ANKARA (AA)-Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair Cabinet meeting at Presidential Complex. Erdogan also due to attend opening ceremony of Ankara State Museum of Paintings and Sculptures.
ANKARA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to participate in “Road to 2030 Sustainability Webinar,” first leg of Global Hope Festival.
ANKARA – Cavusoglu to receive Kosovan Foreign and Diaspora Minister Meliza Haradinaj-Stublla. Two also due to hold joint news conference following meeting.
ANKARA – Following latest developments on COVID-19 outbreak in Turkey, worldwide, discovery of new coronavirus variant.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – House of Representatives to vote on coronavirus stimulus bill to boost direct payments to $2,000 per person.
AZERBAIJAN
BAKU – Monitoring cease-fire between Azerbaijan, Armenia, latest developments on front line.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA – Turkish Central Bank to release data for International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity for November.
SPECIAL REPORT
Somalia: Weather prediction saves lives, livelihoods
By Magdalene Mukami
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – When a 62-year old nomad Ali khadar Hagi was moving with his goats and camels in search of grazing grounds in the northeastern province of Puntland in Somalia, he got a text message warning him about a flash flood.
