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International 7-Day News Agenda

International 7-Day News Agenda

Please note that all times are in GMT. Major events are listed under ‘Highlights’.

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(+) : Event added in the last 24 hours.

(*) : Event updated in the last 24 hours.

CHICAGO (United States) – Democratic National Convention PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 22)

(+) WORLD – Super Blue Moon PICTURE. VIDEO.

GENEVA (Switzerland) – US convenes Sudan ceasefire talks in Switzerland PICTURE. (To 23)

(+) LONDON (United Kingdom) – European premiere of the film ‘Blink Twice’ (1600 GMT) PICTURE.

(+) CHICAGO (United States) – Protesters demonstrate during the Democratic National Convention PICTURE.

(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meets on Lebanon (1900 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

(*) NEW YORK (United States) – Congressman George Santos pleads guilty to fraud (1900 GMT)

(*) YORK (United States) – Ex-president Donald Trump speaks on economy at election campaign event (1900 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

(*) KINSHASA (DR Congo) – Health minister holds a press conference on the spread of the Mpox virus (1500 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE.

(+) SAN JOSÉ (Costa Rica) – Paraguay President Santiago Pena visits (1700 GMT) VIDEO.

CINCINNATI (United States) – Tennis: ATP tour 2024 – Cincinnati Open (To 19)

CINCINNATI (United States) – Tennis: WTA tour 2024 – Cincinnati Open (To 19)

SPAIN – Cycling: World Tour, Vuelta a Espana PICTURE. (To September 8)

(*) SPAIN – Football: La Liga 2024-25 season starts

(*) ENGLAND (United Kingdom) – Football: Premier League 2024-25 season starts

(*) ITALY – Football: Serie A 2024-25 season starts

(+) CAIRO (Egypt) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits VIDEO.

(+) SEOUL (South Korea) – Press conference for movie ‘I, the Executioner’ VIDEO.

YOKOHAMA (Japan) – Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) (To 22)

(+) BEIJING (China) – Chinese action game ‘Black Myth: Wukong’ launches VIDEO.

(+) BEIJING (China) – President Xi Jinping welcomes Fiji PM Sitiveni Rabuka VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

(+) PINGTUNG (Taiwan) – Taiwan’s defence ministry holds live-fire missile exercises VIDEO.

(+) APIA (Samoa) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits (To 23)

(+) RUSSIA – Chinese Premier Li Qiang visits (To 22)

LEIPZIG (Germany) – Verdict in trial against former Nazi camp secretary Irmgard Furchner (0800 GMT)

LONDON (United Kingdom) – Final European date for Taylor Swift as part of ‘Eras Tour’ (1900 GMT)

ATHENS (Greece) – PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits fire-ravaged Athens suburb of Penteli

STOCKHOLM (Sweden) – Bank of Sweden announces key rate decision (0730 GMT)

(+) PARIS (France) – Second follow-up meeting on evolution of mpox epidemic in France (0800 GMT)

(+) DRESDEN (Germany) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at groundbreaking ceremony for TSMC plant (0900 GMT)

BRUSSELS (Belgium) – Eurozone inflation for July, second estimate (0900 GMT)

(+) BERLIN (Germany) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz interviewed on TV channel Sat.1 (1745 GMT)

MILWAUKEE (United States) – VP Kamala Harris campaigns on second day of the DNC VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meets on Libya (1400 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

KENOSHA (United States) – JD Vance presser on crime (1700 GMT)

(*) HOWELL (United States) – Ex-president Donald Trump holds an election campaign rally (1900 GMT)

TUNIS (Tunisia) – Judgment in appeal of lawyer Sonia Dahmani, convicted over ‘fake news’

ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia) – Africa CDC weekly briefing on mpox outbreak (1300 GMT)

(+) MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) – Football: PFA Player of the Year award announced

WORLD – International Day of Remembrance commemorates victims of terrorism

BEIJING (China) – 2024 World Robot Conference VIDEO. (To 25)

SHANGHAI (China) – Pet Fair Asia (0100 GMT) VIDEO. (To 25)

CHISINAU (Moldova) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits

COLOGNE (Germany) – Gamescom, video game trade fair PICTURE. (To 24)

(+) COPENHAGEN (Denmark) – Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard and Swedish counterpart Gunnar Strommer press conference on organised crime (0945 GMT)

MOSCOW (Russia) – Court hearing for paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova accused of giving ‘false information’ about the Russian army (1300 GMT) VIDEO.

