ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, June 11, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to virtually attend opening ceremony of Kilis Upper Afrin Dam and Drinking Water Transmission Line from Vahdettin Mansion.
ANKARA - Following gradual normalization process in Turkey with drop in COVID-19 cases as well as pandemic situation worldwide.
UK
LONDON - Leaders of G7 countries to meet at summit to be hosted by UK.
PALESTINE
JERUSALEM - Following aftermath of cease-fire agreement between Israel, Hamas.
MYANMAR
YANGON - Monitoring developments in Myanmar after Feb. 1 military coup triggered violent protests, crackdown.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce industrial production, retail trade, turnover indices for April.
ANKARA - Global Tourism Forum to be held in Bodrum.
SPORTS
ROME - UEFA EURO 2020 to start with Group A match between Turkey, Italy in Rome's Olympic Stadium.
VALENCIA, Spain - Turkish women's national basketball team to take on Italy in preparation tournament ahead of FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2021 co-hosted by Spain, France on July 17-27.
PARIS - Following French Open (Roland Garros) men's singles semifinals.
SPECIAL REPORT
Group F of EURO 2020: Clash of strong competitors
By Can Erozden
ANKARA (AA) - Football fans cannot wait to watch the fierce competition in the UEFA EURO 2020 Group F as it includes game's heavyweights France, Germany, and the EURO 2016 champions Portugal, as well as the group underdogs Hungary.
SPECIAL REPORT
EURO 2020 Group E: Arguably weakest Spanish side in a generation
By Can Erozden
ANKARA (AA) - Spain’s national football team is targeting a fourth EURO title at this summer's European football championship, which is set to start on Friday.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkish Red Crescent marks 153rd foundation anniversary
By Faruk Zorlu
ANKARA (AA) - Established in 1868 as the Society for Aiding the Wounded and Ailing Ottoman Soldiers, Turkish Red Crescent, the largest humanitarian organization in Turkey, on Friday celebrated its 153rd anniversary.
SPECIAL REPORT
Former child soldiers struggling with life in South Sudan
By Benjamin Takpiny
JUBA, South Sudan (AA) - Former child soldiers who left the armed groups are struggling to adjust to civilian life.
SPECIAL REPORT
A Kashmiri woman and an animal world an ‘inspiration’
By Nusrat Sidiq
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) - On the evening of June 2, Aliya Mir in the Indian-administered Kashmir received a call to rescue a snake from the bushes seen around a serene area of the Muslim-majority capital city Srinagar region’s Gupkar area.
SPECIAL REPORT
Togolese parents send children to work to avoid starvation
By Aurore Bonny
LOME, Togo (AA) – In extreme poverty-stricken regions of the West African country of Togo, parents are preferring to send their children to cities to work as domestic servants to avoid hunger.
SPECIAL REPORT
Outgoing Turkish envoy recalls successful tenure in South Africa
By Hassan Isilow
PRETORIA, South Africa (AA) - Outgoing Turkish Ambassador Elif Comoglu Ulgen described her four-year tenure in South Africa as largely successful and accomplishing.
SPECIAL REPORT
Pakistan, India exporters agree to share Basmati rice ownership
By Aamir Latif and Ahmad Adil
KARACHI, Pakistan/NEW DELHI, India (AA) - Although longtime rivals India and Pakistan are already locked in a slew of land and sea disputes, exporters from both sides have agreed to joint ownership of the region’s prized Basmati rice, the best solution to the issue to reach the European Union markets.
SPECIAL REPORT
Child labor soars in Kenya during pandemic
By Andrew Wasike
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – With schools closed for most of the time over the past two years due to COVID-19 related restrictions, Koech Kipsiele, 13, was forced to work to help the family to bring food to the table.
SPECIAL REPORT
Nobel laureate envisages global leadership role for Turkey
By Ahmad Adil
NEW DELHI (AA) - Turkey has a global leadership role and can promote a global social protection fund at the UN and the G20, said Nobel Peace Laureate and Indian child-labor activist Kailash Satyarthi as he envisages a global role for Turkey to end child labor menace.