International 7-Day News Agenda

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SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2024

Highlights

MEXICO – General election VIDEO. PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO.

INDIA – General election PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

SINGORE – Shangri-La Dialogue PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO.

Worldwide

WORLD – Pride Month

Asia-Pacific

TAIPEI – Computex Taipei 2024

SYDNEY – Australia’s National Reconciliation Week

ULAANBAATAR – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko visits Mongolia

Europe

VIENNA – OPEC ministers meet via videoconference to assess oil output LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO.

TBILISI – Protest against controversial ‘foreign influence’ law VIDEO. PICTURE.

DÉCINES-CHARPIEU – Taylor Swift concert PICTURE. VIDEO.

SHEFFIELD – Liam Gallagher performs first date of ‘Definitely Maybe’ tour

BELGRADE – Municipal election rerun PICTURE. VIDEO.

PLOVDIV – European Commission head and EPP candidate Ursula von der Leyen attends election rally by populist conservative GERB VIDEO.

LONDON – Former defence secretary Ben Wallace gives evidence to Afghanistan Inquiry

HAY-ON-WYE – Hay Festival of Literature and Arts

PARIS – Parliament discusses assisted dying bill

ERFURT – German Catholics congress PICTURE.

BELFAST – Trial at Belfast Crown Court over murder of journalist Lyra McKee

North America

SAN FRANCISCO – Fraud trial of Autonomy founder Mike Lynch

LOS ANGELES – LA Latino Film Festival PICTURE.

Middle East and North Africa

DUBAI – World Air Transport Summit

DUBAI – Meeting of International Air Transport Association

Sub-Saharan Africa

ABIDJAN – Official funeral for former president Henri Konan Bedie PICTURE. VIDEO.

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia national dialogue sessions

Latin America

SAO PAULO – LGBT Pride march calls revellers to wear colours of the Brazilian flag VIDEO. PICTURE.

Sports

PARIS – Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments – Roland Garros PICTURE. VIDEO.

UNITED STATES – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup

GEORGETOWN – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group C, West Indies v Papua New Guinea

MADRID – Football: Real Madrid celebrate Champions League triumph VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

OLBIA – Rally: World Rally Championship , Rally Italy PICTURE.

LANCASTER – Golf: LPGA Tour 2024 – U.S. Women’s Open 2024

STOCKHOLM – Athletics: Diamond League – Stockholm meeting VIDEO. PICTURE.

MUGELLO – Moto: MotoGP World Championship – Italy GP: Grand Prix PICTURE.

MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2024

Worldwide

WORLD – World Bicycle Day

Asia-Pacific

PORT VILA – Counting starts in Vanuatu referendum

BEIJING – Turkey Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visits China

Europe

LA JONQUERA – French and Spanish farmers protest along border VIDEO. PICTURE.

PARIS – Appeal trial in the ‘Karachi affair’ case over arms sales, illegal kickbacks scandal VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

ATHENS – Posidonia shipping fair

KLOSTERNEUBURG – 100th anniversary of the death of Czech writer Franz Kafka

STOCKHOLM – PM Ulf Kristersson press conference with Microsoft

PARIS – 6th Franco-Italian economic forum organised by MEDEF and Confindustria

VIENNA – IAEA quarterly board of governors meeting VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

VIENNA – Director General of IAEA Rafael Grossi press conference PICTURE. VIDEO.

BONN – UNFCCC pre-COP29 intersessional meetings

MOSCOW – Hearing in trial of Russian artists Berkovich and Petriychuk on charges of justifying terrorism in stage play

MADRID – Spain Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry hold a press conference VIDEO.

GENEVA – UN updates predictions on La Nina and El Nino

OSLO – Oslo Freedom Forum

OSLO – Posthumous award of Oslo Freedom Forum human rights prize to Alexei Navalny PICTURE.

PARIS – Evening mobilisation against anti-Semitism

CRIEFF – Dior presents 2025 Cruise Line PICTURE.

North America

WILMINGTON – President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, goes on trial for illegal firearm possession

LAS VEGAS – Trial of Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis, suspect in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing, due to start

Sub-Saharan Africa

NAMUGONGO – Pilgrimage to commemorate the execution of Christian martyrs in the 1880s

MOMBASA – US and Kenya to hold sixth round of talks on a trade deal

DAKAR – NGO Norwegian Refugee Council to publish report on world’s 10 most neglected crises VIDEO.

