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WASHINGTON (United States) – Former president Jimmy Carter lies in state in US Capitol rotunda (To 9)
TAIWAN – Taiwan’s military holds combat readiness training PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 9)
LAS VEGAS (United States) – Consumer Electronics Show (CES) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 10)
(+) WASHINGTON (United States) – President Joe Biden expected to designate two new US national monuments VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.
CHICAGO (United States) – Hearing for El Chapo’s son Joaquin Guzman Lopez ‘Chapito’, Ovidio Guzman (1700 GMT)
WASHINGTON (United States) – Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia visits PICTURE. (To 7)
(+) BEIRUT (Lebanon) – French special envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian visits (To 9)
(+) CARACAS (Venezuela) – Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gives a press conference (1600 GMT)
SAUDI ARABIA – Auto Rally: Dakar Rally VIDEO. (To 17)
CAPE TOWN (South Africa) – Cricket: South Africa v Pakistan, 2nd Test match PICTURE.
BEIJING (China) – Press conference on the 2025 Annual Conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (0800 GMT)
PARIS (France) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits VIDEO. PICTURE.
LONDON (United Kingdom) – Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme starts in UK for non-Europeans
(+) STOCKHOLM (Sweden) – Northvolt shareholders’ meeting
(+) WARSAW (Poland) – Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya visits (To 10)
WIESBADEN (Germany) – November industrial orders (0700 GMT)
LONDON (United Kingdom) – Shell Q4 results (0700 GMT)
(+) YEREVAN (Armenia) – Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan holds a press conference (1000 GMT)
SEEON (Germany) – Conservative top candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz holds a speech on the final day of the CSU annual meeting (1200 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
(+) WEST HOLLYWOOD (United States) – Premiere of film ‘Unstoppable’ (0130 GMT) PICTURE.
(+) OTTAWA (Canada) – Liberal MPs hold special national caucus in midst of Trudeau resignation VIDEO.
LOS ANGELES (United States) – Screen Actors Guild awards nominations announcements PICTURE. VIDEO.
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meets on Syria (1500 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 15)
LOS ANGELES (United States) – Former FBI informant who lied about Biden bribery to be sentenced (1700 GMT)
WASHINGTON (United States) – US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes (1900 GMT)
TEHRAN (Iran) – 5th anniversary of downing of Kyiv-bound Boeing 737-800 plane by Iran
TEHRAN (Iran) – Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani visits VIDEO. PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO.
LUXOR (Egypt) – Archaeological discovery to be announced
N’DJAMENA (Chad) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits VIDEO.
(+) ABUJA (Nigeria) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits (To 9)
(+) LIBREVILLE (Gabon) – Opposition holds press conference (1300 GMT) VIDEO.
PANAMA CITY (Panama) – Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia visits
BRASÍLIA (Brazil) – President Lula da Silva participates in an event in memory of the attempted coup d’état on January 8, 2023 (1300 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO (Italy) – Alpine Skiing: 2024/2025 Men’s World Cup – Madonna di Campiglio PICTURE.
JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) – Football: Spanish Super Cup semi-final – Athletic Club v Barcelona (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
ROME (Italy) – Foreign Ministers from US, France, Britain, Germany and Italy meet on Syria VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
WASHINGTON (United States) – Funeral service for former president Jimmy Carter LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.
MANILA (Philippines) – Catholic parade of the Black Nazarene icon PICTURE. VIDEO.
BEIJING (China) – Ministry of Commerce weekly briefing VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
(+) MUMBAI (India) – Tata Consultancy Services Q3 results
ROME (Italy) – US President Joe Biden visits PICTURE. (To 12)
VATICAN CITY (Holy See) – Pope Francis gives greetings to foreign diplomatic corps (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
ROME (Italy) – Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni gives her annual press conference (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
HATAY (Turkey) – EU medical supplies to cross Turkey border into Syria
BANJA LUKA (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – Republika Srpska’s ‘National Day’, deemed unconstitutional by Bosnia
WIESBADEN (Germany) – November foreign trade data (0700 GMT)
WIESBADEN (Germany) – November industrial production data (0700 GMT)
LONDON (United Kingdom) – Tesco Q3 results (0700 GMT)
PARIS (France) – European Space Agency (ESA) Director Josef Aschbacher gives annual press conference (0900 GMT)
(+) RAMSTEIN AIR BASE (Germany) – Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting (1000 GMT) PICTURE.
