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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, MARCH 23, 2021 Highlights (+) MOSCOW (Russia) - Putin receives vaccine against Covid-19 ISRAEL - National elections LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - NATO foreign ministers hold in-person talks VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 24) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Banksy to auction painting at Christie's to raise funds for the NHS VIDEO. PICTURE. Asia-Pacific (+) MANILA (Philippines) - Churches shut as travel restrictions take effect in virus fight VIDEO. ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) - Military parade to mark Pakistan Day national holiday VIDEO. (*) HONG KONG (China) - Baidu starts trading on Hong Kong Stock Exchange (0100 GMT) GUILIN (China) - Russian FM Lavrov visits VIDEO. Europe GENEVA (Switzerland) - Expected release of WHO report following mission to China to investigate origins of Covid (date to be confirmed) GRAPHIC. (To 26) DENMARK - New slight easing of coronavirus restrictions comes into force STUTTGART (Germany) - Porsche SE 2020 annual results UNITED KINGDOM - Britain marks anniversary of first national Covid lockdown VIDEO. PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. LISBON (Portugal) - EU European affairs ministers meet VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Monthly labour data (0600 GMT) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - ECB chief supervisor Andrea Enria briefs European Parliament finance committee (0800 GMT) MOSCOW (Russia) - Hearing in trial of Kremlin critic Sobol, accused of trespassing at home of alleged FSB agent (0800 GMT) (+) LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - EU Court of Justice ruling on passenger compensation in case of pilots' strike (0830 GMT) (+) LISBON (Portugal) - Interior Minister Eduardo Cabrita hosts talks with French counterpart Gérald Darmanin (1130 GMT) PICTURE. THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - Government decides whether to allow cafe terraces to reopen from March 31 (1800 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. North America (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - VP Harris swears in William Burns as CIA director (1330 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - PAHO holds briefing on Covid-19 in the Americas (1500 GMT) (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed chief Powell, Treasury Secretary Yellen testify before lawmakers (1600 GMT) Middle East and North Africa (*) BAGHUZ (Syria) - Second anniversary of fall of Islamic State group's last Syrian bastion LIVE VIDEO. (+) HADHRAMOUT (Yemen) - Thousands of pilgrims visit the Prophet Hood's tomb, the city's largest religious gathering for hundreds of years VIDEO. (To 24) Sub-Saharan Africa (*) CONGO - Presidential election LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. (To 24) (+) MOGADISHU (Somalia) - UN-sponsored conference on delayed election Sports (*) VERBIER (Switzerland) - Xtreme Verbier Freeride World Tour final PICTURE. PUNE (India) - Cricket: India v England, 1st ODI (0830 GMT) NORTH SOUND (Antigua and Barbuda) - Cricket: West Indies v Sri Lanka 1st Test PICTURE. (To 25) STOCKHOLM (Sweden) - ISU World Figure Skating Championships - Stockholm PICTURE. (To 28) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2021 Highlights YANGON (Myanmar) - Aung San Suu Kyi appears in court Worldwide WORLD - World Tuberculosis Day Asia-Pacific SEOUL (South Korea) - Russian FM Lavrov visits (To 25) HANOI (Vietnam) - Spring session of National Assembly, with new top leaders expected to be announced VIDEO. PICTURE. (To April 7) HONG KONG (China) - Journalist Bao Choy goes on trial over vehicle database searches for report on mob attack on democracy protestors (0130 GMT) Europe (+) MOSCOW (Russia) - New ISS crew holds online press conference (0800 GMT) (*) ANKARA (Turkey) - Ruling party holds congress (0700 GMT) PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. MADRID (Spain) - Two former Spanish PMs to testify at slush fund trial (1100 GMT) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Boris Johnson answers Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) (1200 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. HELSINKI (Finland) - Verdict in case of 16 year-old boy allegedly beaten to death by schoolmates (+) ATHENS (Greece) - Russian PM Mishustin visits (To 25) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Banksy exhibition opens at Brussels' Deodato gallery VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Christie's auctions Delacroix's 'Arab hunting a lion' FRANKFURT (Germany) - ECB publishes article on monetary policy and inequality (0900 GMT) BERLIN (Germany) - Chancellor Merkel answers questions at lower house of parliament Bundestag (1200 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. PICTURE. BERLIN (Germany) - Finance Minister Scholz gives press conference on 2022 federal budget and forecasts to 2025 (1200 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. PICTURE. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - US Chamber of Commerce in Europe holds annual transatlantic conference (1300 GMT) (To 26) (*) LONDON (United Kingdom) - PM Johnson appears before heads of parliament's select committees (1530 GMT) North America LOS ANGELES (United States) - 32nd Annual Producers' Guild Awards for film and television (virtual ceremony) (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve chief Powell testifies before Senate (1400 GMT) (+) WASHINGTON (United States) - Soccer star Megan Rapinoe testifies before Congressional committee on equal pay (1400 GMT) VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa TUNIS (Tunisia) - Deadline for Italy to take back waste illegally exported to Tunisia (0800 GMT) Latin America BOGOTA (Colombia) - ICRC releases annual humanitarian report on Colombia's armed conflict (1300 GMT) THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2021 Highlights (*) FUKUSHIMA (Japan) - Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay starts VIDEO. GRAPHIC. PICTURE. BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU leaders' summit PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. (To 26) WASHINGTON (United States) - Biden holds first press conference of presidency VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. (*) WASHINGTON (United States) - Facebook, Google and Twitter bosses testify at Congressional hearing on misinformation VIDEO. PICTURE. Worldwide WORLD - International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade Asia-Pacific (+) NEW DELHI (India) - First anniversary of the start of India's coronavirus lockdown VIDEO. HONG KONG (China) - Activist Tony Chung to enter plea in national security case (0700 GMT) BEIJING (China) - Defence ministry monthly press conference (0700 GMT) Europe ATHENS (Greece) - Greece celebrates 200th anniversary of 1821 revolution and war of independence LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. ANKARA (Turkey) - Chinese FM visits VIDEO. ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Members of Uighur community protest over visit by Chinese FM (0700 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. MINSK (Belarus) - Freedom Day opposition protests called by Tikhanovskaya VIDEO. PARIS (France) - Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art auction, with works by Van Gogh, Degas, Pissarro, Picabia, Matisse, Modigliani ANDORRA LA VELLA (Andorra) - Spain's King Felipe VI visits PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 26) (+) LONDON (United Kingdom) - Sotheby's Modern Renaissance sale including a work by Banksy (+) BERLIN (Germany) - Merkel addresses parliament ahead of EU summit (0800 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - ECJ rules on complaint brought against EU climate package by families from Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Fiji and Kenya (0830 GMT) (+) MADRID (Spain) - Health ministry briefing on Covid-19 (1730 GMT) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - US releases weekly initial jobless claims data (1230 GMT) Middle East and North Africa ALGIERS (Algeria) - Supreme Court hearing on case of journalist Khaled Drareni PICTURE. VIDEO. (+) ABU DHABI (United Arab Emirates) - Press briefing during the visit of the French carrier Charles de Gaulle (0600 GMT) Sub-Saharan Africa JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - Hearing in contempt of court case against ex-president Zuma VIDEO. Latin America BOGOTA (Colombia) - Former head of Supreme Court Francisco Ricaurte Gomez sentenced for corruption MEXICO CITY (Mexico) - Bolivian President Luis Arce visits VIDEO. PICTURE. BOGOTA (Colombia) - Press conference by National Federation of Coffee Growers on challenges facing the sector due to Covid-19 (1330 GMT) Sports (+) BENGHAZI (Libya) - Africa Cup of Nations 2021 qualifier: Libya v Tunisia VIDEO. WELLINGTON (New Zealand) - Cricket: New Zealand v Bangladesh, 3rd ODI FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2021 Asia-Pacific BANGLADESH - 50th anniversary of start of war of independence VIDEO. HONG KONG (China) - New hearing for man arrested for chanting slogans banned by new security law (0630 GMT) Europe ISTANBUL (Turkey) - Verdict for suspected killers of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - February retail sales data (0600 GMT) PARIS (France) - GDP growth data for 2020, first estimate (0630 GMT) VERSAILLES (France) - Verdict in appeal trial of Burundian former justice minister, convicted of modern slavery (1300 GMT) VIDEO. (*) SPAIN - Andalusia Fashion Week (1600 GMT) PICTURE. GENEVA (Switzerland) - WHO virtual briefing on Covid-19 (1600 GMT) North America MIAMI (United States) - Ultra electronic music dance festival (To 28) Middle East and North Africa (+) TEHRAN (Iran) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits (To 