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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. TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 Highlights TEHRAN (Iran) - Candidates submit names to run in presidential election (0330 GMT) (To 15) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Queen's Speech setting out government's legislative agenda VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. KINGSTON (Jamaica) - 40th anniversary of Bob Marley's death PICTURE. Asia-Pacific TOKYO (Japan) - Mitsubishi Motors 2020/2021 annual results YOKOHAMA (Japan) - Nissan Q3 results YANGON (Myanmar) - 100 days since military coup in Myanmar PICTURE. VIDEO. Europe LONDON (United Kingdom) - Brit Awards VIDEO. (+) THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - PM Mark Rutte expected to announce further easing in coronavirus restrictions (1700 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Auction of art, furniture belonging to late Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada VIDEO. (+) MADRID (Spain) - King Felipe, PM Sanchez host talks with visiting Argentine President Alberto Fernandez PICTURE. PARIS (France) - OPEC monthly oil report GENEVA (Switzerland) - Sale of largest Kashmir sapphire to appear at auction PICTURE. PARIS (France) - Ubisoft 2020 annual results BELFAST (United Kingdom) - Verdict in inquest into killings of 10 people by British soldiers in Ballymurphy in 1971 VIDEO. COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - Final day of Forum on democracy, with Taiwan president and Venezuelan opposition leader Guaido attending VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. BAKU (Azerbaijan) - Russia's FM Lavrov visits ATHENS (Greece) - Delphi Economic Forum (To 15) (+) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis visits (To 12) ESSEN (Germany) - Thyssenkrupp Q2 results (0500 GMT) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU European affairs ministers meet (0600 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. PARIS (France) - Euronext annual general meeting and analysts' conference (0700 GMT) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - PM De Croo hosts meeting on easing virus restrictions on cultural sector (0700 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. (+) KIEV (Ukraine) - President Zelensky opens forum on national defense amid recent Russia tensions (0730 GMT) PARIS (France) - Artcurial auctions collotypes by Toulouse-Lautrec (0800 GMT) (*) COUNCIL OF EUROPE (France) - European Court of Human Rights ruling on appeal in LuxLeaks affair (0800 GMT) VIDEO. CAMBRIDGE (United Kingdom) - AstraZeneca shareholders annual meeting (1000 GMT) (+) MUNICH (Germany) - Bavaria state premier Söder, Austrian Chancellor Kurz hold press conference after talks (1030 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. (+) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Parliamentary committee questions financier Lex Greensill about claims of improper government lobbying (1500 GMT) North America (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Biden holds virtual meeting with governors on state Covid vaccine programs PICTURE. VIDEO. WASHINGTON (United States) - Top health officials Fauci, Walensky testify before Senate on Covid response (1400 GMT) Middle East and North Africa (+) CAIRO (Egypt) - Arab League emergency ministerial meeting on situation in Jerusalem TEHRAN (Iran) - Governement spokesman Ali Rabiei holds press conference (0700 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. (*) RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - Turkey's FM Cavusoglu visits Sub-Saharan Africa SOUTH AFRICA - Ruling party officials in court over Mandela funeral scandal FREETOWN (Sierra Leone) - Finnish judges hold hearings in case of war crimes committed on Liberian soil (0900 GMT) MBOUR (Senegal) - Trial of two alleged smugglers over death of Doudou Faye who died while trying to cross Mediterranean to Spain (1000 GMT) Latin America BRASÍLIA (Brazil) - Ex-communications secretary Wajngarten, Pfizer representatives grilled by lawmakers on Covid response (1300 GMT) Sports ITALY - Cycling: World Tour 2021, Giro d'Italia PICTURE. GRAPHIC. (To 30) ROME (Italy) - Tennis: ATP tour 2021 - Internazionali BNL d'Italia PICTURE. GRAPHIC. (To 16) ROME (Italy) - Tennis: WTA tour 2021 - Internazionali BNL d'Italia (To 16) WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2021 Highlights WORLD - Eid al-Fitr, marking end of Ramadan (+) GENEVA (Switzerland) - Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response launches its main report (1000 GMT) Worldwide WORLD - International Nurses Day Asia-Pacific (+) AFGHANISTAN - Three-day ceasefire for Eid holiday declared by Taliban (To 14) TOKYO (Japan) - SoftBank Group Q3 results TOKYO (Japan) - Toyota Q3 results (+) MALAYSIA - Virus restrictions tightened ahead of Eid holidays PANAJI (India) - Verdict due in rape trial of former chief editor of Tehelka magazine Europe MOSCOW (Russia) - UN Secretary-General Guterres holds talks with Russian authorities VIDEO. (To 13) LONDON (United Kingdom) - 18th birthday of Madeleine McCann, who went missing as a toddler on a family holiday in Portugal in 2007 (+) AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) - EMA press briefing on Covid-19 vaccines (1200 GMT) FRANCE - Covid vaccinations opened to all