ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, May 11, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.
ANKARA – Monitoring latest cease-fire agreement for Idlib, northwestern Syria, along Turkey's southern border, reached by Turkey, Russia.
ANKARA – Covering Turkey's worldwide operations to bring back its citizens stranded abroad due to coronavirus pandemic.
ANKARA – Following Islamic fasting month of Ramadan in Turkey and across Muslim world.
US
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump to hold press briefing on coronavirus.
UK
LONDON – Prime Minister Boris Johnson to update parliament on government's next steps in coronavirus response.
LONDON / BRUSSELS – New round of Brexit trade talks to start.
LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY
TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA – Monitoring diplomatic initiatives to resolve Libyan crisis.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release labor force statistics for February.
SPECIAL REPORT
Pandemic to bring behavioral science to center stage: Expert
By Aysu Bicer
ANKARA (AA) – In the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic, many countries will become far more focused on hard scientific and economic evidence, according to Cass Sunstein, a distinguished American scholar at Harvard Law School.
SPECIAL REPORT
Sait Faik Abasiyanik: Turkey’s first modern author
By Erdogan Cagatay Zontur
ANKARA (AA) – Turkey on Monday remembered Sait Faik Abasiyanik, a pioneer in modern Turkish literature, on the 66th anniversary of his death.
SPECIAL REPORT
Ethiopian migrants hit hard by pandemic
By Sadik Kedir Abdu
ANKARA (AA) – A large number of Ethiopians living abroad have been severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, with their lives turned upside down, leaving them barely able to survive.
SPECIAL REPORT
Does COVID-19 waste get special treatment?
By Dilara Hamit and Cagatay Zontur
ANKARA (AA) – As the use of medical masks and gloves rises due to the coronavirus pandemic, many are wondering where this medical waste ultimately ends up once it goes into the trash.
SPECIAL REPORT
FGM ban is 'breakthrough' to end abuses in Sudan: Activists
By Mohammed Amin
KHARTOUM (AA) – A landmark move by Sudan's transitional government to criminalize female genital mutilation (FGM) is winning praise from activists as a breakthrough in efforts to end discrimination against women in the country.
SPECIAL REPORT
Azerbaijan’s mission in Turkey aids expats amid virus
By Jeyhun Aliyev
ANKARA (AA) – From the first hours of the border closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, Azerbaijan has taken "all possible measures" to help its citizens in Turkey, including those looking to return, the country's envoy to Ankara told Anadolu Agency.
