ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
MERSIN – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to attend groundbreaking ceremony of third unit of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant via video link.
ANKARA – Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to chair Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Committee via video conference.
ANKARA – Monitoring developments on novel coronavirus pandemic in Turkey, worldwide.
KYRGYZSTAN
BISHKEK – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov and Prime Minister Ulukbek Maripov, hold joint news conference with his counterpart Ruslan Kazakbayev; also set to give speech at Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University.
LIBYA
SIRTE – House of Representatives to hold postponed session on vote of confidence for Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh.
MYANMAR
YANGON – Monitoring developments in Myanmar after Feb. 1 military coup triggered violent protests.
US
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Antony Blinken to testify before House Foreign Affairs Committee.
WASHINGTON – House to vote on Senate version of $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to deliver remarks on 10th anniversary of Syria civil war.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release labor force statistics for January.
SPORTS
HUNGARY / FRANCE
BUDAPEST / PARIS – UEFA Champions League Round of 16 second-leg matches continue with Liverpool facing Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain versus Barcelona.
SPECIAL REPORT
Zimbabwe: Farmers find ways to save crops from elephants
By John Cassim
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) – A nonlethal concoction invented by farmers in northern Uganda is helping the people of Zimbabwe keep away rampaging elephants, after years of their attacks on farms during harvest season.
ANALYSIS – UK’s Gulf and Middle East politics post-Brexit: Constraints and opportunities
By Muhammed Cagri Bilir
ISTANBUL (AA) – Given the debate over Brexit, it was expected that the United Kingdom would have to bear numerous costs in terms of the economy.
