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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, JANUARY 27, 2021 Highlights (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Biden expected to announce oil and gas drilling bans on federal lands PICTURE. VIDEO. DAVOS (Switzerland) - Virtual World Economic Forum LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. (To 29) LAUSANNE (Switzerland) - IOC Executive Commission meeting (1200 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. Worldwide WORLD - International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust Asia-Pacific (+) YANGON (Myanmar) - Covid-19 vaccination campaign begins for health workers VIDEO. (*) BEIJING (China) - Taiwan Affairs Office holds regular press conference (0200 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. SEOUL (South Korea) - Samsung Electronics Q4 and FY 2020 earnings (2330 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. Europe (+) LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - Government, Jewish community representatives sign agreement on recognition of plunder of Holocaust victims' belongings (1520 GMT) (+) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Boris Johnson answers Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) (1200 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. GREECE - National day of remembrance for victims and heroes of the Holocaust (*) BERLIN (Germany) - Commemoration at Bundestag in honour of victims of Nazism in WWII (1000 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (*) HELSINKI (Finland) - Tighter border restrictions come into force BELGIUM - Ban on non-essential foreign trips comes into force VIDEO. SLOVAKIA - Slovaks aged 15-65 allowed to circulate freely with negative Covid test VIDEO. (+) ROME (Italy) - President Mattarella holds talks with party leaders on forming new government VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 28) MADRID (Spain) - FM Arancha Gonzalez Laya holds online press conference (0800 GMT) ANKARA (Turkey) - Erdogan gives first parliamentary speech of 2021 (0900 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. STRASBOURG (France) - WHO director-general delivers online speech during Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (0900 GMT) (*) KIEV (Ukraine) - Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto press conference with Ukrainian counterpart (0910 GMT) VIDEO. GENEVA (Switzerland) - UN hosts new round of Syrian Constitutional Committee talks (To 29) (*) AIX-EN-PROVENCE (France) - Court rules on extraditing brother-in-law of Tunisia's ex-dictator Ben Ali (1300 GMT) (*) BERLIN (Germany) - Economy Minister Altmaier presents annual economic report (1330 GMT) PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - UK auto industry body, the SMMT, holds conference (1400 GMT) OSWIECIM (Poland) - Online ceremony marking 76th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz (1500 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, held online VIDEO. (To 28) North America (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - PAHO media briefing on Covid-19 in the Americas (1600 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - DACA recipients gather in favor of Biden immigration reforms VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - White House holds first regular Covid press briefing VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. NEW YORK (United States) - Boeing Q4 and 2020 annual results (1230 GMT) WASHINGTON (United States) - IMF Global Financial Stability Report update (1330 GMT) WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference after two-day policy meeting (1930 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. NEW YORK (United States) - Tesla Q4 and 2020 annual results (2100 GMT) SAN FRANCISCO (United States) - Apple Q1 results (2200 GMT) SAN FRANCISCO (United States) - Facebook Q4 results (2200 GMT) Middle East and North Africa YEMEN - 10th anniversary of start of pro-democracy uprising PICTURE. VIDEO. RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - Future Investment Initiative (FII) forum (0500 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 28) TEHRAN (Iran) - President Hassan Rouhani addresses weekly cabinet meeting (0700 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. DOHA (Qatar) - Qatar Airways resumes flights to Dubai (1600 GMT) KHARTOUM (Sudan) - US Africa Command (Africom) deputy commander for civil-military engagement Andrew Young visits Sub-Saharan Africa MOGADISHU (Somalia) - 30th anniversary of president Siad Barre's ouster (*) ACCRA (Ghana) - Funeral of former president Jerry Rawlings PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sports LES SABLES-D'OLONNE (France) - Winner of Vendee Globe round-the-world yacht race expected to arrive PICTURE. KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia) - AFC Champions League group stage draw (0830 GMT) (+) ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Arsenal outcast Mesut Ozil signs with Fenerbahce (1200 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2021 