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Go to to consult AFP Agenda Contact us on contact-agenda@afp.com Please note that all times are in GMT. For full details of our coverage of top stories, please see our regularly updated News Advisory (+) : Event added in the last 24 hours. (*) : Event updated in the last 24 hours. MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2020 Europe PARIS (France) - Paris haute couture fashion week VIDEO. (To 23) DAVOS (Switzerland) - Ceremony marking 50th anniversary of World Economic Forum, with speech by European Commission chief von der Leyen (1530 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. GRAPHIC. (+) GENEVA (Switzerland) - The International Labour Organization publishes its annual World Employment and Social Outlook Trends report (2000 GMT) RIMINI (Italy) - Exhibition and celebrations to mark centenary of Federico Fellini's birth VIDEO. PICTURE. GENEVA (Switzerland) - Conference on Disarmament holds first 2020 session (To March 27) North America (*) VANCOUVER (Canada) - Extradition hearings start for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, wanted in US PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. LIVE VIDEO. (To 24) RICHMOND (United States) - Pro and anti-gun lobbyists rally over sweeping state gun control legislation VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. Middle East and North Africa TUNISIA - Deadline for President Saied to name prime minister-designate (2230 GMT) Latin America QUITO (Ecuador) - UN Global Forum on Migration and Development global summit (To 24) BOGOTA (Colombia) - US Secretary of State Pompeo visits Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 23) BOGOTA (Colombia) - US Secretary of State Pompeo meets Colombia's President Ivan Duque LIVE VIDEO. (+) BELO HORIZONTE (Brazil) - March to mark one year since the dam disaster in Brumadinho (2300 GMT) VIDEO. (To 25) Sports HARARE (Zimbabwe) - Cricket: Test Match Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 23) LAUSANNE (Switzerland) - Winter Youth Olympic Games PICTURE. (To 22) ADELAIDE (Australia) - Tour Down Under cycling (To 26) MELBOURNE (Australia) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - Australian Open PICTURE. GRAPHIC. (To February 2) GRAZ (Austria) - Figure skating: European championships PICTURE. (To 26) TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2020 Asia-Pacific BANGKOK (Thailand) - Court rules on opposition party Future Forward and leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit over alleged plots to overthrow monarchy VIDEO. PICTURE. (*) HONG KONG (China) - Hong Kong chief secretary Matthew Cheung holds weekly government press conference in Carrie Lam's absence (0130 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. Europe DAVOS (Switzerland) - World Economic Forum annual meeting PICTURE. GRAPHIC. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 24) DAVOS (Switzerland) - Donald Trump delivers speech at World Economic Forum (1030 GMT) PICTURE. GRAPHIC. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) EASTERN UKRAINE (Ukraine) - OSCE Chairperson-in-Office to visit war-torn Ukraine's east LONDON (United Kingdom) - 70th anniversary of George Orwell's death BRUSSELS (Belgium) - 12th European Space Conference (0800 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 22) DAVOS (Switzerland) - World Economic Forum opening speech by founder Klaus Schwab (0845 GMT) PICTURE. GRAPHIC. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. DAVOS (Switzerland) - Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei takes part in panel on 'A Future Shaped by a Technology Arms Race' (0845 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. DAVOS (Switzerland) - Greta Thunberg joins panel discussion on 'Forging a sustainable path towards a common future' (1100 GMT) PICTURE. GRAPHIC. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. DAVOS (Switzerland) - Protest planned against climate change (1200 GMT) VIDEO. DAVOS (Switzerland) - Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng delivers speech at World Economic Forum (1315 GMT) PICTURE. GRAPHIC. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU finance ministers meet (0900 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Easyjet Q1 2020 trading update (1000 GMT) MANNHEIM (Germany) - ZEW institute publishes January investor confidence survey (1000 GMT) (+) LENS (France) - Weimar Triangle European affairs ministers (France, Germany, Poland) meet (1300 GMT) LISBON (Portugal) - Police officers hold protest demanding better wages (1600 GMT) BERLIN (Germany) - German Chancellor Merkel is awarded with the Henry-Kissinger-Prize by the American Academy Berlin (1730 GMT) PICTURE. North America WASHINGTON (United States) - Prosecution presents case against Trump at impeachment trial (1300 GMT) PICTURE. GRAPHIC. VIDEO. LIVE REPORT. LIVE VIDEO. (To 22) NEW YORK (United States) - Brazilian marketing executive Margulies sentenced over FIFA scandal (1500 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. NEW YORK (United States) - 50th anniversary of first Boeing 747 flight from New York to London SAN FRANCISCO (United States) - Netflix announces quarterly results (2300 GMT) Middle East and North Africa (+) ALGIERS (Algeria) - Sahrawi ambassador to Algeria Abdelkader Taleb gives a press conference (1030 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa CONAKRY (Guinea) - Opposition protests against President Conde's possible third term bid (0900 GMT) Latin America BOGOTA (Colombia) - Anti-government protests VIDEO. PICTURE. Sports LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: Premier League - day 24: Chelsea v Arsenal (2015 GMT) VIDEO. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2020 Europe DAVOS (Switzerland) - Conversation with Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam at World Economic Forum (1215 GMT) PICTURE. GRAPHIC. VIDEO. DAVOS (Switzerland) - Prince of Wales delivers speech at World Economic Forum (1340 GMT) PICTURE. GRAPHIC. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. DAVOS (Switzerland) - Pakistani President Imran Khan delivers speech at World Economic Forum (1445 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) MOSCOW (Russia) - Upper house of Parliament to approve Igor Krasnov as top prosecutor, after Putin's decision ATHENS (Greece) - MPs vote on government's nomination of judge Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou for president PICTURE. LESBOS ISLAND (Greece) - Locals, officials hold protests on Lesbos, Samos, the Greek islands with the largest number of migrants PICTURE. VIDEO. MADRID (Spain) - FITUR international tourism trade fair PICTURE. (To 26) (+) MOSCOW (Russia) - Putin's climate envoy to speak to reporters (0800 GMT) (+) VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope Francis leads his weekly general audience (0830 GMT) PICTURE. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Burberry's Q3 2019 trading update (0900 GMT) DAVOS (Switzerland) - Dialogue with Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai (0915 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. DAVOS (Switzerland) - Round Table with Colombian President Duque, Jane Goodall, Al Gore on 'Securing a Sustainable Future for the Amazon' (2100 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Prime Minister's Questions (1200 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. North America NEW YORK (United States) - Opening arguments in Harvey Weinstein trial (1430 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. GRAPHIC. LIVE VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa JERUSALEM - World leaders arrive to mark 75th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz GRAPHIC. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa CAPE TOWN (South Africa) - Army officer in court over refusal to remove her Islamic headscarf from under her military beret KHARTOUM (Sudan) - Technical experts from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to meet over dam (1000 GMT) (To 23) Latin America BOLIVIA - Interim president Jeanine Anez addresses nation on 11th anniversary of Bolivia's multi-ethnic 'plurinational state' VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) - Bolivia's ex-president Morales announces candidates for his country's election (2100 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 Asia-Pacific JAKARTA (Indonesia) - Bank Indonesia holds policy setting meeting Europe THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - ICJ ruling on emergency measures in Myanmar Rohingya genocide case (0900 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. GRAPHIC. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Extradition hearing for Julian Assange (1000 GMT) ZAGREB (Croatia) - EU justice and interior ministers meet (To 24) DAVOS (Switzerland) - German Chancellor Merkel delivers speech at World Economic Forum (1215 GMT) PICTURE. GRAPHIC. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. FRANKFURT AM MAIN (Germany) - ECB press conference on eurozone monetary policy (1330 GMT) PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - European Parliament constitutional committee votes on Brexit deal ahead of plenary vote (1500 GMT) PICTURE. North America WASHINGTON (United States) - Scientists announce whether symbolic 'Doomsday Clock' minute hand will be adjusted (1500 GMT) VIDEO. GRAPHIC. BUSHNELL (United States) - Pompeo delivers remarks on US foreign policy (2100 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa JERUSALEM - World Holocaust Forum - Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial marks 75th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. Sub-Saharan Africa (+) KINSHASA (DR Congo) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet visits (1000 GMT) (To 27) BANJUL (Gambia) - Victims of ex-dictator Jammeh's regime call for a rally against any possibility of his return from exile (0900 GMT) Latin America CUERNAVACA (Mexico) - March to protest wave of violent crime in Mexico LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 26) Sports MONACO (Principality of Monaco) - Auto, WRC: Monte-Carlo rally PICTURE. (To 26) FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020 Europe FRANCE - Unions call for protests, strike over pensions reform VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. GRAPHIC. PARIS (France) - Government set to debate draft law to reform pensions system (0900 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. PARIS (France) - 100 years since death of painter Amedeo Modigliani TIRANA (Albania) - EU Council President Charles Michel visits Albania and North Macedonia DUBLIN (Ireland) - Extradition hearing for lorry driver Eamonn Harrison, wanted in connection with death of 39 Vietnamese migrants in the UK Middle East and North Africa (*) BAGHDAD (Iraq) - Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr organises 'million-man march' against US troops (0900 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. Sports PARIS (France) - Basketball: NBA - Regular season: Charlotte v Milwaukee (2000 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2020 Worldwide WORLD - Chinese New Year GRAPHIC. VIDEO. PICTURE. WORLD - World Leprosy Day Europe VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - US Vice President Mike Pence meets Pope Francis PICTURE. MÁLAGA (Spain) - Goya Awards ceremony, Spain's main film awards (1700 GMT) PICTURE. Latin America (*) BRUMADINHO (Brazil) - First anniversary of the deadly Brumadinho dam collapse VIDEO. PICTURE. Sports KITZBÜHEL (Austria) - Alpin Ski: 2019/2020 Men's Alpine Ski World Cup - Kitzbühel: Downhill (men) (1030 GMT) VALENCIA (Spain) - Football: La Liga - day 21: Valencia v Barcelona (1500 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2020 Asia-Pacific NEW DELHI (India) - Indian Republic Day NEW DELHI (India) - Brazilian President Bolsonaro visits Europe BOLOGNA (Italy) - Regional elections in Emilia-Romagna VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope Francis celebrates mass in St. Peter's basilica to mark the first 'Sunday of the Word of God' event (0900 GMT) PICTURE. North America LOS ANGELES (United States) - Grammy Awards gala VIDEO. PICTURE. GRAPHIC. Sub-Saharan Africa (+) GITEGA (Burundi) - The ruling party (CNDD-FDD), is holding a congress, where the outgoing president Pierre Nkurunziza's successor could be designated VIDEO. BANJUL (Gambia) - Opposition threatens protest if President Barrow does not resign (1000 GMT) VIDEO. Latin America LIMA (Peru) - Congressional elections VIDEO. MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020 Worldwide WORLD - International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust Asia-Pacific (+) MUMBAI (India) - French Culture Minister Riester visits (To 28) Europe OSWIECIM (Poland) - 75th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp PICTURE. GRAPHIC. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) FRANCE - Top restaurants and chefs to be awarded at Guide Michelin 2020 ceremony LONDON (United Kingdom) - Trial of Hashem Abedi, brother of Manchester Arena bomber MUNICH (Germany) - Ifo institute publishes monthly business confidence survey (0900 GMT) North America BEVERLY HILLS (United States) - Oscars nominees luncheon (2000 GMT) VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa (+) CAIRO (Egypt) - Egypt extends state of emergency for three months (To April 27) TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2020 Europe (+) BERLIN (Germany) - Press conference to present newly discovered photos from the former Nazi concentration camp Sobibor (1000 GMT) PICTURE. SILIVRI (Turkey) - Hearing of Turkish businessman and 15 other activists resumes PICTURE. VIDEO. PARIS (France) - LVMH annual results LILLE (France) - International Cybersecurity Forum PICTURE. (To 30) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds policy meeting PICTURE. GRAPHIC. VIDEO. (To 29) Middle East and North Africa (+) JERUSALEM - Parliament holds extraordinary meeting over Netanyahu immunity request (1400 GMT) ORAN (Algeria) - Appeal trial begins for Kaddour Chouicha, jailed deputy head of Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights TEL AVIV (Israel) - Cybertech Global conference (0730 GMT) (To 30) Sports SCHLADMING (Austria) - Alpin Ski: 2019/2020 Men's Alpine Ski World Cup - Schladming: Slalom (men) afp
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