ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive deputies of presidential policy boards at Cankaya palace.
ANKARA – Turkey’s statistical authority (TurkStat) to release sports statistics for 2018.
ANKARA – Ministry of Industry and Technology to release international direct investment figures for November, 2018.
COTABATO / ANKARA – Following developments after referendum in Philippines to ratify Bangsamoro Organic Law, which will create Bangsamoro Autonomous Region that will allow major autonomy to Moro Muslims.
GERMANY
AACHEN – Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron to sign new treaty to deepen political, economic and security cooperation between two countries.
SWITZERLAND
DAVOS – 49th World Economic Forum (WEF) to start in Switzerland.
UK
LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May to chair cabinet meeting and continue to seek for alteration to her rejected Brexit deal through various meetings.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
MOSCOW – Konstantin Kosachev, chair of the Russian Federation Council’s Foreign Affairs Committee, to meet with Commissioner General for UNRWA Pierre Krahenbuhl.
US
WASHINGTON – Monitoring developments after President Donald Trump's announcement of withdrawal from Syria amid ongoing government shutdown.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of U.S. decision to withdraw its troops.
YEMEN
SANAA – Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.
SPECIAL REPORT
Britain remains divided 2 months before Brexit
By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal
LONDON (AA) – With about 60 days left before Brexit and more than 2.5 years after the referendum Brits voted to leave the EU, many here are still divided about the future of the complex issue.