DAKAR – Two people on trial for allegedly criticising PM over homophobia

Sports

BRIDGETOWN – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group B, Namibia v Oman PICTURE.

NEW YORK – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group D, Sri Lanka v South Africa PICTURE.

SAO PAULO – Auction evening at the Neymar Jr Institute

TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2024

Highlights

INDIA – General election vote counting and expected results

Asia-Pacific

BEIJING – 35th anniversary of the bloody crackdown at China’s Tiananmen Square VIDEO.

BEIJING – Pakistan PM to visit China next week: Beijing

PHNOM PENH – US defence secretary visits Cambodia VIDEO.

Europe

LONDON – UK PM Rishi Sunak and opposition leader Keir Starmer debate ahead of the general election VIDEO.

LJUBLJANA – Slovenian parliament votes on recognition of State of Palestine PICTURE.

BRUSSELS – Microsoft President Brad Smith meets senior EU officials

ZURICH – Climeworks’ Direct Air Capture Summit conference on carbon capture

PARIS – Economic conference between France and Gulf states

OXFORD – New edition of the State of Carbon Dioxide Removal 2024

NUREMBERG – Unemployment figures for May

STRASBOURG – ECHR examines case of Russian blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky

North America

UNITED NATIONS – Press conference of UN humanitarian affairs chief Martin Griffiths

SANTA ANA – Japanese Major League Baseball pitcher Shohei Ohtani’s ex-translator expected to plead guilty over $17m gambling swindle

LOS ANGELES – US singer Cyndi Lauper handprint ceremony outside TCL Chinese Theatre VIDEO.

Latin America

GUATEMALA CITY – Spanish Queen Letizia visits PICTURE. VIDEO.

Sports

JAKARTA – Badminton: World Tour, Indonesia Open

GEORGETOWN – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group C, Afghanistan v Uganda

BRIDGETOWN – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group B, England v Scotland PICTURE.

DALLAS – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group D, Netherlands v Nepal PICTURE.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2024

Highlights

WORLD – World Environment Day

Worldwide

WORLD – International day for the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Asia-Pacific

MALAYSIA – Malaysia court to rule on Najib Razak’s bid for house arrest via royal order VIDEO.

Europe

LONDON – Banknotes carrying the portrait of King Charles III enter circulation PICTURE.

SAINT PETERSBURG – Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum expected PICTURE. VIDEO.

FLENSBURG – Car market figures for March

FLORENCE – Court rules on Amanda Knox slander retrial

SCHÖNEFELD – International Aerospace Exhibition 2024 PICTURE. VIDEO.

PORTSMOUTH – National event to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

CARDIFF – No-confidence vote in Welsh First Minister Vaughan Gething

MADRID – Inditex results

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis general audience VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.

OVIEDO – Princess of Asturias Award for Scientific Research

SMOLENSK – Appeal hearing of a trial against imprisoned opposition politician Ilya Yashin VIDEO.

ROISSY-CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT – Air France-KLM annual general meeting

North America

LAS VEGAS – World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024 award ceremony

TORONTO – Sentencing hearing starts for ex-fashion mogul Peter Nygard for sexual assaults

OTTAWA – Bank of Canada interest rate announcement

NEW YORK – Climate speech by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

Middle East and North Africa

JERUSALEM – Jerusalem Day

Sports

NEW YORK – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group A, India v Ireland PICTURE.

GEORGETOWN – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group C, Papua New Guinea v Uganda

THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2024

Highlights

OMAHA BEACH – 80th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings on Normandy beaches, which marked the beginning of the end of World War II in Europe VIDEO.

EUROPE – European Parliament election PICTURE. VIDEO.

Europe

RAMSTEIN – US Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa host its first-ever Ramstein 1-v-1 exercise

LONDON – High Court hearing in FDA union challenge to government’s Rwanda deportation plan

LONDON – Winston Churchill portrait to be auctioned at Sotheby’s VIDEO.

VLADIVOSTOK – Trial starts of US soldier Gordon Black, accused of “theft” and “death threats” VIDEO. PICTURE.

WIESBADEN – April industrial orders

MOSCOW – Hearing in trial of Russian artists Berkovich and Petriychuk on charges of justifying terrorism in stage play

OMSK – Vladimir Kara-Murza court hearing in case against prison authorities VIDEO.

