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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. FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021 Highlights HONG KONG (China) - Jimmy Lai and other democracy activists sentenced after pleading guilty to 'unlawful assembly' (0100 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) TOKYO (Japan) - PM holds press conference on coronavirus restrictions (1100 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. SOCHI (Russia) - Putin meets Belarusian counterpart Lukashenko VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Asia-Pacific MELBOURNE (Australia) - Snap lockdown to fight a Covid cluster VIDEO. PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. (To June 3) (+) TOKYO (Japan) - Japan extends virus state of emergency PICTURE. VIDEO. (+) TOKYO (Japan) - Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi meets UN special envoy for Myanmar VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. KABUL (Afghanistan) - Australia to close embassy Europe (+) THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - PM Mark Rutte meets Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) - EMA holds press conference on Covid-19 (1300 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Q1 GDP data (0645 GMT) STOCKHOLM (Sweden) - Q1 GDP data (0730 GMT) (*) PARIS (France) - Total annual general assembly (0800 GMT) VIDEO. (+) PARIS (France) - LVMH annual general assembly (0830 GMT) MOSCOW (Russia) - Verdict in trial of ex-policemen accused of fabricating drug-trafficking charges against journalist (0900 GMT) KIEV (Ukraine) - Rally to demand pressure on Lukashenko, support Belarus protests (1300 GMT) (*) LEIPZIG (Germany) - Leipzig Book Fair Prize ceremony (1400 GMT) (+) LYON (France) - Protest following arrest of journalist Roman Protasevitch by Belarus (1500 GMT) (+) GENEVA (Switzerland) - WHO press conference on Covid-19 (1600 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (*) VOSTOCHNY (Russia) - Launch of 36 OneWeb satellites (1738 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (*) FRIBOURG (Switzerland) - Trial of 31 climate activists who blocked access to a shopping centre in 2019 PICTURE. LEIPZIG (Germany) - OECD holds International Transport Forum BERLIN (Germany) - Global Solutions Summit, held online VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. ATHENS (Greece) - European Parliament president visits to mark 40 years since Greece joined the EEC (+) TAPA (Estonia) - 7,000 soldiers from eight NATO countries engaged in major military maneuvers, about a hundred kilometres from the Russian border, VIDEO. (*) MOSCOW (Russia) - FM Lavrov hosts talks with Slovenian counterpart VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Mosque on Taksim Square inaugurated PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. GREECE - Theatres reopen PICTURE. (+) THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is expected to announce further easing in restrictions to curb Covid-19 VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) TIRANA (Albania) - Trans women in conservative Albania battle prejudice by organising a photo exhibition VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - 60th anniversary of Amnesty International BELFAST (United Kingdom) - Arlene Foster steps down as Democratic Unionist Party leader PICTURE. LISBON (Portugal) - EU defence ministers hold talks LONDON (United Kingdom) - Finance minister Rishi Sunak hosts virtual meeting of G7 counterparts and central bank heads PICTURE. LONDON (United Kingdom) - HSBC annual general meeting LONDON (United Kingdom) - PM Johnson welcomes Hungarian counterpart Orban VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. North America NEW YORK (United States) - Posthumous DMX album set for release QUEBEC CITY (Canada) - Quebec province curfew lifted VIDEO. LOS ANGELES (United States) - 'Cruella' movie released in theaters and on Disney+ streaming platform (+) ALEXANDRIA (United States) - President Biden and Governor Ralph Northam deliver remarks on fight against Covid-19 in Virginia (1430 GMT) (+) HAMPTON (United States) - Joe and Jill Biden delivers remarks