ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to chair Coronavirus Scientific Committee meeting via video link.
ANKARA - Monitoring progress in containing remaining forest fires in southern Turkey.
ANKARA - Following COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.
PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD - Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to hold separate meetings with Pakistani Defense Minister Pervez Khattak, Defense Production Minister Zobaida Jalal.
US
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to deliver remarks on his Build Back Better agenda.
GREECE
ATHENS - Monitoring wildfires.
ITALY
ROME - Monitoring fires in forests, rural areas of southern Italy.
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.
THE ECONOMY
WASHINGTON - Labor Department to announce Consumer Price Index data for July.
SPECIAL REPORT
Vatsala could be world’s oldest surviving elephant
By Shuriah Niazi
NEW DELHI (AA) - Vatsala, a female elephant at the Panna Tiger Reserve in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state, is believed to be 105 years old.
SPECIAL REPORT
'Rising unemployment in India needs steps on war footing'
By Ahmad Adil
NEW DELHI (AA) - On the eve of International Youth Day, which is observed Thursday globally, experts and policy commentators have called for more steps by the government on a war footing on creating employment opportunities in the country.
SPECIAL REPORT
Joblessness takes away benefit of youth bulge in Ethiopia
By Seleshi Tessema
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) - Although youth contribute 70% of Ethiopia’s total 115 million population, the demographic dividend is turning into a bane in the wake of the failure to create adequate jobs.
SPECIAL REPORT
Interstate border disputes emerge, recur in India
By Iftikhar Gilani
ANKARA (AA) - While India’s territorial issues with many of its neighbors, including Myanmar, Bhutan, China, Pakistan, and Nepal, often draw global attention, the border disputes between various states within the country of late have also led to violent clashes.