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AFP 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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