ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address parliament at opening of new legislative year.
ANKARA – Following COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.
ITALY
MILAN – Turkey's Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum to hold bilateral talks with COP26 President Alok Sharma as part of ministerial meeting ahead of COP26 climate change conference.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Libya's Presidential Council head Mohamed al-Menfi for talks on bilateral relations, regional issues.
US
NEW YORK – Kenya to take over rotating presidency of UN Security Council for October.
AFGHANISTAN
KABUL – Monitoring situation in Afghanistan after Taliban's formation of interim government.
GUINEA
CONAKRY – Mamady Doumbouya, special forces colonel who led military coup in Guinea last month, to be sworn in as interim president.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA – Trade Minister Mehmet Mus to announce export figures for September.
LUXEMBURG – Eurostat to announce consumer price index for September.
WASHINGTON – US Bureau of Economic Analysis to announce personal income and spending data.
SPECIAL REPORT
Karachi's Turk Masjid, a connection between Pakistan, Turkey
By Aamir Latif
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Standing in the middle of a bustling street in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, Turk Mosque offers a fine blend of Turkish and Mughal architecture to the onlookers.
SPECIAL REPORT
Older people remain marginalized in financial, health coverage in Bangladesh
By SM Najmus Sakib
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Giasuddin Patwary, 66, moved to the capital Dhaka a couple of years ago, failing to manage employment in his village in Mehendiganj of south-central Barisal district.
SPECIAL REPORT
OPINION - Kashmir dispute: Challenge to world conscience
By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai
LONDON (AA) – Reasons for the conflict over Kashmir are argued among contenders on several points, more often than not to serve globalist interests rather than the fundamental needs or desires of the Kashmiris themselves. Why, after 74 years, the problem continues to fester is the challenge for those who talk of peace, stability, and democratic rights in the region of South Asia.
SPECIAL REPORT
China's crypto ban aims to eliminate competition with digital yuan: Expert
By Ovunc Kutlu
ANKARA (AA) – China's latest regulations on cryptocurrencies aim to eliminate competition with Beijing's new digital currency, the digital yuan, an expert told Anadolu Agency.
SPECIAL REPORT
Hope sparks in Iran to settle water dispute with Afghanistan
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – As the new Taliban administration, unlike the first tenure, is holding olive branches to neighbors, a glimmer of hope has ignited in Iran to settle a longstanding water dispute with Afghanistan.
SPECIAL REPORT
Zimbabwean musicians feel impact of COVID-19 restrictions
By John Cassim
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) – The COVID-19 related lockdown and its economic fallout has hit musicians in Zimbabwe hard, to the extent that some of them are leaving their profession.
SPECIAL REPORT
Idea of 'East African federation' fails to take off
By Godfrey Olukya
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Although the idea of creating an East African federation is not new, countries in the region have not been doing enough to make it possible.