ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):
SPAIN
MADRID - Extreme heat wave expected across Spain, with temperatures predicted to soar above 42C in south.
TÜRKİYE
ANKARA - Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to address Turkish ambassadors serving abroad and at home at opening of 14th Ambassadors Conference.
PHILIPPINES
MANILA - Monitoring developments as tensions between the Philippines and China escalate over water cannoning of Filipino vessel by Chinese Coast Guard.
SPORTS
SYDNEY / MELBOURNE, Australia - England to face Nigeria and Australia to play against Denmark in the last 16 of 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
NYON, Switzerland - UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and Europa Conference League playoff round draws to be held.
SPECIAL REPORT
Summer 2023: 'Highly likely' it will be hottest summer world has ever seen
By Nuran Erkul
LONDON (AA) - It is highly likely that this will be the warmest summer the world has ever seen, a senior official of EU's climate change program said following record scorching temperatures in June and July.
SPECIAL REPORT
Quran burnings ‘assertion of broader anti-immigrant’ bias, says law professor
By Rabia Iclal Turan
WASHINGTON (AA) - The wave of Quran burnings in Sweden and Denmark is "an assertion of a broader anti-immigrant, anti-non-European right-wing bias that has grown to be quite politically strong,” according to a former UN human rights rapporteur and expert on international law.