28) (*) RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - Sixth anniversary of Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen Latin America BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) - 30th anniversary of signature of Treaty of Asuncion, which established the Mercosur common market Sports DOHA (Qatar) - Moto GP Qatar Grand Prix (To 28) MANAMA (Bahrain) - Auto: Formula One - Bahrain Grand Prix (To 28) PUNE (India) - Cricket: India v England, 2nd ODI (0830 GMT) SAINT-DENIS (France) - Rugby: France v Scotland in Six Nations (2000 GMT) PICTURE. SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2021 Worldwide WORLD - Millions of people around the world switch off their lights for Earth Hour Asia-Pacific KOLKATA (India) - Key state elections in West Bengal PICTURE. VIDEO. (To May 2) Europe PARIS (France) - Opening of avenue in Champs Elysee gardens named after Afghan political and military commander Ahmad Shah Massoud VIDEO. COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - Tivoli amusement park reopens to visitors with a negative Covid-19 test VIDEO. FRANKFURT (Germany) - ECB chief economist Philip Lane gives speech at Ambrosetti Forum on economic and financial forecasts (0930 GMT) Sports HAMILTON (New Zealand) - Cricket: New Zealand v Bangladesh, 1st T20 international SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2021 Asia-Pacific NEW DELHI (India) - Holi festival of colours PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 29) BANGKOK (Thailand) - Municipal elections (0100 GMT) TAIPEI (Taiwan) - Palau President Surangel Whipps visits as the two allies seek to set up travel bubble (0200 GMT) (To April 1) Europe SPAIN - Catholics mark Holy Week (To April 4) TURKMENISTAN - Elections for newly created senate VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope's Angelus (1100 GMT) Middle East and North Africa SHARM EL SHEIKH (Egypt) - First Russian flight lands in Sinai following suspension after 2015 terror attack Sports MANAMA (Bahrain) - Auto: Formula One - Bahrain Grand Prix, Grand Prix BANGKOK (Thailand) - Thai Olympic gold medal-winning Somrak Kamsing runs the 1st of the 4,606 km of the national flag run to Tokyo VIDEO. PICTURE. PUNE (India) - Cricket: India v England, 3rd and final ODI (0830 GMT) MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2021 Highlights BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU hosts virtual conference on Syria (To 30) MINNEAPOLIS (United States) - Opening arguments in trial of police officer Derek Chauvin over death of George Floyd PICTURE. VIDEO. Asia-Pacific (+) HONG KONG (China) - Chinese video streaming giant Bilibili debuts on Hong Kong stock exchange (0130 GMT) Europe PARIS (France) - Verdict in trial over diet drug Mediator, said to cause fatal heart problems (0800 GMT) (+) BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Unions call for day of action, with public transport delays expected LESBOS ISLAND (Greece) - EU Migration Commissioner Ylva Johansson visits Lesbos, Athens VIDEO. (To 30) PARIS (France) - Trial in absentia of three pilots for 2004 Bouake bombing (0700 GMT) (To April 16) UNITED KINGDOM - Start of 4-week shortfall in supplies from India of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (1400 GMT) North America CAPE CANAVERAL (United States) - Second uncrewed flight test to International Space Station by Boeing's Starliner capsule LOS ANGELES (United States) - 50th anniversary of death sentence handed down to Charles Manson and four followers for Sharon Tate murder Middle East and North Africa DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) - 14th Art Dubai art fair (0400 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. (To April 3) Sports NORTH SOUND (Antigua and Barbuda) - Cricket West Indies v Sri Lanka 2nd Test (To April 2) NAPIER (New Zealand) - Cricket: New Zealand v Bangladesh, 2nd T20 international TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2021 Asia-Pacific HONG KONG (China) - Court hearing for teen activist Liu Tsz-man after attempt to flee to Taiwan (0630 GMT) VIDEO. Europe THE HAGUE (Netherlands) - ICC ruling on Congolese warlord Ntaganda appeal against conviction (1300 GMT) MINSK (Belarus) - Belarus starts producing Sputnik V jab (To 31) SPAIN - End of virus ban on travel from the UK, Brazil and South Africa LONDON (United Kingdom) - Pre-inquest review into the death of Salisbury Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess (0930 GMT) BERLIN (Germany) - German inflation data for March (provisional) (1300 GMT) North America WASHINGTON (United States) - US consumer confidence index (1400 GMT) WASHINGTON (United States) - IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva speech on the global economy (1500 GMT) NEW YORK (United States) - Honduran president's brother to be sentenced for drug trafficking (1800 GMT) VIDEO. Middle East and North Africa MOROCCO - Possible lifting of night-time virus curfew afp
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