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| - Go to to consult AFP Agenda Contact us on contact-agenda@afp.com Please note that all times are in GMT. 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, FEBRUARY 12, 2020 Asia-Pacific TAITUNG CITY (Taiwan) - Taiwan launches first domestically-built rocket with hybrid engine (2200 GMT) Europe BRUSSELS (Belgium) - NATO defence ministers meet LIVE VIDEO. (To 13) LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - EU court hears Google appeal against European Commission fine (To 14) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - Trump hosts Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno PICTURE. VIDEO. (+) UNITED NATIONS (United States) - UN expected to vote on resolution in support of Libya ceasefire LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed chief Jerome Powell testifies to Senate on monetary policy (1500 GMT) PICTURE. WASHINGTON (United States) - Treasury Secretary Mnuchin testifies to Congress on budget proposal (1800 GMT) PICTURE. (+) HOUSTON (United States) - NASA astronaut Christina Koch talks to media after her 300-day plus mission aboard the ISS (2030 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. Middle East and North Africa TEHRAN (Iran) - List of parliamentary election candidates expected to be published PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. (*) ALGIERS (Algeria) - Parliament debates government plan to boost economy (To 13) Sub-Saharan Africa CONAKRY (Guinea) - Opposition protests against new Constitution proposal VIDEO. (To 13) KIDAL (Mali) - Mali army deploys to key symbolic northern city VIDEO. (To 14) (+) LILONGWE (Malawi) - Malawi's controversial head of electoral commission appears before parliament after presidential vote was annulled DAKAR (Senegal) - Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 13) Latin America BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) - IMF delegation visits (1300 GMT) (To 14) BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) - Protest against IMF as delegation visits (2100 GMT) VIDEO. (+) CARACAS (Venezuela) - Parliamentary session of the National Assembly with Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaidó (1400 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. Sports TUNJA (Colombia) - Cycling: Tour Colombia 2020 PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 16) ANTHOLZ (Italy) - Biathlon: IBU world championships PICTURE. (To 23) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 Asia-Pacific (+) MANILA (Philippines) - Vegan supporters in biohazard suits stage protest to advocate vegan lifestyle to 'prevent deadly outbreaks' amid coronavirus scare (0600 GMT) VIDEO. YOKOHAMA (Japan) - Nissan Q3 results (0600 GMT) GRAPHIC. Europe BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU health ministers meet on coronavirus epidemic (0900 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - PM Johnson expected to announce post-Brexit cabinet reshuffle VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. DRESDEN (Germany) - 75th anniversary of British-American bombing of Dresden during WWII (1415 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. (To 15) FRANKFURT AM MAIN (Germany) - Commerzbank 2019 annual results BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Malaysian commodities minister Teresa Kok visits European Commission amid threat to take EU to WTO court BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Top international aid officials meet with EU on Yemen crisis VIDEO. (*) PARIS (France) - Airbus 2019 annual results (0530 GMT) VIDEO. VEVEY (Switzerland) - Nestle 2019 annual results (0615 GMT) WIESBADEN (Germany) - German inflation data for January (0700 GMT) OSLO (Norway) - Norwegian Air Shuttle Q4 and annual 2019 results (0700 GMT) (+) ATHENS (Greece) - Anti-camp protest by officials and residents of Aegean islands hosting thousands of asylum-seekers (0800 GMT) VIDEO. PARIS (France) - IEA monthly oil market report (0900 GMT) DUBLIN (Ireland) - ECB chief economist Philip Lane gives speech (1200 GMT) (*) BERLIN (Germany) - Merkel, Armenia's PM Pashinyan give statements ahead of talks (1400 GMT) PICTURE. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Barclays 2019 results (1600 GMT) North America (+) NEW YORK (United States) - Closing arguments expected to begin in film mogul Harvey Weinstein's sex assault trial PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. LIVE VIDEO. MONTREAL (Canada) - Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier announces results (1100 GMT) WASHINGTON (United States) - Senate Banking Committee hearing on nominees to Fed board, Judy Shelton and Christopher Waller (1500 GMT) Middle East and North Africa TEHRAN (Iran) - Parliamentary election campaign begins PICTURE. VIDEO. GRAPHIC. REGGANE (Algeria) - 60th anniversary of France's first nuclear test in Sahara desert (+) TUNIS (Tunisia) - ICRC chief Peter Maurer holds presser on situation in Libya (1530 GMT) VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa (*) CAPE