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| - View events updated in real time on AFP Agenda For a selection of upcoming events and a preview of our top stories, sign up to our newsletter, AFP Agenda Highlights Please note that all times are in GMT. Major events are listed under 'Highlights'. 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. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2020 Asia-Pacific (*) SEREMBAN (Malaysia) - Teacher testifies at inquest into death of Franco-Irish teen (0600 GMT) VIDEO. COLOMBO (Sri Lanka) - President Rajapaksa addresses nation after first year in office (1500 GMT) Europe (+) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU Commission presents annual recommendations on eurozone, member state draft budgets (1100 GMT) CZECH REPUBLIC - Partial reopening of primary schools (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Boris Johnson answers Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) remotely due to Covid isolation order (1200 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Post-Brexit trade talks continue (To 20) FRANCE - 5G phone networks to go live in France THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - Court hearing in Greenpeace case against KLM virus bailout PARIS (France) - EU car registrations data for October (0700 GMT) COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - Maersk shipping firm quarterly results (0700 GMT) FRANKFURT AM MAIN (Germany) - Euro Finance Week (To 19) TBILISI (Georgia) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits VIDEO. PICTURE. MOSCOW (Russia) - Colleagues of theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov appeal embezzlement conviction (0800 GMT) VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope's general audience (0830 GMT) PICTURE. (+) VIENNA (Austria) - IAEA Board of Governors Meeting (0930 GMT) VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Appeals court ruling on Spanish extradition request for ex-ETA leader Josu Ternera (1300 GMT) VIDEO. (*) KIEV (Ukraine) - US embassy holds online press conference to launch initiative to support health care services (1300 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Monthly inflation data (1600 GMT) (*) WARSAW (Poland) - Women protest near-total abortion ban in front of parliament (1700 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. North America (*) WASHINGTON (United States) - PAHO media briefing on Covid-19 in the Americas (1700 GMT) VIDEO. (+) ATLANTA (United States) - State of Georgia expected to complete presidential election vote recount NEW YORK (United States) - Mexico's ex-defense minister Cienfuegos in court on drug-trafficking charges (1500 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. VANCOUVER (Canada) - US extradition hearings resume for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou (To 27) Middle East and North Africa (*) TEL AVIV (Israel) - Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdellatif al-Zayani visits (+) LALISH (Iraq) - Iraq's Yazidis crown new spiritual leader VIDEO. DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) - US pavilion handover ceremony at Expo 2020 site, with Ambassador John Rakolta (0400 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. (*) ABU DHABI (United Arab Emirates) - US diplomat Clarke Cooper travels to UAE, Saudi, Bahrain and Israel (To 23) (*) TEHRAN (Iran) - Weekly cabinet meeting (0730 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa (+) LUSAKA (Zambia) - Central bank holds press briefing with country on brink of debt default (0800 GMT) VIDEO. JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - Ex-president Zuma testifies before anti-graft judicial panel VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 20) Sports LOS ANGELES (United States) - Basketball: NBA draft SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Football: UEFA Nations League - League A day 6: Group 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina v Italy (1945 GMT) PICTURE. LEUVEN (Belgium) - Football: UEFA Nations League - League A day 6: Group 2 Belgium v Denmark (1945 GMT) PICTURE. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: UEFA Nations League - League A day 6: Group 2 England v Iceland (1945 GMT) PICTURE. