ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Monitoring developments and results from Turkey’s weekend local elections of mayors, city council members, mukhtars and members of elder councils.
UK
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to chair cabinet meeting on Brexit a day after MPs fail to form majority behind any alternative proposals.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Interior Minister Horst Seehofer to present Germany’s crime statistics for 2018.
US
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump to host NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House on transatlantic alliance's 70th anniversary.
NEW YORK - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to address session on racism and xenophobia at UN General Assembly. Cavusoglu later to meet members of Turkish society at Turkish Consulate.
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA - Second day of 2nd International Conference on Cyprus Issue to discuss solution alternatives, future of Cyprus dispute.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB - Desk to follow developments about the Syrian civil war.
SPORTS
ISTANBUL - Istanbul based football heavyweights Galatasaray to host Evkur Yeni Malatyaspor for first leg match of Turkish Cup semifinal at Turk Telekom Stadium in Istanbul at 1800GMT.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkey marks World Autism Awareness Day
By Gozde Bayar and Ali Murat Alhas
ANKARA (AA) - Turkey on Tuesday marked World Autism Awareness Day, which is celebrated internationally on April 2 following its adoption by the UN in 2007.
SPECIAL REPORT
‘Cancer will soon become a controllable disease’
By Tayfun Salcı
LONDON (AA) - Cancer will soon become a disease that will not necessarily affect quality of life or life expectancy like chronic cardiac diseases do, said a Turkish health expert.