ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, May 14, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
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, across Muslim world.
LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY
TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA – Monitoring diplomatic initiatives to resolve Libyan crisis.
PALESTINE
RAMALLAH – Palestinians to mark 72nd anniversary of 'catastrophe' on Nakba Day. President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to deliver speech.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release Retail Sales, Turnover and Industrial Production indices for March.
SPECIAL REPORT
INTERVIEW – ‘COVID-19 and unabated violence creating havoc in Kashmir’
By Mehmet Oztürk, Iftikhar Gilani and Anadolu Agency Asia-Pacific Desk
ANKARA/ISLAMABAD (AA) – Expressing concern at the rapid transmission of coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic in Indian-administered Kashmir, President of Pakistan-administered Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan has said that India is utilizing the time to increase operations on the ground and wipe out Kashmir from the international diplomatic agenda.
SPECIAL REPORT
Pakistan: Lifting virus lockdown may lead to 'herd immunity'
By Aamir Latif
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistani health experts fear a steep rise in already raging coronavirus cases in the country in days to come following easing of lockdown restrictions, with crowds of people pouring into markets.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkish Paralympian soldiers on at home during lockdown
By Emre Asikci
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish female taekwondo athlete Ayse Dudu Karatay says postponing the Tokyo Paralympic Games due to the novel coronavirus will not affect her negatively as she is working hard at home.
SPECIAL REPORT
South African writer’s thriller predicted pandemic in 2016
By Hassan Isilow
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South African writer Deon Meyer had never imagined that the fiction he wrote in 2016 will turn into reality in 2020.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkish culture and arts sector mulls future amid virus
By Handan Kazanci
ISTANBUL (AA) – As the world came to a near-standstill due to the novel coronavirus, so too has the entertainment and arts sector across the world.
SPECIAL REPORT
Iran hackers interfered in Scottish independence vote
By Karim El-Bar
LONDON (AA) – In a report produced for Facebook, an analysis firm said that Iranian hackers attempted to interfere in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum in favor of those wanting to leave in an attempt to break up the UK.
SPECIAL REPORT
Indonesia’s economic migrants vulnerable in Malaysia
By Nicky Aulia Widadio
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AA) – Suryani, 38, has been looking out for her unemployed husband in Malaysia for the last three months, but with no luck.
SPECIAL REPORT
Fasting beneficial for heart patients: Expert
By Davut Demircan
ANKARA (AA) – Heart patients can fast by eating a balanced diet and continue their medication without disruption, and even fasting once a month reduces vascular stiffness, said an expert.