Asia-Pacific CHINA - Chinese New Year holiday (To March 8) HONG KONG (China) - Plea hearing for teen activist Tony Chung on national security charges (0600 GMT) BEIJING (China) - Defence ministry monthly press conference (0700 GMT) Europe (+) COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - WHO Europe holds online media briefings on Covid-19 (1000 GMT) (+) KRASNOGORSK (Russia) - Court examines Navalny's appeal against his arrest (1100 GMT) VIDEO. BISHKEK (Kyrgyzstan) - President-elect Japarov sworn in VIDEO. PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. (+) GREECE - Student protest over plans for police force to patrol universities LONDON (United Kingdom) - Easyjet Q1 earnings (0600 GMT) STRASBOURG (France) - EU Court of Human Rights chief holds press conference on court's work in 2020 (0800 GMT) FRANKFURT AM MAIN (Germany) - Verdict at trial of two far-right suspects over murder of CDU politician Walter Luebcke (0900 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU's Michel Barnier speaks to European Economic and Social Committee on EU-UK trade agreement (0930 GMT) (+) MOSCOW (Russia) - Foreign ministry spokeswoman holds press briefing (1200 GMT) MADRID (Spain) - Spanish health authorities give press conference on Covid-19 (1730 GMT) North America NEW YORK (United States) - Auction at Sotheby's of Botticelli's 'Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel' (*) WINNIPEG (Canada) - Bail hearing resumes for fashion mogul Peter Nygard charged in US with sex crimes LOS ANGELES (United States) - Sundance Film Festival held online (To February 3) NEW YORK (United States) - McDonald's Q4 and 2020 annual results (1200 GMT) NEW YORK (United States) - American Airlines results for Q4 and full year 2020 (1300 GMT) WASHINGTON (United States) - IMF publishes Fiscal Monitor update (1300 GMT) WASHINGTON (United States) - US releases first report on fourth quarter GDP (1330 GMT) WASHINGTON (United States) - US releases weekly initial jobless claims data (1330 GMT) UNITED NATIONS (United States) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres holds press conference (1800 GMT) Middle East and North Africa SILIANA (Tunisia) - General strike BÉJAÏA (Algeria) - Verdict in trial of nine anti-government protest movement activists ALGIERS (Algeria) - Verdict in trial over car industry corruption scandal DAMASCUS (Syria) - Information ministry holds press conference with Russian and Syrian officials (0800 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa (*) WITBANK (South Africa) - State-owned power utility Eskom faces court case over air pollution charges CONAKRY (Guinea) - Sentencing hearing for opposition activist Oumar Sylla (1100 GMT) VIDEO. (+) JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - WHO Africa holds online press briefing (1200 GMT) FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2021 Highlights THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - Possible EMA announcement on AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine approval VIDEO. Asia-Pacific HONG KONG (China) - Court hearing for prosecution of Joshua Wong over face mask protest (0630 GMT) MUMBAI (India) - Tata Motors releases quarterly earnings (1300 GMT) Europe (+) ATHENS (Greece) - Protest in support of jailed far-left extremist Dimitris Koufontinas PARIS (France) - GDP Q4 growth rate data, first estimate (0630 GMT) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva briefs European Parliament trade committee (0800 GMT) (+) BERLIN (Germany) - Health Minister Jens Spahn holds press conference on Covid-19 (0900 GMT) PICTURE. COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - Publication of report by panel of experts on government's management of Covid-19 crisis (1000 GMT) (*) LISBON (Portugal) - Bill decriminalising euthanasia submitted to final vote in Parliament (1200 GMT) North America (*) VANCOUVER (Canada) - Court rules on Huawei ex-CFO Meng's request to ease bail restrictions (1800 GMT) Sports KONIGSSEE (Germany) - FIL World Luge Championships (To 31) WILLINGEN (Germany) - FIS Ski Jumping World Cup PICTURE. (To 31) ASPEN (United States) - Winter X Games (To 31) SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2021 Europe FOURNÈS (France) - Activists organise day of action against opening of giant new Amazon warehouse (0900 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa (+) GABON - First round of senatorial elections Latin America URUGUAY - End of ban on international arrivals Sports CHAMONIX (France) - Alpine Ski: 2020/2021 Men's Alpine Ski World Cup - Chamonix (To 31) GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN (Germany) - Alpine Ski: 2020/2021 Women's Alpine Ski World Cup - Garmisch-Partenkirchen (To 31) Mõedaku (Estonia) - Estoloppet cross-country ski marathon PICTURE. (To March 6) SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2021 Highlights RUSSIA - Protests called by aides of jailed opposition leader Navalny (0900 GMT) Worldwide WORLD - World Leprosy Day Asia-Pacific HONG KONG (China) - Britain starts offering Hong Kongers long-term visas BEIJING (China) - China releases monthly manufacturing PMI (0100 GMT) Europe POLAND - Partial lockdown due to end OSLO (Norway) - End of partial lockdown in Oslo region (0800 GMT) Sports MELBOURNE (Australia) - Tennis: WTA tour 2021 - Melbourne 1 (Gippsland Trophy) (To February 6) MELBOURNE (Australia) - Tennis: WTA tour 2021 - Melbourne 2 (Yarra Valley Classic) (To February 6) (*) PARIS (France) - Horse racing: Grand Prix d'Amerique PICTURE. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021 Highlights (*) JAPAN - Myanmar launches satellite and joins Asian 'super-constellation' VIDEO. Asia-Pacific (*) NAYPYIDAW (Myanmar) - New parliament sits for first time since November election VIDEO. (*) BEIJING (China) - China launches national emissions trading system (+) INDIA - New protest by Indian farmers against agricultural reforms BEIJING (China) - Caixin releases monthly manufacturing PMI (0130 GMT) (*) HONG KONG (China) - Hong Kong's top court hears appeal against bail order on media tycoon Jimmy Lai (0500 GMT) Europe (*) MOSCOW (Russia) - Possible end to ban on flights from UK NUR-SULTAN (Kazakhstan) - Kazakhstan begins mass vaccinations against coronavirus TAJIKISTAN - Mosques reopen following nine-month closure (*) SWITZERLAND - Mandatory quarantine comes into effect for certain arrivals from neighbouring countries SAN FERNANDO DE HENARES (Spain) - New hearing in trial of suspects accused of helping jihadists behind 2017 Catalonia attacks BOULOGNE-SUR-MER (France) - Trial of young Briton for walking through Eurotunnel TROMSO (Norway) - Arctic Frontiers annual conference (To 4) PARIS (France) - Parliament debates law on Islamist extremism (To 12) (*) DUBLIN (Ireland) - Ryanair Q3 results (0700 GMT) LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - Eurostat releases eurozone unemployment data for December (1000 GMT) Middle East and North Africa BEIRUT (Lebanon) - Trial over New Year celebratory gunfire begins (*) ALGIERS (Algeria) - Appeal trial of anti-government activist Fodil Boumala (*) ALGIERS (Algeria) - Start of appeal by press baron Anis Rahmani against 5-year jail term for corruption Sub-Saharan Africa (*) JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - Three Madagascans suspected of gold smuggling go on trial Latin America (*) BOLIVIA - Start of new school year, with all classes held online Sports MELBOURNE (Australia) - Tennis: ATP tour 2021 - Melbourne 1 - Murray River Open (To 7) MELBOURNE (Australia) - Tennis: ATP tour 2021 - Melbourne 2 - Great Ocean Road Open (To 7) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2021 Highlights (*) MOSCOW (Russia) - Kremlin critic Navalny appears in court, accused of violating terms of 2014 suspended sentence Europe (+) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Court considers whether to send to trial 20 suspected accomplices in 2015 Paris attacks (*) BERLIN (Germany) - Full programme of Berlinale Film Festival 2021 announced (+) MOSCOW (Russia) - Embezzlement trial begins in case against US investor Calvey (0700 GMT) LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - First estimate for eurozone GDP growth in Q4 2020 (1000 GMT) (+) MILAN (Italy) - Pirelli press conference to launch new tyre (1000 GMT) North America NEW YORK (United States) - Pfizer Q4 and 2020 annual results (1200 GMT) SAN FRANCISCO (United States) - Amazon Q4 results (2100 GMT) SAN FRANCISCO (United States) - Google owner Alphabet Q4 results (2200 GMT) Middle East and North Africa TRIPOLI (Libya) - Deadline to nominate candidates for key official posts, ahead of election of interim government WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2021 Asia-Pacific TOKYO (Japan) - Sony Q3 results Europe THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - International Court of Justice rules on US attempt to quash sanctions case brought by Iran (1400 GMT) VIDEO. STOCKHOLM (Sweden) - Spotify Q4 (*) MUNICH (Germany) - Siemens Q1 earnings (0600 GMT) (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Vodafone Q3 earnings (0600 GMT) (*) ISTANBUL (Turkey) - RSF representative in Turkey on trial for 'terrorist propaganda' (0700 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Second estimate for IHS Markit's eurozone composite PMI for January (0900 GMT) LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - First estimate for eurozone inflation in January (1000 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Vodafone Q3 results (1100 GMT) VIENNA (Austria) - OPEC Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) meeting (1500 GMT) Middle East and North Africa (*) PORT SAFAGA (Egypt) - 15th anniversary of Al-Salam ferry disaster CAIRO (Egypt) - Trial of Mahmud Ezzat, interim supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, resumes MOROCCO - Possible lifting of night-time virus curfew Sub-Saharan Africa (*) CONAKRY (Guinea) - Court rules on authorities' blockade of main opposition party HQ (1000 GMT) Sports (*) CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh) - Cricket: Bangladesh v West Indies in first Test PICTURE. (To 7) afp
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