ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL - Turkey's Communications Director Fahrettin Altun to speak via videoconference at International Cooperation Conference on COVID-19 Experiences and Fight Against Outbreak.
ANKARA - Following latest developments on coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.
ANKARA - Following latest cease-fire agreement for Idlib, northwestern Syria, brokered by Turkey and Russia.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump to speak at news conference of White House Coronavirus Task Force.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's health situation to be followed as he remains in intensive care.
LONDON - Situation in UK to be followed as death toll from coronavirus exceeds 6,000.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - High Representative for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell to hold news conference.
SERBIA
BELGRADE - Airplane carrying Turkish aid for Serbia to land in capital Belgrade, to be received by Serbia's Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD - Adnan al-Zurfi, who took up task of establishing temporary government in Iraq, requested parliament for vote of confidence. Assembly is expected to set session date.
BAGHDAD - Following latest developments on agreement made by five Shia groups in Iraq to nominate intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kazemi instead of al-Zurfi.
LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY
TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA - Monitoring diplomatic initiatives to resolve Libyan crisis.
SPORTS
ANKARA - Following coronavirus' impact on world of sports.
SPECIAL REPORT
‘Turkey will not see virus-induced food shortage’
By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) - Claims that the novel coronavirus pandemic will cause a food shortage in Turkey are not rational because the country has no issues with agricultural production, especially of cereals, says an agriculture expert.
SPECIAL REPORT
Coronavirus triggering worldwide digital transformation
By Tuba Sahin
ANKARA (AA) – Even as it takes thousands of lives and wreaks havoc, the novel coronavirus pandemic is triggering a digital transformation for both businesses and governments on a worldwide scale, according to an expert in the field.
SPECIAL REPORT
COVID-19: Moroccan bakery shifts to produce, distribute masks for free
By Mohannad Abu Jehisha
RABAT, Morocco (AA)- Amid several calls for the necessity of solidarity to face the coronavirus crisis, a Moroccan factory that produce bakery equipment turned to producing protective face masks and give them away for free.
SPECIAL REPORT
Pakistan's non-Muslim volunteers join COVID-19 fight
By Aamir Latif
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) Sporting gloves, and face masks, a group of 15 volunteers huddle at a distance with each other, beside a stash of groceries in a large room in eastern district of Karachi, the country's commercial capital.
SPECIAL REPORT
COVID-19: What went wrong in Italy and Spain?
By Alyssa McMurtry and Giada Zampano
OVIEDO, Spain/ROME, Italy - Although the pressure on hospitals in Italy and Spain is gradually beginning to ease, the duo remain world’s worst-hit countries by the coronavirus pandemic.
SPECIAL REPORT
Spain: Anadolu Agency's reporter recalls his fight against COVID-19
By Senhan Bolelli
MADRID (AA) - Anadolu Agency’s Spain correspondent, who was infected with the coronavirus, gave an account of his fight against the pandemic under quarantine at home.