ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to meet, appear in joint press conference.
ANKARA - Monitoring aftermath of floods in Black Sea provinces.
ANKARA - Following COVID-19 cases in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.
US
WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden to deliver remarks on COVID-19 pandemic.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - EU foreign ministers to convene extraordinary meeting at Lithuania's request to discuss migration crisis on Belarusian border.
AFGHANISTAN
KABUL - Monitoring developments as Taliban take control of Afghanistan after 20 years.
TUNISIA
TUNIS - Following developments after President Kais Saied suspended parliament in July.
MYANMAR
YANGON - Monitoring developments after February military coup triggered violent protests, crackdown.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to announce June figures for outstanding loans received from abroad by private sector.
LUXEMBURG - Eurostat to release inflation figures for July.
WASHINGTON - US Federal Reserve to release minutes of Federal Open Market Committee's meeting in July.
SPORTS
CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania - 2021 CEV Women's European Volleyball Championship to kick off, jointly hosted by Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria.
SPECIAL REPORT
'Covering COVID-19 was the most difficult assignment'
By Ahmad Adil
NEW DELHI (AA) - When India was hit with a devastating wave of COVID-19 earlier this year, at the forefront were the photojournalists who with the help of images told India's pandemic story to the world.
SPECIAL REPORT
Businessman brings hope to Indians working in Middle East
By Ahmad Adil
NEW DELHI (AA) - As many as 17 Indian prisoners on death row in the UAE got a new lease of life in 2013 when an Indian businessman Surinder Pal Singh Oberoi paid $1.4 million as blood money. They had been convicted of the murder of a Pakistani national in 2009.
SPECIAL REPORT
OPINION - Bangladesh leading post-COVID recovery conversation, data-driven tech on public health policies
By Anir Chowdhury
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - A landmark international conference led by the Government of Bangladesh was held on July 15, 2021, in Dhaka to look at strengthening government efforts for real-time data capacity with a focus on public health during pandemics like COVID-19.