT - Following developments after UN-backed tribunal’s decision on 2005 bombing that killed former Lebanese premier Rafik al-Hariri.
LIBYA
TRIPOLI - Following clashes between Libyan army and militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar.
SPORTS
LISBON - France’s Olympique Lyon to face Germany’s Bayern Munich in UEFA Champions League semifinal.
SPECIAL REPORT
UAE, Israel develop discreet ties under UN agency cover
By Iftikhar Gilani
ANKARA (AA) - The bonhomie between the UAE and Israel had begun with the innocuous opening of the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Masdar City of the Gulf state in 2008.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkish factory in Ethiopia plans output amid COVID-19
By Seleshi Tessema
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - Demka Textile and Investment PLC, a brand new Turkish textile manufacturing factory, is mulling ways of starting production amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which had delayed its operation, said a company official.
SPECIAL REPORT
Libya at risk of more disastrous blast than in Beirut
ISTANBUL (AA) - The chairman of National Oil Corporation (NOC) has warned in a video that a disastrous explosion worse than the one in Beirut earlier this month is looming at Libya’s Brega port.
SPECIAL REPORT
Exodus-Déjà Vu exhibition attracts visitors around world
By Firdevs Bulut Kartal
ANKARA (AA) - Exodus-Déjà Vu online exhibition has received an international acclaim since its inauguration on June 20, World Refugee Day.