adults, subject to appointment availability MOSCOW (Russia) - FM Lavrov hosts talks with UN Secretary-General Guterres VIDEO. GENEVA (Switzerland) - Auction of sapphire-adorned regal jewels belonging to Napoleon's adopted daughter MUNICH (Germany) - BMW annual general meeting LONDON (United Kingdom) - BP annual general meeting (+) LONDON (United Kingdom) - IMF chief meets UK officials to prepare for G7 summit, COP26 climate talks (To 13) (+) UNITED KINGDOM - Ban enters force on arrivals from Turkey, Maldives, Nepal (0300 GMT) MUNICH (Germany) - Allianz Q1 results (0500 GMT) FRANKFURT (Germany) - Commerzbank Q1 results (0500 GMT) BERLIN (Germany) - Deutsche Telekom Q1 results (0500 GMT) HANOVER (Germany) - TUI Q2 results (0500 GMT) LEVERKUSEN (Germany) - Bayer Q1 results (0500 GMT) WIESBADEN (Germany) - Inflation data for April (0600 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - UK first quarter GDP (0600 GMT) PARIS (France) - Appeals court rules whether Airbus, Air France should face trial over 2009 Rio-Paris crash (0700 GMT) PARIS (France) - IEA monthly oil report (0800 GMT) (+) ATHENS (Greece) - PM Mitsotakis hosts European Financial Stability Facility chief Klaus Regling for talks (0800 GMT) LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - EU court rules on appeal by Amazon, Engie in Luxembourg tax cases (0900 GMT) VIDEO. (*) BERLIN (Germany) - Health Minister Jens Spahn, RKI health agency's Lothar Wieler hold press conference on Covid-19 (0900 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. HELSINKI (Finland) - Parliament votes on EU coronavirus rescue package (0900 GMT) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU Commission releases economic forecasts (1000 GMT) OVIEDO (Spain) - Princess of Asturias art awards (1000 GMT) FÁTIMA (Portugal) - Annual pilgrimage to Fatima, with limited attendance (1600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 13) North America SAN FRANCISCO (United States) - Judge examines settlement reached with Bayer over RoundUp herbicide (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Biden meets Republican and Democrat Congressional leadership teams PICTURE. VIDEO. (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - House Republicans vote on ousting Liz Cheney from party leadership PICTURE. (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - IMF publishes annual report on Ireland (1200 GMT) (+) UNITED NATIONS (United States) - Video conference on Beijing's treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority (1400 GMT) Middle East and North Africa TEHRAN (Iran) - President Hassan Rouhani addresses weekly cabinet meeting (0600 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa KAMPALA (Uganda) - President Yoweri Museveni sworn in for sixth term VIDEO. Latin America BRASÍLIA (Brazil) - Parliamentary committee on Covid response questions heads of Fiocruz and Butantan research institutes (1300 GMT) THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2021 Asia-Pacific TOKYO (Japan) - Nikon Q3 results TOKYO (Japan) - Suzuki Q3 results Europe (*) ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Turkey set to host Afghan peace talks (date to be confirmed) PICTURE. (+) BUDAPEST (Hungary) - Covid-19 vaccination of 16 to 18-year-olds expected to start VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope Francis meets Argentine President Alberto Fernandez SAARBRUCKEN (Germany) - Restrictions eased on cross-border workers from northeastern France LONDON (United Kingdom) - Burberry preliminary 2020/2021 annual results (0600 GMT) (+) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Rolls Royce Trading update and AGM (0600 GMT) WARSAW (Poland) - Constitutional Court expected to rule on validity of EU law in Poland (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Parliamentary committee questions ex-PM David Cameron about claims of improper government lobbying (1330 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. North America (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Biden hosts Republican senators, seeking bipartisan support for infrastructure plan PICTURE. VIDEO. WASHINGTON (United States) - Weekly unemployment benefit claims (1230 GMT) LOS ANGELES (United States) - Disney Q2 results (2030 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - President Ramaphosa appears before anti-graft panel in his capacity as head of state VIDEO. (To 14) Latin America MEXICO CITY (Mexico) - 700th anniversary of the foundation of Mexico BRASÍLIA (Brazil) - Lawmakers quiz ex-foreign minister Araujo, bosses of pharmaceutical company Uniao Quimica on Covid response (1300 GMT) Sports BERLIN (Germany) - Football: RB Leipzig v Borussia Dortmund in German Cup Final (1845 GMT) PICTURE. TOKYO (Japan) - Olympic skateboarding test event VIDEO. (To 14) TOKYO (Japan) - Inaugural Olympic Virtual Series (To June 23) FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2021 Asia-Pacific TOKYO (Japan) - Toshiba Q3 results TOKYO (Japan) - Honda 2020/2021 annual results (0800 GMT) WELLINGTON (New Zealand) - PM Jacinda Ardern press conference on 'Christchurch Call' push to curb online extremism (2200 GMT) Europe (*) GREECE - Borders reopen to tourists PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (*) GREECE - Museums reopen, one day ahead of tourism restart PARIS (France) - 80th anniversary of Nazi-allied Vichy