ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend meeting of Services Exporters' Association at Istanbul Congress Center as well as two separate award ceremonies.
NORTH MACEDONIA
SKOPJE – Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to attend a symposium on "Lost Values of Turkish Culture in Balkans and Eastern Europe" and "Day of Education in Turkish Language" celebrations observed as national day by Macedonian Turks.
INDIA
NEW DELHI – Monitoring protests against citizenship law in India.
LIBYA
TRIPOLI – Monitoring clashes between Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and Khalifa Haftar's forces.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD – Following Iraqi anti-government protests.
LEBANON
BEIRUT – Following months-long anti-government protests.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB / HASAKAH / RAQQA – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
SPORTS
ANKARA – English Premier League side Liverpool to take on Flamengo from Brazil in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup final in Qatar’s Doha. Monterrey of Mexico and Al-Hilal Riyadh from Saudi Arabia to play against each other for the third place in Qatar’s Doha.
SPECIAL REPORT
Mother, son reunite 31 years after Iraqi massacre
By Rawda Mahmud and Idris Okuducu
HALABJA, Iraq (AA) – A Kurdish woman from northern Iraq reunited with her son more than three decades after the pair were separated following a chemical attack on Halabja of Sulaymaniyah province in 1988.
SPECIAL REPORT
Artificial intelligence, shorthand to level up security
By Sena Guler
ANKARA (AA) – Artificial intelligence (AI) and stenography, writing in shorthand, level up security and privacy issues in human life, according to a Turkish expert.
