ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, June 20, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Following gradual normalization process in Turkey with drop in COVID-19 cases, pandemic situation worldwide.
ANTALYA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold press briefing on end of three-day Antalya Diplomacy Forum, with Anadolu Agency as its global communication partner.
ANTALYA - Special activities for young people to be held on last day of Antalya Diplomacy Forum.
SPORTS
BAKU/ROME - Turkey to face Switzerland while Italy to take on Wales in EURO 2020 Group A games.
RIMINI, Italy - Turkish women's national volleyball team to face Brazil in FIVB Nations League match.
KORTRIJK, Belgium - Turkish men's national volleyball team to take on Ukraine in 2021 CEV Volleyball European Golden League final.
SPECIAL REPORT
'Turkey's support helpful to Moldova’s autonomous Gagauzia region'
By Behlul Cetinkaya and Nazli Yuzbasioglu
ANTALYA, Turkey (AA) - Turkey's support for business and development areas is very helpful for Moldova’s autonomous Gagauzia region, the region's governor said Saturday.
SPECIAL REPORT
Yemeni asylum seekers put their hopes on Europe for better life
By Mohammed Alragawi
ISTANBUL (AA) - Anas al-Shaarani, 15, was forced to flee Yemen amid a raging armed conflict between Iran-aligned Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government forces.
SPECIAL REPORT
Climate refugees 'seeking asylum' in international law
By Burak Bir
ANKARA (AA) - Although the number of people fleeing lands because of climate change-related effects has increased, neither climate refugees nor environmental migrants and environmentally displaced people are considered legal persons under international law.
SPECIAL REPORT
Ethiopians head to polls amid fears of post-electoral violence
By Addis Getachew, Ibrahim Tigli, and Seleshi Tessema
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - Post-electoral violence has been the mark of the past five parliamentary and regional councils’ elections in Ethiopia, held every five years.
SPECIAL REPORT
Ethiopian elections primer
By Seleshi Tessema, Ibrahim Tigli, and Addis Getachew
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia had announced four campaign-silent days that began Thursday as the nation is set to conduct its sixth parliamentary and regional councils’ elections on June 21.
SPECIAL REPORT
Bodrum Arena sports, entertainment complex to be built with €70M investment
By Aysu Bicer and Yunus Girgin
ANKARA (AA) - With the help of Russian technology, the Bodrum Arena project will begin in around five months with a more than €70-million ($83-million) investment, the head of the Russian-Turkish Business Council told Anadolu Agency.
SPECIAL REPORT
Refugees worried by Kenya's plans to close 2 camps
By Andrew Wasike
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – Hundreds of thousands of refugees in Northern Kenya's Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps are frightened about their future after being told by the government that they must return to their homes by next year, which they had fled some years ago due to terrorist attacks and calamities such as draught and famine.
SPECIAL REPORT
Two years, 2 iconic Big five animals dead in Kenya
By Andrew Wasike
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) - Scarface, one of the most notable and iconic lions on a national reserve in Kenya, died June 11 while ruling the jungle.
SPECIAL REPORT
Is empathy between Israelis and Palestinians key to forging lasting peace?
By Aysu Bicer
ANKARA (AA) - Israel's growing violence, dehumanization, and aggression towards Palestinians have deflated prospects for peace in the region, but even so, there may still be cause for hope, according to renowned neuroscientist and biologist Robert Sapolsky, who has spent years studying the thorny topics of racism, inequality, and conflict.
SPECIAL REPORT
'Awareness campaigns give hope to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients'
By Rabia Iclal Turan
ANKARA (AA) - A diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a motor neuron disease, is the most crucial step in the treatment process because it shares symptoms with other neurological diseases, a neurologist told Anadolu Agency before Global ALS Awareness Day on June 21.
SPECIAL REPORT
'Islam is part of Europe': Former Portuguese minister
By Rabia Iclal Turan and Beyza Binnur Donmez
ANTALYA, Turkey (AA) - Islam is part of European history and culture, not something outside, according to the former Europe minister of Portugal.
SPECIAL REPORT
Coronavirus pandemic strengthens bond between Turkish fathers, children
By Merve Berker and Seda Sevencan
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (AA) - Although the coronavirus outbreak has turned life upside down, it appears to have strengthened the relationship between fathers and their children.