as they visit the military Joint Base Langley-Eustis (1720 GMT) VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa TEHRAN (Iran) - Campaign ahead of June 18 presidential vote (To June 16) Sub-Saharan Africa ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia) - 30th anniversary of the ouster of Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam (+) BAMAKO (Mali) - Follow up after the resignation of Mali interim president and prime minister VIDEO. (*) JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - French President Macron visits (1030 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 29) (*) CAPE TOWN (South Africa) - Environment minister releases second national report on invasive species (1200 GMT) (+) BANJUL (Gambia) - Truth and reconciliation commission holds last hearing on Jammeh era crimes VIDEO. Sports DOHA (Qatar) - Diamond League athletics meeting DOHA (Qatar) - Football: CAF Super Cup final Berkane v Al-Ahly (1630 GMT) ITALY - Cycling: World Tour 2021, Giro d'Italia PICTURE. GRAPHIC. (To 30) (*) UNITED STATES - Basketball: NBA playoffs 2021 (To July 22) COLOGNE (Germany) - Basketball EuroLeague Final 4 PICTURE. (To 30) TOKYO (Japan) - Inaugural Olympic Virtual Series (To June 23) RIGA (Latvia) - World Ice Hockey Championship PICTURE. (To June 6) BELGRADE (Serbia) - Tennis: ATP tour 2021 - Belgrade open (To 29) STRASBOURG (France) - Tennis: WTA tour 2021 - Internationaux de Strasbourg (To 29) DHAKA (Bangladesh) - Cricket: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI PICTURE. MUGELLO (Italy) - Moto world championship Italian Grand Prix PICTURE. (To 30) SATURDAY, MAY 29, 2021 Highlights PORTO (Portugal) - Football: Manchester City v Chelsea in Champions League final (1900 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 30) Asia-Pacific (+) GUANGZHOU (China) - Adventure sports lovers defy gravity on the tallest Chinese TV tower (0200 GMT) VIDEO. (+) QUEENSTOWN (New Zealand) - Australian PM Morrison visits New Zealand for talks with counterpart Ardern (To 31) Europe ZAGREB (Croatia) - Annual anti-abortion rally PICTURE. WARSAW (Poland) - Coronavirus restrictions to ease VIDEO. BIRMINGHAM (United Kingdom) - Birmingham Pride (To 30) (+) MILAN (Italy) - Funeral of ballet dancer Carla Fracci (1245 GMT) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Coronavirus restriction protestors to gather at 'European Demonstration for Freedom' (1300 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. Middle East and North Africa (*) ISMAILIA (Egypt) - Start of new hearings in MV Evergiven ship compensation claim (1100 GMT) Latin America (*) RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) - Protest against President Jair Bolsonaro (1700 GMT) VIDEO. (*) LIMA (Peru) - Protest by opponents of communism and left-wing presidential candidate Pedro Castillo (2100 GMT) VIDEO. Sports Lac Rose (Senegal) - Auto : Extreme E championship 2nd round VIDEO. (To 30) SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2021 Worldwide WORLD - World Multiple Sclerosis Day Europe NICOSIA (Cyprus) - Parliamentary elections VIDEO. (*) ZAGREB (Croatia) - Mayoral election PICTURE. (*) COIMBRA (Portugal) - Far-right Chega party congress closes, with Italy's Matteo Salvini attending (1400 GMT) PICTURE. Latin America (*) AREQUIPA (Peru) - Presidential candidates Keiko Fujimori and Pedro Castillo hold final debate before June 6 vote VIDEO. Sports INDIANAPOLIS (United States) - 135,000 fans expected at Indianapolis 500, largest US sports crowd since pandemic PICTURE. VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - Roland Garros PICTURE. (To June 13) MONDAY, MAY 31, 2021 Highlights BONN (Germany) - Bonn Climate Change Conference, dubbed SB 52 (To June 11) Worldwide WORLD - World No Tobacco Day Asia-Pacific HONG KONG (China) - Court appearance for 47 democracy activists charged with national security crimes (0100 GMT) Europe (*) ATHENS (Greece) - Turkish FM visits PICTURE. FRANCE - Covid vaccination opens to all adults VIDEO. SWITZERLAND - Covid-19 restrictions ease (*) ALCALÁ DE HENARES (Spain) - Spain-Poland summit (*) REYKJAVIK (Iceland) - Q1 GDP (*) MOSCOW (Russia) - FM Lavrov meets Portuguese