ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics. Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing / breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend meeting on public security, counter-terrorism at Gendarmerie General Command.
ISTANBUL – Yildirim to attend opening of 1915 Canakkale and Panorma Mumuhsin Yazicioglu Martyrdom Park.
ANKARA – Deputy Premier Recep Akdag to attend meeting of provincial branches of Disaster and Emergency Management Authority.
ISTANBUL – Ongoing trials linked to July 2016 coup attempt.
BANGLADESH
DHAKA – Pope Francis to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, church leaders, Rohingya Muslim refugees.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar to meet European Council President Donald Tusk in Dublin to discuss Brexit, border issues.
LONDON – Stand Up to Racism protest against President Donald Trump outside U.S. Embassy following his retweets of videos from far-right group.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Social Democrat Party due to announce decision on entry to coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc.
BULGARIA
SOFIA – Turkey’s EU Minister Omer Celik to meet Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva under Bulgaria’s presidency of Council of EU.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – Syrian peace talks with separate meetings between UN envoy Staffan de Mistura, delegations from regime, opposition.
AZERBAIJAN
BAKU – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process on Afghanistan ministerial conference.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – Draw for 2018 football World Cup. President Vladimir Putin to attend.
SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to address World Aids Day commemoration event in Eastern Cape.
ETHIOPIA
SPECIAL REPORT: Ethiopian firm turns recycled tires into global brand
By Seleshi Tessema
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – Having founded her shoe company more than a decade ago in a poverty-stricken neighborhood of Addis Ababa, Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu has reached a global audience and is now seeking to expand exports beyond 50 countries.
