ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Justice and Development (AK) Party’s meeting at parliament, will later meet Inter-Parliamentary Union head Duarte Pacheco at Presidential Complex.
ANKARA - Following COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.
SLOVENIA
PREDOSLJE - EU-Western Balkans Summit to take place at Brdo Castle in Slovenia, which currently holds the European Council presidency.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to chair meeting on energy sector.
MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
AFGHANISTAN
KABUL - Monitoring situation in Afghanistan after Taliban's formation of interim government.
ECONOMY
WASHINGTON - ADP to announce private sector jobs data for September.
LUXEMBURG - Eurostat to release retail trade sales data for August.
SPECIAL REPORT
Bangladesh moves to upgrade evaluation system in schools
By SM Najmus Sakib
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Bangladesh has recently unveiled a revised National Curriculum Framework with a major focus on the evaluation process in schools.
SPECIAL REPORT
Iran-US rivalry goes to wrestling
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) - As Iran's top-ranked freestyle wrestler and the current world champion took on his longtime American rival, who is the reigning Olympic champion, for the world championship title this week, it was no less than a war.
SPECIAL REPORT
COVID-19 plays spoiler to mosque tour for non-Muslims in India
By Shuriah Niazi
NEW DELHI (AA) - Although communal tensions often hog the headlines from India, a Muslim organization has been attempting to bridge the gap between religious communities by arranging tours to mosques for non-Muslims.