ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Monitoring ongoing forest fires in southern Turkey.
ANKARA – Following COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.
GREECE
ATHENS – Monitoring wildfire in northwestern Peloponnese region.
ITALY
ROME – Monitoring fires in forests, rural areas of southern Italy.
TUNISIA
TUNIS – Monitoring developments after President Kais Saied suspended parliament.
MYANMAR
YANGON – Monitoring developments after February military coup triggered violent protests, crackdown.
SPORTS
TOKYO – Final 2 days of Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkey’s ‘Dr. House’ gives hope to animals with hard-to-treat conditions
By Handan Kazanci
ISTANBUL (AA) - A Turkish veterinarian and his 15-member team are rescuing animals who find themselves near death, afflicted with illnesses that are hard to diagnose.
SPECIAL REPORT
Palestinian bride’s long wait for groom to be freed from Israeli prison
By Salam Abu Sharar
HEBRON, Palestine (AA) – In 2016 a Palestinian couple had to abandon their marriage plans, as Israeli security played spoilsport by arresting the groom, Ahmed Azzam.
SPECIAL REPORT
'Long COVID not just a mental thing, doctors should stop being cynical'
By Shweta Desai
PARIS (AA) – Last March, just before much of the world went on lockdown, French artist Amelie Deschamp flew home to Normandy from Mexico amid talk of a deadly virus ravaging the world. The full extent of the coronavirus was not yet known known, but at airports, she saw people donning face masks and hand gloves to protect themselves.
SPECIAL REPORT
In rural Kenya, cats linked to witchcraft
By Andrew Wasike
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – All around the globe people love cats as companions or as vermin hunters, furry little creatures coming in a variety of colors and sizes who are seen as being very playful from kittenhood to their adult years.
SPECIAL REPORT
Factory fire destroys dreams of dozens of Bangladeshi workers
By Md. Kamruzzaman
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - As the only male in his family after his father fell sick and had major surgery months ago. Mohammad Hasnain, 12, got a job at a food factory near Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka.
SPECIAL REPORT
Decades after independence, French influence still lingers in Ivory Coast
By Aurore Bonny
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Ivory Coast, a former French colony, is celebrating the 61st anniversary of its independence on Saturday.