ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to head Health Policy Committee meeting at presidential complex.
ANKARA – Under Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop, a closed session at General Assembly to be held to discuss latest developments in northwestern Syrian province of Idlib.
ANKARA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to hold joint press conference in Ankara.
ANKARA – Following developments of Operation Spring Shield in Idlib, launched in response to Syrian regime attacks.
ANKARA – Following developments as irregular migrants exit Turkey via northwestern Edirne and Aegean Sea to reach Europe.
ANKARA – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell due in Turkey.
US
WASHINGTON – Fourteen states to hold primaries on Super Tuesday, including California and Texas.
NEW YORK – Kevin Kennedy, UN's regional humanitarian coordinator for Syria crisis, to hold press conference on situation in Syria.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – Presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov to hold news conference.
MOSCOW – Konstantin Kosachev, head of Russian Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee, to meet with Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh.
FINLAND
HELSINKI – President Sauli Niinisto, Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
CHINA
WUHAN – Following global spread of coronavirus outbreak and efforts to fight it.
LIBYA/RUSSIA/TURKEY
TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA – Monitoring diplomatic initiatives to resolve Libyan crisis.
IRAN
TEHRAN – Following developments, statements of authorities on coronavirus outbreak.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD – Following efforts to form new government in Iraq, after Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Allawi withdraws from forming government.
ISRAEL
TEL AVIV – Following results and reflections of early general elections in Israel.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA – Following development on first coronavirus case confirmed in Depok city of West Java province.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release Consumer Price Index (inflation) for February.
LUXEMBOURG – European statistical authority Eurostat to reveal unemployment figures for January 2020.
SPORTS
TRABZON – Fenerbahce to face Trabzonspor in first leg of Turkish Cup semifinals.
AMSTERDAM – 2020/21 UEFA Nations League draw to be held.
SPECIAL REPORT
Experts weigh in as Brexit trade talks finally kick off
By Karim El-Bar
LONDON (AA) – With Brexit trade talks finally starting this month, relations between London and Brussels could hardly be more strained.
SPECIAL REPORT
Mozambique: Youth radio show pushes for gender equality
By Andrew Wasike
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AA) – Young Mozambicans are using a community radio station to engage teenage boys on how existing gender dynamics impact sexual and reproductive health.
SPECIAL REPORT
Zimbabwe’s wildlife and humans endanger one another
By Jeffrey Moyo
HWANGE, Zimbabwe (AA) – Just last year, 37-year-old Thembalani Dlodlo lost five cows to lions that invaded his kraal, livestock enclosure, in his home area in Hwange district of Zimbabwe’s western Matabeleland North province.
SPECIAL REPORT
Losing wildlife triggers collapse of ecosystem
By Burak Bir
ANKARA (AA) – As all species of the world are connected each other through complex systems such as food webs, losing wildlife would bring collapse of entire ecosystem, according to an expert.