counterpart (0700 GMT) (+) PARIS (France) - OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria and Chief Economist Laurence Boone present Economic Outlook (0800 GMT) (+) MILAN (Italy) - La Scala holds press conference on 2021-2022 season (1000 GMT) WIESBADEN (Germany) - Preliminary inflation estimate for May (1200 GMT) North America (+) MIAMI BEACH (United States) - US observes Memorial Day VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. TULSA (United States) - 100th anniversary of race massacre in Oklahoma PICTURE. VIDEO. (To June 1) TORONTO (Canada) - Sentencing in murder trial of man who drove truck into crowd, killing 10 (1330 GMT) Middle East and North Africa BEIRUT (Lebanon) - French judges visit to question ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - 60th anniversary of creation of independent Republic of South Africa BUJUMBURA (Burundi) - Office of UN envoy to Burundi to permanently shut Sports (*) SAN ISIDRO (Argentina) - Maradona's medical team face questioning over death of football icon VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To June 14) TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2021 Highlights TULSA (United States) - Biden visits site of race massacre on 100th anniversary PICTURE. VIDEO. Asia-Pacific (*) KATHMANDU (Nepal) - 20th anniversary of murder by crown prince of nine members of Nepal's royal family Europe LONDON (United Kingdom) - OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting (+) SWEDEN - Covid restrictions start to ease, including opening hours for restaurants BRATISLAVA (Slovakia) - Covid-19 vaccination using Sputnik jabs begins LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - European Public Prosecutor's Office, tasked with fighting fraud, becomes operational (+) COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - Launch of a Lego set showcasing diversity and the LGBTQIA+ community BRUSSELS (Belgium) - NATO foreign and defence ministers hold video talks ahead of June 14 leaders summit VIDEO. (*) MADRID (Spain) - W. Sahara independence leader Brahim Ghali appears in court by video link to answer allegations of torture from Polisario dissidents VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - London Design Biennale opens at Somerset House VIDEO. (*) BERN (Switzerland) - Q1 GDP data (0545 GMT) (+) VILNIUS (Lithuania) - Belarus opposition leader Tikhanovskaya addresses online conference on democratic transition (1200 GMT) North America (*) OTTAWA (Canada) - Q4 and full-year 2020 GDP (1230 GMT) Middle East and North Africa JERUSALEM - Israel eases coronavirus restrictions VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. JERUSALEM - Malawi embassy to be opened in Jerusalem (date to be confirmed) VIDEO. CASABLANCA (Morocco) - Journalist Omar Radi on trial for spying and sexual assault ALGIERS (Algeria) - Partial reopening of air borders PICTURE. VIDEO. Latin America (+) HAVANA (Cuba) - Start of Covid vaccination campaign (date to be confirmed) (+) SAN JOSÉ (Costa Rica) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits (To 2) Sports ITALY - Spectators allowed to return to sports stadiums WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2021 Asia-Pacific (+) SHENZHEN (China) - Huawei launches new operating system HarmonyOS after being barred from using Android (1200 GMT) PICTURE. Europe MOSCOW (Russia) - Russia's upper house considers law on banning 'extremists' from elections SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia) - Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 5) VICHY (France) - 80th anniversary of pro-Nazi Vichy regime's anti-Jewish legislation (+) GENEVA (Switzerland) - Donors summit on financing Covid vaccines for developing countries via the Covax global sharing scheme (1100 GMT) (+) VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope Francis holds weekly audience VIDEO. (+) FRANCE - Publication in French of annotated re-translation of Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' (+) PARIS (France) - Court ruling in ownership dispute over Pissarro painting stolen by Nazis (0830 GMT) North America SAN FRANCISCO (United States) - Facebook annual developers' event, held