regime's first mass arrest of Jews (+) ROME (Italy) - IMF chief Georgieva meets Italian officials to prepare for July's G20 summit BERN (Switzerland) - Swiss president celebrates 60th birthday with anyone born on same day ROME (Italy) - Pope Francis opens conference on Italian demographics, with focus on birth rate decline (0800 GMT) PICTURE. (+) KIEV (Ukraine) - Zelensky attends an opening of a synagogue in Babyn Yar (0800 GMT) BELFAST (United Kingdom) - Election of new Democratic Unionist Party leader (1000 GMT) VIDEO. GENEVA (Switzerland) - WHO virtual press conference on Covid-19 (1500 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. North America MONTREAL (Canada) - Quebec opens Covid vaccination to all adults Sub-Saharan Africa LUSAKA (Zambia) - Parliament dissolved ahead of election Sports TOKYO (Japan) - Olympic 3x3 test basketball event VIDEO. (To 16) LE MANS (France) - Moto world championship French Grand Prix (To 16) SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2021 Asia-Pacific SYDNEY (Australia) - Australia ends ban on citizens returning from India Europe MADRID (Spain) - 10th anniversary of 'indignados' anti-austerity protest movement DUSHANBE (Tajikistan) - President Emomali Rakhmon set to host talks in late May with Kyrgyz counterpart Sadyr Japarov on border clash (date to be confirmed) MOSCOW (Russia) - Deadline imposed by Russia for Twitter to delete 'banned' content WARSAW (Poland) - Restaurant terraces re-open, mask obligation lifted VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Deadline for UK to respond to EU legal complaint over agreement on post-Brexit trade through N. Ireland ENSISHEIM (France) - Protest against Amazon warehouse project in Alsace (1300 GMT) Latin America CHILE - Local elections and vote for constituent assembly members VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 16) (+) BRASÍLIA (Brazil) - President Bolsonaro attends event to support farmers Sports LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: Chelsea v Leicester City in FA Cup Final (1615 GMT) SUNDAY, MAY 16, 2021 Asia-Pacific WELLINGTON (New Zealand) - New Zealand to open travel bubble with Cook Islands Europe CROATIA - Local elections (0500 GMT) PICTURE. VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope celebrates mass at St Peter's Basilica with Rome's Myanmar faithful (0800 GMT) PICTURE. Middle East and North Africa (+) DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) - Arabian Travel Market 2021 industry conference (To 19) ALGERIA - Campaigning begins for snap elections (2300 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. (To June 8) Sports DHAKA (Bangladesh) - Cricket: Sri Lanka's tour of Bangladesh (0200 GMT) PICTURE. (To 29) GENEVA (Switzerland) - Tennis: ATP tour 2021 - Genot Geneva Open (To 22) COLOGNE (Germany) - Tennis: WTA tour 2021 - Cologne Open (To 22) PARMA (Italy) - Tennis: WTA tour 2021 - Emilia-Romagna Open (To 22) BELGRADE (Serbia) - Tennis: WTA tour 2021 - Serbia Open (To 22) GOTHENBURG (Sweden) - Football: Women's Champions League - Final: Chelsea (ENG) v Barcelona (ESP) (1900 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. MONDAY, MAY 17, 2021 Worldwide WORLD - International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia Europe UNITED KINGDOM - Limited return of spectators to England's sporting venues expected (date subject to change) (+) UNITED KINGDOM - Restrictions eased on travel from England to countries on government 'green list', including Portugal, Austalia, N.Zealand MARSEILLE (France) - Spanish temporary jobs agency Terra Fecundis on trial for breaking laws on employing seasonal workers (To 21) DUBLIN (Ireland) - Ryanair annual results (0600 GMT) MOSCOW (Russia) - Court starts hearing extremism case against Navalny's organisations (0700 GMT) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - Kennedy Center Honors for the performing arts (To 22) Middle East and North Africa RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - Saudi Arabia to lift travel curbs on 'immunised' citizens Sub-Saharan Africa BAMAKO (Mali) - Strike called by national union (To 21) TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2021 Asia-Pacific MUMBAI (India) - Tata Motors releases quarterly earnings HONG KONG (China) - Baidu Q1 results (1200 GMT) Europe ROTTERDAM (Netherlands) - Eurovision Song Contest VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 22) (+) MOSCOW (Russia) - FM Lavrov delivers speech during Russia-Africa conference BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Appeal court examines legal framework of Belgian government's virus restrictions FRANKFURT (Germany) - Army officer Franco Albrecht stands trial for allegedly carrying out terrorist attacks while posing as a Syrian refugee PARIS (France) - Paris hosts Africa financing summit LONDON (United Kingdom) - Royal Dutch Shell general shareholders meeting LONDON (United Kingdom) - Vodafone FY 2021 annual results (0500 GMT) (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - UK monthly labour statistics (0600 GMT) PARIS (France) - Societe Generale annual general meeting (1400 GMT) Middle East and North Africa CASABLANCA (Morocco) - Journalist Omar Radi on trial for spying and sexual assault CASABLANCA (Morocco) - Trial resumes of journalist Soulaimane Raissouni (0800 GMT) afp
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