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(*) BEIJING (China) – Grenada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell visits China (To 17)
ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) – Global conference focusing on girls’ education in Muslim communities VIDEO. PICTURE.
ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) – Malala Yousafzai gives closing speech at girls’ education summit
(*) CROATIA – Croatian presidential election run-off VIDEO.
BUCHAREST (Romania) – Far-right protest after presidential election cancelled PICTURE. VIDEO.
(+) LONDON (United Kingdom) – No Trousers On The Tube Day (1600 GMT) PICTURE.
(*) HEIDELBERG (Germany) – German Greens launch election campaign with Robert Habeck (1600 GMT) PICTURE.
RIESA (Germany) – Far-right AfD party hold their party congress on their election program PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
HAITI – 15th anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed some 200,000 people
NEW YORK (United States) – National Retail Forum (To 14)
DETROIT (United States) – Detroit auto show (To 20)
COMOROS – Parliamentary election, opposition parties have said they will boycott PICTURE. VIDEO.
(*) MEXICO CITY (Mexico) – 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, Real Madrid v Barcelona (1900 GMT)
SAUDI ARABIA – Auto Rally: Dakar Rally VIDEO. (To 17)
ADELBODEN (Switzerland) – Alpine Skiing: 2024/2025 Men’s World Cup – Adelboden PICTURE.
ST ANTON (Austria) – Alpine Skiing: 2024/2025 Women’s World Cup – St. Anton am Arlberg
(*) EUROPE – Rugby Union: Champions Cup, 1st round day 3 PICTURE.
GENEVA (Switzerland) – Iran, France, UK and Germany hold new nuclear talks VIDEO.
(+) JERUSALEM – Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar holds a press conference with his Danish counterpart Lars Lokke Rasmussen LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO.
PRAYAGRAJ (India) – Hindu Kumbh Mela festival VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. (To February 26)
RAWALPINDI (Pakistan) – Ex-prime minister Imran Khan expected to be sentenced in graft case VIDEO.
BEIJING (China) – Press conference on China’s imports and exports for 2024 VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
MANILA (Philippines) – Bloc-voting sect prayer rally vs. proposed impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte (0800 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
(*) WARSAW (Poland) – Defence Ministers from Germany, France, Italy and Britain visit Poland VIDEO. PICTURE.
BRUSSELS (Belgium) – NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, exchanges with MEPs of Committee on Foreign Affairs VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
GLASGOW (United Kingdom) – Britain’s first drug consumption room opens
MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) – Trial opens of eleven men accused of rape and sexual exploitation of three young girls between 2000 and 2006 VIDEO.
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)
(*) CAPE CANAVERAL (United States) – First launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket (0600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
(*) WASHINGTON (United States) – President Joe Biden gives foreign policy speech at State Department VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
MARRAKESH (Morocco) – Trial resumes of activists accused of defamation over criticism of earthquake aftermath and reconstruction
MAPUTO (Mozambique) – Swearing in of new parliament (0630 GMT) PICTURE.
(*) LIMA (Peru) – Prosecutors summon Peru’s 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.
MANILA (Philippines) – Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya visits (To 15)
BEIJING (China) – Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visits (To 16)
HANOI (Vietnam) – Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin visits (To 15)
SHANGHAI (China) – CPPCC’s Shanghai Committee hosts opening session of 3rd plenary (0100 GMT)
HELSINKI (Finland) – Security summit for NATO countries bordering Baltic Sea PICTURE.
(*) MOSCOW (Russia) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds annual press conference (0830 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.
PARIS (France) – Prime Minister Francois Bayrou delivers general policy statement to MPs (1400 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.
LONDON (United Kingdom) – Games Workshop (Warhammer) half-year results (0700 GMT)
GENEVA (Switzerland) – Press conference to present the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos (1300 GMT)
PARIS (France) – Oxfam briefing ahead of Davos report on inequality (0800 GMT)
WASHINGTON (United States) – US Producer Price Index (1330 GMT)
BAMAKO (Mali) – National day of ‘regained sovereignty’ instituted by the junta (0800 GMT) VIDEO.
TARIJA (Bolivia) – Judge decides on request for six-month preventive detention of Evo Morales, being investigated for allegedly trafficking of minors (1600 GMT)
GUATEMALA CITY (Guatemala) – President Bernardo Arevalo reports to congress on first year of government (1600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
FLACHAU (Austria) – Alpine Skiing: 2024/2025 Women’s World Cup – Flachau PICTURE.
NORWAY – Handball: Men’s Handball World Championship 2025 (To February 2)
SALZBURG (Austria) – Football: Red Bull’s Jurgen Klopp holds press conference (1300 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
BRUSSELS (Belgium) – NATO military chiefs hold regular meeting (To 16)
GENEVA (Switzerland) – World Economic Forum launches its annual Global Risks report (0900 GMT)
WIESBADEN (Germany) – GDP annual figures for 2024 (0900 GMT)
BERLIN (Germany) – International Grune Woche (Green Week), food and agriculture trade fair (0900 GMT) (To 26)
PARIS (France) – Euronext CEO Stephane Boujnah gives press conference (1000 GMT)
LONDON (United Kingdom) – BAFTA Film Awards nominations are announced (1200 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.
