ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend virtual meeting of the Turkic Council at Vahdettin Mansion.
ISTANBUL – Erdogan also to receive Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev.
ANKARA – Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk to host Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli.
ANKARA – Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to chair online meeting of Coronavirus Scientific Board.
ANKARA – Monitoring developments on coronavirus pandemic in Turkey, worldwide.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – World Health Organization expected to announce latest findings on COVID-19, Ebola vaccines.
US
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden to roll out $3T infrastructure plan in Pennsylvania.
MYANMAR
YANGON – Monitoring developments amid brutal crackdown on anti-coup protests in Myanmar.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA – TurkStat to announce foreign trade statistics for February and economic confidence index for March.
ANKARA – Treasury and Finance Ministry to reveal Turkey's gross external debt stock for 2020 and borrowing strategy for April-June period.
SPECIAL REPORT
Azerbaijan marks anniversary of 1918 genocide
By Jeyhun Aliyev
ANKARA (AA) – Azerbaijan on Wednesday commemorated the 1918 genocide jointly committed by Armenian armed groups and Bolsheviks — a revolutionary party that was committed to the ideas of Karl Marx — which claimed the lives of around 50,000 Azerbaijani people.
SPECIAL REPORT
Ethiopia’s women environmental warriors
By Seleshi Tessema
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – Contributing to the conservation of the environment, two small business enterprises manned by women entrepreneurs in the two corners of the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa have launched a war on the use of plastic.
SPECIAL REPORT
Police raid arrest ostrich owners in Swaziland
By Phathizwe Zulu
MANZINI, Eswatini (AA) – Police in the southern African country of Eswatini — commonly known as Swaziland — are knocking on the doors of villages to seize ostriches and detain their owners.
SPECIAL REPORT
PROFILE: Aguero set to leave Man City with notable memories
By Emre Asikci and Can Erozden
ISTANBUL (AA) – Manchester City's Argentine star Sergio Aguero — the English club's all-time top scorer — is set to leave his club this summer after 10 years at the Etihad Stadium with a wealth of unforgettable memories.
SPECIAL REPORT
Biden's energy priority is carbon reduction: Experts
By Ovunc Kutlu
ANKARA (AA) – US President Joe Biden's top energy policy is focused on reducing carbon dioxide emissions and achieving a target of net-zero emissions by the end of the next three decades, experts told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday.