(+) LOS ANGELES (United States) – Premiere of biopic ‘Reagan’, with Denis Quaid (0200 GMT) VIDEO.

(*) ASHEBORO (United States) – Ex-president Donald Trump speaks on national security at a campaign event (1800 GMT)

WASHINGTON (United States) – US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes (1800 GMT)

RAWALPINDI (Pakistan) – Cricket: Pakistan v Bangladesh, first Test (To 25)

Football: Copa Libertadores – Last 16 Second Leg (To 23)

MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) – Cricket: England v Sri Lanka 1st Test (1000 GMT) PICTURE. (To 25)

JACKSON (United States) – Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium (To 24)

(+) AUCKLAND (New Zealand) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits (To 24)

(+) WARSAW (Poland) – PM Donald Tusk hosts Indian PM Narendra Modi (0700 GMT) PICTURE.

LONDON (United Kingdom) – Suspect in court over stabbing of UK soldier

BRUSSELS (Belgium) – Eurozone PMI Flash Composite for August (0800 GMT)

FRANKFURT (Germany) – ECB publishes minutes of July monetary policy meeting (1130 GMT)

UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meets on Gaza (1400 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

LAUSANNE (Switzerland) – Athletics: Diamond League – Lausanne meeting PICTURE.

BARCELONA (Spain) – Sailing: 2024 America’s Cup (To October 27)

ST ANDREWS (United Kingdom) – Golf: Ladies European Tour 2024 – Women’s Open 2024 (To 25)

(+) KYIV (Ukraine) – Indian PM Narendra Modi visits VIDEO.

(+) NUKU’ALOFA (Tonga) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits (To 27)

(*) PARIS (France) – President Emmanuel Macron meets with party and parliamentary group leaders

(+) BELARUS – Chinese Premier Li Qiang visits

SWITZERLAND – The Dalai Lama visits (To 25)

WASHINGTON (United States) – Sentencing of Sai Varshith Kandula after her guilty plea to 2023 truck attack on White House

(+) JACKSON (United States) – Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks at Jackson Hole Economic Symposium (1500 GMT)

(*) GLENDALE (United States) – Ex-president Donald Trump holds an election campaign rally (2300 GMT)

BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) – Tango Festival and Tango World Championship (To September 3)

MEXICO CITY (Mexico) – Argentina’s President Javier Milei visits to meet with businessmen and participate in conservative forum PICTURE. (To 24)

ZANDVOORT (Netherlands) – Auto: Formula One – Dutch Grand Prix PICTURE. (To 25)

GERMANY – Football: Bundesliga 2024-25 season starts (To 25)

UKRAINE – Independence Day

NUKU’ALOFA (Tonga) – Pacific Island Forum (1700 GMT) (To 30)

PARIS (France) – 80th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from the Germans during World War II VIDEO.

LONDON (United Kingdom) – Notting Hill Carnival PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 26)

(*) LEIPZIG (Germany) – Protest against far right, a week before two regional elections in Eastern Germany (1300 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO.

CHORZÓW (Poland) – Athletics: Diamond League – Chorzow meeting PICTURE.

MEXICO CITY (Mexico) – Boxing: Exhibition fight, Floyd Mayweather v John Gotti (0100 GMT) PICTURE.

MELBOURNE (Australia) – BHP annual results (2230 GMT)

CAPE CANAVERAL (United States) – Launch of a SpaceX rocket for the Polaris Dawn mission, planning the first private spacewalk PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

KAMPALA (Uganda) – Hearing for 36 members of an opposition party charged with ‘terrorism’

NAIROBI (Kenya) – Hearing for suspect who police said confessed to murdering 42 women after bodies found in a rubbish dump VIDEO.

(+) KINSHASA (DR Congo) – Conclusions presented in trial over May 19 ‘attempted coup d’état’

NEW YORK (United States) – Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments – US Open VIDEO. (To September 8)

CHISINAU (Moldova) – Independence Day, Presidents of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania visit

WIESBADEN (Germany) – GDP Q2, final (0600 GMT)

WASHINGTON (United States) – US consumer confidence index (1400 GMT)

(+) NOUAKCHOTT (Mauritania) – Spain PM Pedro Sanchez visits Mauritania, Gambia and Senegal (1000 GMT) (To 29)

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