ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Monitoring progress in containing remaining forest fires in southern Turkey.
ANKARA – Following COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.
GREECE
ATHENS – Monitoring wildfires
ITALY
ROME – Monitoring fires in forests, rural areas of southern Italy.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel to hold a videoconference with premiers of Germany's 16 federal states to discuss improvement in COVID-19 vaccine roll-out.
US
WASHINGTON – US Senate expected to hold final vote on President Joe Biden’s $1T infrastructure bill.
WASHINGTON – UN special envoy Christine Schraner Burgener to brief media on situation in Myanmar.
TUNISIA
TUNIS – Monitoring developments after President Kais Saied suspended parliament in July.
MYANMAR
YANGON – Monitoring developments after Feb. 1 military coup triggered violent protests, crackdown.
AFGHANISTAN
KABUL – Monitoring developments amid ongoing clashes between government forces and Taliban.
ECONOMY
ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to release milk and poultry production data for H1, labor force statistics for June.
WASHINGTON - Labor Department to reveal Nonfarm productivity for second quarter.
SPECIAL REPORT
‘Watching a lioness eat my 3 brothers was painful’
By Kizito Makoye
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AA) - Terror, shock, and fear engulfed 11-year-old Kiambwa Lekitony as a stalking lioness leaped on his three brothers, grabbed them by their throats, killed them instantly, and started feasting on their flesh.