ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing / breaking stories):
TÜRKİYE
ANKARA - Following aftermath of powerful earthquakes which struck 11 southern provinces on Feb. 6.
US
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to visit Virginia Beach, Virginia to discuss health care issues.
WASHINGTON - Newly created House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between US and Chinese Communist Party to hold its first hearing, entitled The Chinese Communist Party’s Threat to America.
NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss political and humanitarian situations in Syria. It is also expected to discuss recent violence in occupied West Bank.
FINLAND
HELSINKI - Finnish parliament to vote on legislation ratifying the country's accession to NATO.
HELSINKI - NATO secretary-general to speak at the SAMAK Nordic Summit, meet President Sauli Niinisto, Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz to visit army’s Territorial Operations Command center.
BERLIN - Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to meet her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release Türkiye's GDP figures for 2022 and Q4.
SPECIAL REPORT
‘Now is my time to repay:’ International scholars in Türkiye join post-quake operations
By Riyaz ul Khaliq and Rabia Ali
ISTANBUL / ADANA, Türkiye (AA) – Syafiq Mardi, 29, has just finished his meeting with friends in Singapore on a sunny Sunday.
SPECIAL REPORT
Quake relief from Finland arrives at Türkiye's Incirlik Air Base: Finnish interior minister
By Dilara Hamit
GAZIANTEP, Türkiye (AA) - Two aircraft carrying relief supplies from Finland have landed at Türkiye's Incirlik Air Base in the aftermath of the Feb. 6 twin earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaras province, according to the Finnish interior minister.
SPECIAL REPORT
Communication skills, training must for providing psychological aid to quake victims: Experts
By Riyaz ul Khaliq and Halil Ibrahim Medet
ISTANBUL (AA) – Psychological aid is as important as any other kind of aid provided to disaster-hit people, experts say in the aftermath of the Feb. 6 earthquakes that hit southern Türkiye.