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Tennis: ATP tour 2020 - ATP Finals (To 22) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2020 Highlights BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU summit on Covid-19 (1700 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Worldwide WORLD - World Toilet Day Europe LONDON (United Kingdom) - Booker Prize winners announced VIDEO. (+) COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - WHO Europe holds weekly online media briefings on Covid-19 (1000 GMT) THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - UN Court holds online status conference over Ratko Mladic genocide conviction appeal (1300 GMT) (*) ASSISI (Italy) - 'The Economy of Francesco' conference via video link, organised by the Pope (0800 GMT) (To 21) PARIS (France) - 30th anniversary of Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe between NATO and the Communist bloc to end Cold War BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU foreign affairs ministers hold videoconference LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. BERLIN (Germany) - Former Wirecard CEO Markus Braun, suspected of massive fraud, heard by parliamentary committee over Wirecard collapse VIDEO. BRAUNSCHWEIG (Germany) - Trial of Volkswagen over alleged excessive pay for staff representatives LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - EU Court of Justice ruling on French ban of cannabis e-cigarettes (0830 GMT) LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - EU Court of Justice to rule over glue bird hunting (0830 GMT) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - ECB president Christine Lagarde speaks to European Parliament (1000 GMT) ANKARA (Turkey) - Central bank to decide interest rate (1100 GMT) VIDEO. BERLIN (Germany) - Merkel holds an online dialogue with healthcare workers (1300 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. North America (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Nancy Pelosi expected to be re-elected unopposed as House Speaker PICTURE. WASHINGTON (United States) - US releases weekly initial jobless claims data (1330 GMT) Middle East and North Africa RELIZANE (Algeria) - Activists Abdellah Benaoum and Yacine Khaldi go on trial CAIRO (Egypt) - WHO Eastern Mediterranean holds press conference (0900 GMT) Latin America COLOMBIA - Anti-government protests Sports ZHENGZHOU (China) - Table tennis: World Tour Grand Finals (To 22) PRAGUE (Czech Republic) - Judo: European championships PICTURE. (To 21) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020 Asia-Pacific KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia) - APEC summit held online (1200 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. BEIJING (China) - 40th anniversary of 'Gang of Four' trial for treason Europe GENEVA (Switzerland) - WHO briefing on Covid-19 (1500 GMT) NUREMBERG (Germany) - President Steinmeier speaks at ceremony for 75th anniversary of start of Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders (1800 GMT) VIDEO. YEREVAN (Armenia) - Armenia to hand control of Aghdam district to Azerbaijan VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU defence ministers hold videoconference VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. FRANKFURT AM MAIN (Germany) - European Banking Congress, with opening speech by ECB chief Lagarde North America MIAMI (United States) - Latin Grammy Awards ceremony held online (0100 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. QUEBEC CITY (Canada) - Court hearing via video link of suspect over deadly Halloween sword attack WILMINGTON (United States) - President-elect Joe Biden turns 78 PICTURE. VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - G20 foreign ministers videoconference (*) RABAT (Morocco) - Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska visits Morocco SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2020 Highlights RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - G20 summit held online PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 22) Asia-Pacific TAIPEI (Taiwan) - Taiwan's Golden Horse film awards ceremony, dubbed the 'Chinese Oscars' (1100 GMT) VIDEO. HONG KONG (China) - Disneyland reopens its 'Castle of Magical Dreams' after refurbishment (0230 GMT) Europe (+) BURGOS (Spain) - Mass Covid-19 testing operation for 25 percent of the population PICTURE. North America UNITED STATES - US border with Canada due to reopen to non-essential travel VIDEO. Sports (*) DOHA (Qatar) - Qatar marks two years until 2022 World Cup VIDEO. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2020 Highlights BURKINA FASO - Presidential election VIDEO. Asia-Pacific HONG KONG (China) - Singapore, Hong Kong launch 'travel bubble' flights (0200 GMT) VIDEO. PESHAWAR (Pakistan) - Anti-government rally held by opposition parties (0500 GMT) TAIPEI (Taiwan) - Protest against lifting of restrictions on US pork containing ractopamine feed additive (0500 GMT) VIDEO. Europe (+) MINSK (Belarus) - New protest expected against Lukashenko VIDEO. BERLIN (Germany) - 15 years ago, Angela Merkel became first female chancellor of Germany LONDON (United Kingdom) - 30th anniversary of prime minister Margaret Thatcher's resignation VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope's Angelus prayer on Saint Peter's square (1000 GMT) PICTURE. Sub-Saharan Africa (*) DAKAR (Senegal) - Spain's Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya visits Latin America SAO PAULO (Brazil) - Gay Pride parade (To 25) MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2020 Highlights AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) - International Air Transport Association annual general assembly (To 24) PARIS (France) - Sarkozy becomes first French ex-president to stand trial on corruption charges (1230 GMT) (To December 10) Asia-Pacific WUZHEN (China) - World Internet Conference, where Beijing promotes its concept of controlled internet (To 24) SEREMBAN (Malaysia) - Hearing in inquest into death of Franco-Irish teen VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 27) HONG KONG (China) - Activists Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam on trial for anti-police protest (To December 1) Europe (+) GENEVA (Switzerland) - UN hosts Afghanistan donor conference (0800 GMT) (To 24) MOSCOW (Russia) - Gazprom Q3 results (To 30) MONS (Belgium) - Trial for officer who shot two-year-old Kurdish girl during police chase of migrant van (To 24) PARIS (France) - 50th anniversary of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's first edition (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Supreme Court hearing on whether to allow 'IS bride' Shamima Begum back to UK to challenge citizenship removal (To 24) Middle East and North Africa BAGHDAD (Iraq) - US sanctions waiver allowing Iraq to import Iranian gas expires (0700 GMT) Latin America HAVANA (Cuba) - Western Union shuts Cuba offices after new US sanctions VIDEO. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2020 Asia-Pacific HONG KONG (China) - Hong Kong government final appeal over mask ban constitutionality (0100 GMT) (To 25) Europe STOCKHOLM (Sweden) - Ban on public gatherings of more than eight people comes into force PETROZAVODSK (Russia) - Appeal court hears case of Russian Gulag historian after child sex abuse conviction WARSAW (Poland) - CFO Strategy & Innovation virtual summit WIESBADEN (Germany) - GDP Q3 update (0700 GMT) EDINBURGH (United Kingdom) - Family of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi appeal against his conviction (1000 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Compass Full Year Results 2020 (1000 GMT) ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Trial in absentia resumes of 20 Saudi suspects over murder of dissident journalist Khashoggi (1400 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. (+) GENEVA (Switzerland) - Press conference following UN Afghanistan donor conference (1700 GMT) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - US consumer confidence index (1400 GMT) Middle East and North Africa (*) ALGIERS (Algeria) - Verdict expected at trial of journalist and rights activist Said Boudour ABU DHABI (United Arab Emirates) - FinTech Abu Dhabi (0400 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 26) Sub-Saharan Africa HARARE (Zimbabwe) - Trial opens of ex-vice chancellor of University of Zimbabwe for granting Grace Mugabe 'fake' PhD Sports RENNES (France) - Football: Champions League - 1st round day 4: Group E Rennes (FRA) v Chelsea (ENG) (1755 GMT) KIEV (Ukraine) - Football: Champions League - 1st round day 4: Group G Dynamo Kiev (UKR) v Barcelona (ESP) (2000 GMT) (To 25) MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) - Football: Champions League - 1st round day 4: Group H Manchester United (ENG) v Büyüksehir Bld. Spor (TUR) (2000 GMT) PICTURE. PARIS (France) - Football: Champions League - 1st round day 4: Group H Paris SG (FRA) v RB Leipzig (GER) (2000 GMT) PICTURE. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2020 Worldwide WORLD - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Asia-Pacific TOKYO (Japan) - 50th anniversary of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima's death in a ritual suicide HONG KONG (China) - Hong Kong leader expected to make delayed policy address following Beijing visit (0200 GMT) Europe KALBAJAR (Azerbaijan) - Armenia hands control to Azerbaijan of Kalbajar district VIDEO. VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope's general audience (0830 GMT) Middle East and North Africa ALGIERS (Algeria) - Verdict expected in appeal trial of Berber activist on charges of 'insulting Islam' Latin America BOGOTA (Colombia) - Peace court summons three ministers and attorney general over murders of ex-FARC guerrillas (1300 GMT) Sports MUNICH (Germany) - Football: Champions League - 1st round day 4: Group A Bayern Munich (GER) v Salzburg (AUT) (2000 GMT) MILAN (Italy) - Football: Champions League - 1st round day 4: Group B Inter Milan (ITA) v Real Madrid (ESP) (2000 GMT) LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom) - Football: Champions League - 1st round day 4: Group D Liverpool (ENG) v Atalanta (ITA) (2000 GMT) PICTURE. afp
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