YEREVAN (Armenia) – Defence Minister Suren Papikyan holds press conference (1200 GMT)
CAPE CANAVERAL (United States) – Launch of NASA’s Blue Ghost lunar lander
MERRITT ISLAND (United States) – Japanese company ispace launches second uncrewed moon mission (To 16)
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)
WASHINGTON (United States) – Federal Reserve publishes beige book survey of economic conditions (1900 GMT)
MAPUTO (Mozambique) – Swearing in of president-elect Daniel Chapo VIDEO. PICTURE.
(*) NAIROBI (Kenya) – Plea hearing for Kenya police officers over killing of baby during 2017 post-election violence
SANTIAGO (Chile) – OECD publishes its latest Economic Study for Chile (1200 GMT)
(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Human Rights Watch publishes World Report 2025 (1400 GMT)
VANUATU – General election
TAIPEI (Taiwan) – TSMC Q4 results (0600 GMT)
GENEVA (Switzerland) – ILO annual report on World Employment and Social Outlook, Trends 2025 (0830 GMT)
PARIS (France) – International Energy Agency (IAE) publishes report on nuclear power (0830 GMT)
PODGORICA (Montenegro) – Students protest following the mass shooting in Cetinje (1830 GMT)
WASHINGTON (United States) – President Biden delivers farewell address to the Nation (0100 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.
NEW YORK (United States) – Bank of America annual results (1145 GMT)
NEW YORK (United States) – Goldman Sachs Q4 results (1230 GMT)
NEW YORK (United States) – Morgan Stanley Q4 results (1230 GMT)
WASHINGTON (United States) – US advance retail sales (1330 GMT)
OTTAWA (Canada) – Court sentencing of trucker convoy protest leader Pat King, convicted of five charges including mischief (1400 GMT) (To 17)
WASHINGTON (United States) – Hearing to consider the nomination of Scott Bessent to be Secretary of the Treasury (1530 GMT)
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds New Year media briefing (1700 GMT)
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meets on Ukraine (2000 GMT)
MOSCOW (Russia) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visits VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 18)
KOBE (Japan) – 30th anniversary of the Kobe, Japan, earthquake which left more than 6,000 dead
TAIPEI (Taiwan) – Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visits (0700 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
PETUSHKI (Russia) – Verdict expected for Navalny’s lawyers on extremism charges (0700 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
PARIS (France) – 50th anniversary of abortion being legalised in France in a law championed by women’s rights icon and former health minister Simone Veil
MILAN (Italy) – Milan Fashion Week Menswear, Autumn/Winter 2025 (To 21)
MONACO (Principality of Monaco) – Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival (To 26)
BERLIN (Germany) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz hosts Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson, press conference follows (0900 GMT) VIDEO.
BRUSSELS (Belgium) – Eurozone inflation for December, second estimate (1000 GMT)
MOSCOW (Russia) – Hearing in trial of activist Konstantin Kotov for donations to late Navalny’s ‘extremist’ organisation (1100 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE.
WOLFSBURG (Germany) – Social democratic Party SPD launch their electoral campaign with Chancellor Scholz and party leaders (1600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
WASHINGTON (United States) – US industrial production data (1415 GMT)
WENGEN (Switzerland) – Alpine Skiing: 2024/2025 Men’s World Cup – Wengen PICTURE. (To 19)
DRESDEN (Germany) – ISU Short Track skating European Championships PICTURE. (To 19)
EUROPE – Rugby Union: Champions Cup, 1st round day 4 PICTURE. (To 19)
MULTAN (Pakistan) – Cricket: Pakistan v West Indies, first Test (1100 GMT) (To 21)
LANGKAWI (Malaysia) – ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat PICTURE. (To 19)
AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) – National Tulip Festival VIDEO.
CHEMNITZ (Germany) – Launch of Chemnitz European Capital of Culture 2025
BARCELONA (Spain) – Demonstration in support of Palestinians and climate justice, called by the international movement ‘The Surge’ (1100 GMT) VIDEO.
LONDON (United Kingdom) – National march in support of Palestinians (1200 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.
NIMBA (Liberia) – Funeral of Liberian ex-warlord Prince Johnson (1000 GMT)
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO (Italy) – Alpine Skiing: 2024/2025 Women’s World Cup – Cortina d’Ampezzo PICTURE. (To 19)
TURIN (Italy) – Football: Serie A – day 21: Juventus v AC Milan (1700 GMT)
WASHINGTON (United States) – Deadline for TikTok to divest from ByteDance or face ban in the US
MOSCOW (Russia) – Russian Orthodox Epiphany PICTURE.
DAVOS (Switzerland) – Oxfam publishes report on global inequality at opening of the World Economic Forum (2301 GMT)
HOLLYWOOD (United States) – Academy Awards Oscar nominations announced PICTURE. VIDEO.
QUITO (Ecuador) – Presidential candidates take part in debate ahead of election
DAVOS (Switzerland) – World Economic Forum annual meeting PICTURE. (To 24)
WASHINGTON (United States) – Inauguration ceremony of President Donald Trump PICTURE. VIDEO.
HONG KONG (China) – Winding up hearing for indebted developer Country Garden
BEIJING (China) – Detailed trade figures for December (0200 GMT)
LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom) – Trial of alleged Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana (To February 17)
BRUSSELS (Belgium) – Eurozone finance ministers meet (Eurogroup) (1400 GMT)
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council ministerial meeting on Gaza (1500 GMT)
PANAMA CITY (Panama) – Trial of 36, including ex-presidents Ricardo Martinelli and Juan Carlos Varela, accused of money laundering with Brazilian construction group Odebrecht (0500 GMT) (To February 28)
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