virtually Middle East and North Africa ALGIERS (Algeria) - Appeal hearing for scholar Said Djabelkhir, sentenced to jail for 'offending Islam' PICTURE. VIDEO. TUNIS (Tunisia) - French PM Jean Castex visits PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 3) JERUSALEM - Knesset members elect new Israeli president (1300 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. JERUSALEM - Deadline for Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid to form new government (2030 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 3) Sports UTRECHT (Netherlands) - Cricket: Netherlands v Ireland in first ODI THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2021 Asia-Pacific HONG KONG (China) - Trial of Cheng Tsz Ho and Li Tsz Yin, two of the 12 fugitives who tried to flee the city Europe (+) ATHENS (Greece) - Strike called by main civil servants' union (*) MOSCOW (Russia) - Aeroflot Q1 results (To 4) PARIS (France) - Cannes Film Festival press conference PICTURE. VIDEO. FLENSBURG (Germany) - German car sales for May (*) COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - Parliament votes on bill on creating reception centres outside the EU to process asylum claims LONDON (United Kingdom) - Fifth anniversary of London Bridge attack, claimed by Islamic State group (+) OXFORD (United Kingdom) - G7 health ministers meet (To 4) North America (+) NEW YORK (United States) - New Harry Potter store opens in Manhattan VIDEO. (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Weekly unemployment benefit claims (1230 GMT) Middle East and North Africa CASABLANCA (Morocco) - Trial resumes of journalist Soulaimane Raissouni Sports OLBIA (Italy) - Auto: World rally championship (WRC), Rally of Monte-Carlo (To 6) FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2021 Highlights LONDON (United Kingdom) - G7 finance ministers meet in person (To 5) Asia-Pacific BEIJING (China) - 32nd anniversary of Beijing's deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown HONG KONG (China) - Hong Kong marks Tiananmen anniversary amid its own crackdown on dissent VIDEO. Europe (+) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - PM leads crisis committee on Covid-19 VIDEO. (+) GENEVA (Switzerland) - WHO holds virtual press conference on Covid-19 VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - 'Uyghur Tribunal' investigates alleged Chinese abuses against its Uyghur minority community (To 7) (+) ANTWERP (Belgium) - Verdict in case of millions of eggs contaminated with the banned insecticide fipronil in 2017 (0700 GMT) (+) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - New hearing in EU legal complaint against AstraZeneca over vaccine delivery (1200 GMT) (+) TROMSO (Norway) - Sailing ship departs on scientific polar expedition (1200 GMT) North America UNITED STATES - Release of animated film 'Raya and the Last Dragon' on Disney Plus OTTAWA (Canada) - Canada publishes unemployment figures (1230 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa (*) GHANA - 21 LGBT activists appear in court on 'unlawful assembly' charges (+) BAMAKO (Mali) - Protest organised by opposition movement M5 Sports UTRECHT (Netherlands) - Cricket: Second One-Day International between Netherlands and Ireland MADRID (Spain) - Football friendly match Spain v Portugal (1730 GMT) PICTURE. BAKU (Azerbaijan) - Auto: Formula One - Azerbaijan Grand Prix PICTURE. (To 6) BARCELONA (Spain) - Moto world championship Catalonian Grand Prix PICTURE. (To 6) SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 2021 Highlights WORLD - World Environment Day ATLANTA (United States) - 40th anniversary of CDC's first public announcement of AIDS deaths Europe MOSCOW (Russia) - Return of expedition tasked with measuring radioactive pollution at sunk nuclear sub in Norwegian Sea VENICE (Italy) - Anti-cruise ships protest VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa ALGERIA - 30th anniversary of declaration of state of siege in Algeria Sub-Saharan Africa GOMA (DR Congo) - 'State of siege' in violence-plagued eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu scheduled to end VIDEO. afp
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