Diary
Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019
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Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend 2018 Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry's Special Awards ceremony and receive intelligence chief Hakan Fidan at Presidential Complex.
ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim to meet parliament correspondents to mark Jan. 10 Working Journalists Day and attend press award ceremony.
ANKARA - Following developments in case of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing.
VENEZUELA
CARACAS - Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay to attend Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's swearing-in ceremony in Caracas.
UK
LONDON - British lawmakers to continue debate on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for second day.
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to host Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in London.
FRANCE
PARIS - Following developments in wake of Yellow Vest protests in France.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Foreign Minister Heiko Maas meets Kosovar counterpart Behgjet Pacolli for talks on bilateral relations and regional issues.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin to meet his Iranian counterpart Hussein Gabri Ansari.
US
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump to visit U.S.-Mexico border as partial government shutdown continues.
WASHINGTON - Event marking 100 days since death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be hosted on Capitol Hill.
WASHINGTON - Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to hold community congressional reception with representatives Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Andre Carson.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of Trump's decision to pull out troops.
YEMEN
SANAA - Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
SPORTS
ISTANBUL - Turkish basketball giants each to host opponents in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 18. Anadolu Efes to meet Russian club Khimki and Fenerbahce Beko to take on Lithuanian team Zalgiris.
SPECIAL REPORT
US government shutdown: what you need to know
By Michael Hernandez
WASHINGTON (AA) - Roughly 800,000 federal workers across the U.S. face an impossible choice as Democrats and President Donald Trump wrangle over funding for his long-promised border wall.