(+) PARIS (France) – Airbus annual orders and deliveries figures (1700 GMT)
(+) VIENNA (Austria) – Protest to ‘sound alarm’ after far right gets mandate to try to form government (1700 GMT)
WASHINGTON (United States) – National mourning for former president Jimmy Carter
(+) LOS ANGELES (United States) – LA premiere of Paramount’s ‘Better Man’ (0130 GMT) PICTURE.
WASHINGTON (United States) – Elon Musk ‘conversation’ with AfD’s Alice Weidel on X (1800 GMT)
(*) BEIRUT (Lebanon) – Parliament holds session to elect a president (0900 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
(+) KIGALI (Rwanda) – President Paul Kagame holds press conference
OUIDAH (Benin) – Vodun Days festivities PICTURE. (To 11)
CARACAS (Venezuela) – Opposition demonstrations on the eve of the presidential inauguration VIDEO.
(+) CARACAS (Venezuela) – Pro-Maduro supporters stage counter protest against opposition
(*) SANTO DOMINGO (Dominican Republic) – Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia visits
JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) – Football: Spanish Super Cup semi-final – Real Madrid v Mallorca (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
(+) BONN (Germany) – Copernicus Climate Change Service presents the annual Global Climate Highlights 2024 VIDEO.
CARACAS (Venezuela) – Presidential inauguration of Nicolas Maduro VIDEO.
NEW YORK (United States) – Sentencing of Donald Trump over cover-up of hush-money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels PICTURE. VIDEO.
(+) PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia) – Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim hosts Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (0100 GMT)
ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) – First flight by Pakistan national carrier departs for EU after four-year ban (0400 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
BEIJING (China) – Outgoing US Ambassador Nicholas Burns gives parting thoughts (0530 GMT)
(*) GENEVA (Switzerland) – World Meteorological Organization (WMO) releases 2024 consolidated global temperature figures
LONDON (United Kingdom) – 80th birthday of rock singer Rod Stewart
PETUSHKI (Russia) – Verdict expected for Navalny’s lawyers on extremism charges (0700 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
(*) CAPE CANAVERAL (United States) – First launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket (0600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
WASHINGTON (United States) – Supreme Court hears TikTok’s appeal of a law forcing its Chinese owner to sell or shut it down
DETROIT (United States) – Detroit auto show (To 20)
NEW YORK (United States) – Delta Air Lines Q4 and annual results (1130 GMT)
WASHINGTON (United States) – US employment report (1330 GMT)
(*) Wadi Al Kharar, Bethany (Jordan) – Catholics inaugurate Church of the Baptism of the Lord in the Baptism site (0930 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia) – Ethiopia Stock Exchange launches
TEGUCIGALPA (Honduras) – First hearing in trial of former general who led coup accused in protester’s death PICTURE. VIDEO.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) – Inflation for December and year 2024 (1200 GMT)
EUROPE – Rugby Union: Champions Cup, 1st round day 3 PICTURE. (To 12)
BEIJING (China) – 5th anniversary of announcement of first death from pneumonia ‘of unknown cause’ in Wuhan, eventually named Covid-19
(+) ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) – Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) conference focusing on girls’ education in Muslim communities (To 12)
(*) TAIPEI (Taiwan) – Taiwan People’s Party protests indictment, detention of founder (0600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
BERLIN (Germany) – Social Democratic Party (SPD) congress to officially sign-off on their candidate for chancellor ahead of election PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
(*) RIESA (Germany) – Farright AfD party hold their party congress on their election program PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 12)
THE HAGUE (Netherlands) – Extinction rebellion blocks major motorway (0800 GMT) VIDEO.
CAPE TOWN (South Africa) – African National Congress (ANC) 113th anniversary (0500 GMT) PICTURE.
