ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, March 4, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's extended provincial heads meeting via video link.
ANKARA – Erdogan also to attend 14th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Leaders Summit via video link.
US
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden to participate in call to congratulate NASA Perseverance team on Mars landing.
WASHINGTON – Desk to monitor potential protests by far-right groups allegedly aimed at again breaching Capitol building.
PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan to virtually attend 14th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Leaders Summit.
MYANMAR
YANGON – Monitoring developments as over 60 protesters killed since Feb. 1 military coup.
LIBYA
TRIPOLI – Efforts to convene Libyan parliament to vote on government formation.
YEMEN
SANAA – Confrontations between government forces and Houthis continue on several fronts, mainly in eastern city of Marib.
REPUBLIC OF CONGO
BRAZZAVILLE – World Health Organization Africa head to hold press conference on impact of COVID-19 on women in Africa.
NIGERIA
LAGOS – State governors to hold emergency meeting to discuss COVID-19 vaccination, distribution in West African country.
THE ECONOMY
LUXEMBOURG – European statistical office to release retail trade and unemployment figures for January.
SPORTS
ISTANBUL – Turkish basketball club Anadolu Efes to play against Russia's CSKA Moscow at home in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 28.
SPECIAL REPORT
Africa turns to Russia, China for COVID-19 vaccine
By Hassan Isilow
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – Abandoned by rich Western nations, African countries are largely looking to China and Russia to get doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
SPECIAL REPORT
'Over $50B material damage inflicted on Azerbaijan by Armenia'
By Jeyhun Aliyev
ANKARA (AA) – The total material damage Armenia inflicted on Azerbaijan amounts to more than $50 billion, Azerbaijan's ambassador to Turkey told Anadolu Agency in an interview.
SPECIAL REPORT
Is Biden following Trump's path on Iran?
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Less than six weeks into his term, US President Joe Biden appears to have embraced a radically different approach to Iran and the Middle East than what his campaign speeches suggested.
ANALYSIS – Risks of US’ PKK/PYD politics and Daughters of Kobani
By Ibrahim Aydin and Ismail Numan Telci
ISTANBUL (AA) – HiddenLight Productions, a global production company founded by former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her daughter Chelsea, has acquired the TV adaptation rights to the book The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice, written by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, a development which has ignited widespread controversy in Turkey.
