ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Gabriela Cuevas Barron, head of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Erdogan later to attend High Advisory Board Meeting.
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 coronavirus outbreak across Turkey, worldwide.
US
WASHINGTON - Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay to address SETA-DC think tank.
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to brief reporters at State Department.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makey.
FRANCE
PARIS - Trial to start for suspects of 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks.
ITALY
VENICE - 77th Venice Film Festival to kick off.
LIBYA
TRIPOLI - Following developments after UN-recognized government announced nationwide cease-fire.
MALI
BAMAKO - Following developments after military coup ousting President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD - French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Iraq and Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA - Turkish Trade Ministry to announce provisional foreign trade figures for August.
SPECIAL REPORT
Cutting aid to Ethiopia haunts Trump in election
By Addis Getachew
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - The US has now formally stepped in, to support Egypt and punish Ethiopia over the river water sharing dispute between the two African countries.
SPECIAL REPORT
India-China border tensions likely to escalate: Experts
By Ahmad Adil
NEW DELHI (AA) - With tensions further escalating between India and China after both countries Monday accused each other of violating a "consensus" reached between the two sides after recent border clashes, political and military experts in India said the situation now is likely to get more complicated and tense.
SPECIAL REPORT
Israel-UAE spy base on Socotra targets Iran, China, Pakistan
By Ali Abo Rezeg
ANKARA (AA) - The creation of an Israeli-Emirati intelligence-gathering base in the Yemeni island of Socotra aims at monitoring Iran, China and Pakistan, according to political experts.
SPECIAL REPORT
Thailand strives for democracy under army’s shadow
By Pizaro Gozali
JAKARTA (AA) - A coalition of Thai youths, students and political activists has staged a series of protests since mid-July which has become the largest rally in the country since a military coup in 2014.