STRASBOURG – Council of Europe publishes annual crime statistics

FRANKFURT – ECB press conference on eurozone monetary policy PICTURE.

STRASBOURG – Polish Justice Minister Adam Bodnar press briefing on reforms

North America

BOCA CHICA AND MEDFORD COLONIA – Launch of SpaceX’s Starship mega-rocket

UNITED NATIONS – UN General Assembly elects new non-permanent members of Security Council

WASHINGTON – US trade balance

Sub-Saharan Africa

KAMPALA – President Yoweri Museveni delivers State of the Nation address VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

KIGALI – Publication of provisional list of candidates for presidential and parliamentary elections VIDEO.

Sports

PARIS – Athletics: 2024 European Championships PICTURE.

BRIDGETOWN – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group B, Australia v Oman PICTURE.

DALLAS – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group A, USA v Pakistan PICTURE.

BRIDGETOWN – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group B, Namibia v Scotland PICTURE.

FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2024

Asia-Pacific

SEOUL – Samsung Electronic union workers stage first ever collective action one day work stoppage PICTURE.

Europe

WIESBADEN – April foreign trade data

WIESBADEN – April industrial production data

MOSCOW – Appeal hearing in trial of Russian dissident Oleg Orlov VIDEO.

BRUSSELS – Eurozone GDP Q1 2024, third estimate

MOSCOW – Central bank meeting on rate decision VIDEO.

MUNICH – Last rally for European elections of German conservative party, with European Commission chief Ursula Von der Leyen LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. VIDEO.

North America

NEW YORK – Governors Ball Music Festival

WASHINGTON – US employment report

Latin America

SAN JOSÉ – Conference ‘Immersed in change’ on protection of oceans VIDEO.

SAN JOSÉ – UN launches ‘State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture – Blue Transformation in action 2024’ report

Sports

MONTREAL – Auto: Formula One – Canadian Grand Prix

HOUSTON – Golf: LIV Golf Houston

NEW YORK – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group A, Canada v Ireland

GEORGETOWN – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group C, New Zealand v Afghanistan

DALLAS – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group D, Sri Lanka v Bangladesh PICTURE.

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian defender Thiago Silva appears at Maracana for hometown club Fluminense

SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2024

Highlights

PARIS – State visit by US President Joe Biden, greeted by Emmanuel Macron VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

Europe

BUDEST – Anti-government rally organised by opposition figure Peter Magyar PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

ITALY – Local and European Parliament elections PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

BERLIN – Protest against far-right a day before European elections VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.

RUSSELSHEIM – Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends ceremony marking 125 years of car brand Opel PICTURE.

DUISBURG – Last electoral meeting by SPD party for the European election attended by Chancellor Scholz and top PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

Sports

NEW YORK – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group D, Netherlands v South Africa

BRIDGETOWN – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group B, Australia v England PICTURE.

SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2024

Asia-Pacific

BANGKOK – Senate election, first round

Europe

FRANCE – European Parliament elections PICTURE.

SOFIA – Parliamentary election PICTURE. VIDEO.

BRUSSELS – European parliament, national parliament elections VIDEO. PICTURE.

HUNGARY – Municipal and European Parliament elections PICTURE.

GENEVA – Referendum votes on the cost of healthcare

SAINT-IMIER – Switzerland votes on new electricity law aiming to boost renewable energy development PICTURE.

ANNECY – Annecy International Animation Film Festival

North America

SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft streams a showcase of upcoming Xbox video games with ‘Call of Duty’ expected to be spotlighted

Sports

GEORGETOWN – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group C, West Indies v Uganda

NEW YORK – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group A, India v Pakistan PICTURE.

NORTH SOUND – Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup, Group B, Oman v Scotland

COLLEGE STATION – Football: International friendly: Brazil v Mexico

MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2024

Europe

NIZHNY NOVGOROD – BRICS foreign ministers meeting

MANCHESTER – Retrial of nurse Lucy Letby on charge of attempted murder of a baby girl

Middle East and North Africa

ARBIL – Regional elections in Iraqi Kurdistan PICTURE.

BENGUERIR – Paris Peace Forum’s autumn meeting

Sports

BELGRADE – Swimming: European Aquatics Championships 2024 PICTURE.

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