ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, May 25, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
IZMIR – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to introduce his Justice and Development (AK) Party's parliamentary candidates at a hotel in the western province of Izmir.
UK
LONDON – The people in Ireland will vote in a referendum to decide the future of abortion law.
LONDON – Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to visit Northern Ireland.
RUSSIA
SAINT PETERSBURG – Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde to attend the second day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB/HOMS – Desk to monitor Syrian civil war.
PALESTINE / US
JERUSALEM / WASHINGTON – Monitoring developments after U.S. Embassy's move to Jerusalem and Israeli violence against Palestinian protesters.
ETHIOPHIA
ADDIS ABABA – Rwandan President Paul Kagami begins an official visit to Ethiopia, the first president to visit the country after new Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed assumed office.
SPECIAL REPORT:
DRC ambassador praises Turkey-Africa relations
By Munira Abdelmenan Awel
ANKARA (AA) – There have been many improvements in Turkish-African relations with the help of Turkish Airlines, which flies to most African countries, Marcel Mulumba Tshidimba, Democratic Republic of the Congo ambassador to Turkey told Anadolu Agency.
ECONOMY
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release data on sectoral confidence indices for May.
ANKARA – Central Bank to announce capacity utilization rate of Turkey’s manufacturing industry for May.
