ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Monitoring forest fires in southern Turkey that have led to deaths, injuries.
ANKARA - Following COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.
US
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expected to make announcement on mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for US military personnel.
WASHINGTON - UN Security Council to hold closed-door emergency session on security situation in Afghanistan.
GREECE
ATHENS - Monitoring wildfires in multiple areas of Greece.
ITALY
ROME - Monitoring fires in forests, rural areas in southern Italy.
TUNISIA
TUNIS - Monitoring developments following President Kais Saied’s decision to suspend parliament.
MYANMAR
YANGON - Monitoring developments after February military coup triggered violent protests, crackdown.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA - Turkey’s Treasury and Finance Ministry to unveil cash balance figures for July.
SPORTS
TOKYO – Following Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
SPECIAL REPORT
‘Safe to continue breastfeeding, even if mother is COVID-19 positive’
By Gozde Bayar and Zehra Nur Duz
ANKARA (AA) – UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), an international agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, has denied claims promoted by a section of baby food marketers that breastfeeding could transmit COVID-19.
SPECIAL REPORT
Victimization, tribalism impede reconciliation in Ivory Coast
By Aurore Bonny
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – President Alassane Ouattara of the Ivory Coast and his arch political opponent Laurent Gbagbo grinned and held hands in front of dozens of cameramen in the capital Abidjan on July 27, for the first time since the civil war began over a decade ago.
SPECIAL REPORT
Period after revocation of autonomy game changer for Kashmir, says Indian envoy
By Faruk Zorlu
ANKARA (AA) – Since the revocation of constitutional autonomy of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir two years ago, grassroots democracy has been strengthened and developmental projects have been expedited in the region, said India’s top diplomat in Turkey.