ADELBODEN (Switzerland) – Alpine Skiing: 2024/2025 Men’s World Cup – Adelboden PICTURE. (To 12)
ADELBODEN (Switzerland) – Alpine Skiing: 2024/2025 Men’s World Cup – Adelboden: Giant slalom PICTURE.
ST ANTON (Austria) – Alpine Skiing: 2024/2025 Women’s World Cup – St. Anton am Arlberg (To 12)
(+) BUCHAREST (Romania) – Far-right protest after presidential election cancelled
(*) CROATIA – Presidential election run-off vote VIDEO.
BEVERLY HILLS (United States) – AARP The Magazine’s 21st annual movies for grownups awards (0200 GMT) PICTURE.
HAITI – 15th anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed some 200,000 people
SANTA MONICA (United States) – 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards PICTURE.
COMOROS – Parliamentary election, opposition parties have said they will boycott
MEXICO CITY (Mexico) – President Claudia Sheinbaum leads rally with supporters to mark 100 days in office VIDEO. PICTURE.
MELBOURNE (Australia) – Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments – Australian Open PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 26)
JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) – Football: Spanish Super Cup final (1900 GMT)
GENEVA (Switzerland) – Iran, France, UK and Germany hold new nuclear talks
(*) MANILA (Philippines) – Bloc-voting sect expected to hold rallies against the proposed impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte PICTURE. VIDEO.
(*) PRAYAGRAJ (India) – Hindu Kumbh Mela festival VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To February 26)
RAWALPINDI (Pakistan) – Ex-prime minister Imran Khan expected to be sentenced in graft case
LONDON (United Kingdom) – Court hears lawsuit against Apple, accused of taking advantage of its app store’s dominant position (To February 28)
BERLIN (Germany) – IG Metall Berlin union holds press conference (1000 GMT)
LIMA (Peru) – Prosecutors summon President Dina Boluarte to testify about her nose surgery (1400 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
(+) SEOUL (South Korea) – First hearing in impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk Yeol PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC.
(+) BEIJING (China) – Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visits (To 16)
SHANGHAI (China) – CPPCC’s Shanghai Committee hosts opening session of 3rd plenary (0100 GMT)
LONDON (United Kingdom) – Games Workshop (Warhammer) half-year results (0700 GMT)
(+) PARIS (France) – Oxfam briefing ahead of Davos report on inequality (0800 GMT)
(+) MOSCOW (Russia) – Foreign Minister Sergie Lavrov holds annual press conference (0830 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
(+) GENEVA (Switzerland) – Press conference to present the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos (1300 GMT)
WASHINGTON (United States) – US Producer Price Index (1330 GMT)
NIMBA (Liberia) – Funeral of Liberian ex-warlord Prince Johnson (1100 GMT) (To 18)
(+) GUATEMALA CITY (Guatemala) – President Bernardo Arevalo reports to congress on first year of government (1600 GMT) PICTURE.
FLACHAU (Austria) – Alpine Skiing: 2024/2025 Women’s World Cup – Flachau PICTURE.
NORWAY – Handball: Men’s Handball World Championship 2025 (To February 2)
GENEVA (Switzerland) – World Economic Forum launches its annual Global Risks report (0900 GMT)
(+) WIESBADEN (Germany) – GDP annual figures for 2024 (0900 GMT)
(+) PARIS (France) – Euronext CEO Stephane Boujnah gives press conference (1000 GMT)
LISBON (Portugal) – Firefighters strike (1200 GMT) PICTURE.
NEW YORK (United States) – JPMorgan Chase Q4 results (1145 GMT)
NEW YORK (United States) – Wells Fargo Q4 results (1200 GMT)
WASHINGTON (United States) – US consumer price index (1330 GMT)
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres presents 2025 priorities to the General Assembly (1500 GMT)
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council votes on renewing sanctions against Libya (1500 GMT)
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meets on Yemen (1530 GMT)
NAIROBI (Kenya) – Plea hearing for police officers accused of crimes against humanity over killing of baby during 2017 post-election violence
MAPUTO (Mozambique) – Swearing in of president-elect Daniel Chapo
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