TOWN (South Africa) - President Ramaphosa delivers State of the Nation address in parliament (1700 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Sports SWEDEN - Auto, WRC: Swedish rally PICTURE. (To 16) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2020 Europe MUNICH (Germany) - Munich Security Conference PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 16) MOSCOW (Russia) - Deadline to introduce amendments in parliament to Putin's constitutional reform draft bill PICTURE. VIDEO. COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - Five years since gun attacks on synagogue and Jewish cultural centre that left two people dead VIDEO. (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Women's fashion week autumn-winter 2020 PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 18) (*) ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Turkish author Asli Erdogan terror propaganda trial (0600 GMT) VIDEO. WIESBADEN (Germany) - German Q4 GDP first estimate (0700 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - RBS 2019 earnings (1000 GMT) (*) BERLIN (Germany) - Merkel, Sudan's PM Hamdok give press statements ahead of talks (1430 GMT) PICTURE. Middle East and North Africa (+) TUNIS (Tunisia) - New cabinet to be presented ahead of a confidence vote at Parliament Latin America (+) SANTIAGO (Chile) - Chileans protest against the government (2130 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020 Asia-Pacific (*) NAKHON RATCHASIMA (Thailand) - 10,000 Buddhist monks set to hold mass prayer a week after mass shooting that left 29 people dead VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Europe (*) SWIDNICA (Poland) - Robert Biedron, openly gay leftist presidential candidate holds convention (1230 GMT) MENTON (France) - Menton Lemon Festival (1300 GMT) (To March 3) Middle East and North Africa MINYA (Egypt) - Unveiling of statues dedicated to Coptic victims of IS in Libya VIDEO. PICTURE. Sub-Saharan Africa SENEGAL - US Secretary of State Pompeo goes on Africa, Gulf tour (To 21) DAKAR (Senegal) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 16) Latin America VENEZUELA - Military exercises in Venezuela's main cities called by President Maduro LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 16) (+) SANTIAGO (Chile) - Chileans rally in rupport of police and against a possible new constitution (1100 GMT) VIDEO. Sports (+) GLASGOW (United Kingdom) - Athletics: Indoor Grand Prix (1200 GMT) SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2020 Asia-Pacific KYOTO (Japan) - 15 years since Kyoto Protocol on global warming entered into force PYONGYANG (North Korea) - North Korea marks anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, father of current leader Kim Jong Un PICTURE. VIDEO. PAKISTAN - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits (To 19) Europe MUNICH (Germany) - International summit on Libya conflict (date to be confirmed) (0800 GMT) VIDEO. GRAPHIC. PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. BUDAPEST (Hungary) - Prime Minister Viktor Orban gives annual state of nation address VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU leaders meet heads of Balkan countries (1800 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa (*) DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) - Global Women's Forum Dubai 2020, speakers include Ivanka Trump, Theresa May (To 17) DOHA (Qatar) - Rights commission conference on social media freedom VIDEO. (To 17) BEIRUT (Lebanon) - Hezbollah chief gives televised speech (1230 GMT) Sports BERLIN (Germany) - Laureus World Sports Awards PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 17) MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2020 Europe THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - Top UN court holds hearings in France vs E.Guinea embezzlement row (0900 GMT) VIDEO. (To 21) (*) KATOWICE (Poland) - Coal miners go on strike over wage dispute BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU European Affairs ministers prepare special summit on the first multiannual EU budget after Brexit VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (+) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg meets EU commissioners Margrethe Vestager, Vera Jourova and Thierry Breton LONDON (United Kingdom) - Trial of teen accused of throwing French boy from Tate Modern art gallery due to begin VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU foreign ministers meet (0730 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Extinction Rebellion co-founder Roger Hallam in court over Heathrow drone case (1000 GMT) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Eurozone finance ministers meet (1400 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU finance ministers meet (1700 GMT) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - US announces import rules for Chinese-made kitchen cabinets Middle East and North Africa ABU DHABI (United Arab Emirates) - UAE updates progress on first nuclear power plant (0645 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. Sub-Saharan Africa ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits (To 18) LUANDA (Angola) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits YAOUNDÉ (Cameroon) - Trial of seven soldiers for murders of two women and their children which were filmed, posted online VIDEO. Sports LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: Premier League - day 26: Chelsea v Manchester United (2000 GMT) PICTURE. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2020 Asia-Pacific YOKOHAMA (Japan) - Nissan holds extraordinary shareholders meeting (0100 GMT) PICTURE. HONG KONG (China) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam holds weekly press conference (0200 GMT) HONG KONG (China) - HSBC Q4 and 2019 results (0400 GMT) Europe ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Trial resumes of leading civil society figure Osman Kavala BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Belgium court decides on European arrest warrant for Catalan separatist ex-leader Puigdemont LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. (*) MADRID (Spain) - Court hearing over Vivendi's efforts to block Mediaset from merging its Italian and Spanish units MILAN (Italy) - Fashion week women's fall winter 2020 (To 24) LONDON (United Kingdom) - BRIT Awards ceremony PICTURE. VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU finance ministers meet (0730 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (*) ZAGREB (Croatia) - Leftist Zoran Milanovic sworn in as president (1100 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - HSBC 2019 annual results (1400 GMT) Middle East and North Africa (*) ORAN (Algeria) - Appeal of Kaddour Chouicha, jailed deputy head of League for Defence of Human Rights BEIRUT (Lebanon) - Amnesty International press conference on human rights in the Middle East (0900 GMT) VIDEO. Sports MADRID (Spain) - Football: UEFA Champions League - Last 16 First Leg: Atletico Madrid (ESP) v Liverpool (ENG) (2000 GMT) GRAPHIC. PICTURE. DORTMUND (Germany) - Football: UEFA Champions League - Last 16 First Leg: Borussia Dortmund (GER) v Paris SG (FRA) (2000 GMT) GRAPHIC. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2020 Europe BONN (Germany) - Court ruling expected for two British ex-bankers in mass tax fraud case BONN (Germany) - Deutsche Telekom releases annual earnings data BRUSSELS (Belgium) - European Commission unveils proposals for regulating AI LONDON (United Kingdom) - 40th anniversary of death of AC/DC singer Bon Scott LONDON (United Kingdom) - Prince Andrew's 60th birthday LONDON (United Kingdom) - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in court for remand hearing before his extradition trial VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Hearing in trial of Amnesty International's Turkey director (0700 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - UK Inflation statistics for January (ONS) (0830 GMT) North America LAS VEGAS (United States) - Democratic party presidential hopefuls hold televised debate PICTURE. VIDEO. NEW YORK (United States) - Sentencing of Akayed Ullah over 2017 Times Square bombing (2000 GMT) VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa (*) RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits (To 21) Latin America (*) BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) - Demonstration in front of Congress to demand the decriminalization of abortion (2200 GMT) VIDEO. Sports (+) LIÉVIN (France) - Athletics: international indoor event (1800 GMT) MILAN (Italy) - Football: UEFA Champions League - Last 16 First Leg: Atalanta (ITA) v Valencia (ESP) (2000 GMT) GRAPHIC. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: UEFA Champions League - Last 16 First Leg: Tottenham (ENG) v RB Leipzig (GER) (2000 GMT) GRAPHIC. PICTURE. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 Europe BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU summit on first post-Brexit longterm budget LIVE VIDEO. BERLIN (Germany) - Berlin International Film Festival PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To March 1) (+) FRANCE - 10th day of protests, strike over pensions reform VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Air France-KLM 2019 annual results BERLIN (Germany) - Berlin International Film Festival opening ceremony DIETFURT (Germany) - Thousands of people take part in an unusual Chinese carnival VIDEO. (+) BERLIN (Germany) - Verdict expected at trial of four men charged over giant gold coin heist VIENNA (Austria) - Vienna Opera Ball PICTURE. (+) DUBLIN (Ireland) - Irish parliament reconvenes after general election PICTURE. LISBON (Portugal) - Parliament debates several draft bills on euthanasia (+) MADRID (Spain) - Telefonica annual results (0630 GMT) NUREMBERG (Germany) - German consumer confidence data (0700 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - BAE systems earnings (1200 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa KAMPALA (Uganda) - Africa Climate Week (To 24) afp
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