ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's women's branch provincial congresses via video link, also opening of stadium in southern Adana province.
ANKARA – Vice President Fuat Oktay and Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov to meet at presidential complex, and later to attend general session of Joint Economic Commission. Oktay and Asadov also due to hold a news conference following agreement signing ceremony.
ANKARA - Following latest developments on COVID-19 outbreak in Turkey, worldwide, including new virus strains.
US
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to participate in G7 virtual meeting.
WASHINGTON - Biden to deliver remarks at virtual Munich Security Conference.
WASHINGTON - Biden also to deliver remarks at Pfizer manufacturing site in state of Michigan.
WASHINGTON - Lloyd Austin to hold first press briefing as defense secretary at Pentagon.
WASHINGTON - US climate envoy John Kerry to join UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to celebrate country's formal re-entry into Paris Climate Agreement.
UK
LONDON - G7 leaders to meet via video link to discuss international cooperation on vaccine distribution and recovery from COVID-19 pandemic.
GERMANY
MUNICH - Munich Security Conference Special Edition to be held online. Leaders to discuss transatlantic relations, fight against pandemic, priorities for global action, climate change.
BERLIN - President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to attend commemorations in Hanau to remember victims of far-right terror attack last year that left nine people dead.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - A Moscow court to hold hearing on defamation case "Prigozhin against Navalny".
SPORTS
MELBOURNE - Following 2021 Australian Open, first Grand Slam of year.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to release international investment position figures for December and last quarter.
ANKARA - Turkey's Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges to share establishment and liquidation statistics for January.
SPECIAL REPORT
5 mothers bring smiles to children in distress
By Seda Sevencan
ANKARA (AA) - With a slogan "happy children, happy world", five mothers hailing from Turkey, Switzerland, Albania, and Bosnia and Herzegovina are reaching out to children in distress across the world.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkish lawmaker commemorates deadly Hanau attack
By Emin Avundukluoglu
ANKARA (AA) - A prominent Turkish lawmaker on Friday commemorated the deadly Hanau attack last year in Germany that left nine people dead with migrant backgrounds.