ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, July 16, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend graduation ceremony at Turkish National Defense University in Istanbul.
ANKARA - Following normalization process in Turkey amid drop in COVID-19 cases, plus variants and worldwide pandemic situation.
UZBEKISTAN
TASHKENT - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend high-level international conference, titled Central and South Asia: Regional Interconnectedness. Challenges and Opportunities.
TASHKENT - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to take part in meeting of foreign ministers of Central Asian Five (CA5) – Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
TASHKENT - Pakistan Prime Minister Khan to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Uzbekistan to discuss Afghan peace settlement.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to take part in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum via videoconference.
SERBIA
BELGRADE - Turkey's Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy to be received by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Serbia's capital Belgrade. Ersoy also due to meet Serbian Trade, Tourism Minister Tatjana Matic, hold joint news conference with him.
SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG - Following developments amid ongoing violent protests over imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma.
BURUNDI
GITEGA - Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan starts two-day visit to Burundi.
PALESTINE
JERUSALEM - Following aftermath of May cease-fire agreement between Israel, Hamas.
MYANMAR
YANGON - Monitoring developments after February military coup triggered violent protests, crackdown.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to release international investment position figures for May.
ANKARA - Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) to share established, liquidated companies data for June.
ANKARA - Turkish Finance and Treasury Ministry to announce Central Government Budget Balance Table for June
ANKARA - Eurostat to release international trade in goods statistics for May.
SPECIAL REPORT
Urban Zimbabweans switching to backyard farming to survive
By Jeffrey Moyo
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - Furrows of spinach vegetables standing out side by side with tomato plants spread out on a patch of land where 39-year-old Marylin Nhika has formed a garden over the past five years at her urban home in Harare, the Zimbabwean capital.
SPECIAL REPORT
Electioneering picks up in Pakistan-administered Kashmir
By Aamir Latif
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan-administered Kashmir (AA) – Perched in lofty mountains, the scenic city of Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir or Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) is festooned with billboards, banners, and pictures of leaders and candidates.
SPECIAL REPORT
COVID-19 fears 'spike' after tourism resumes in India
By Ahmad Adil
NEW DELHI (AA) - With several parts of the India witnessing heavy inflow of tourists amid the second wave of pandemic, health experts in the country have warned that the uncontrolled rush could trigger new COVID-19 outbreaks.
SPECIAL REPORT
New laws aim to further alienate marginalized Muslims in Indian states
By Shuriah Niazi
NEW DELHI (AA) - Two Indian states ruled by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) plan to introduce new laws on population control and protecting cows.