Monthly World News Agenda | Barron’s

MANILA (Philippines) – Jailed Duterte critic Leila de Lima in court (0600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.

GENEVA (Switzerland) – UN hosts international donor conference for Sudan (1300 GMT)

MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) – Trial of nurse Lucy Letby, accused of murder and attempted murder of newborn babies (To July 31, 2023)

PARIS (France) – Trial of ex-Rwandan gendarme Philippe Hategekimana accused of participating in massacres of Tutsi civilians PICTURE. (To June 30)

GERMANY – NATO Air Defender 23 air force exercise VIDEO. (To 23)

COPENHAGEN (Denmark) – Trial of suspect in July 2022 deadly shooting at shopping centre (To July 5)

MONACO (Principality of Monaco) – Monte-Carlo Television Festival PICTURE. (To 20)

BERLIN (Germany) – China Premier Li Qiang to visit Germany, France (To 23)

ATHENS (Greece) – Mismanagement trial of fallen Greek fashion retailer Folli Follie to resume

LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) – EU energy ministers meet

GENEVA (Switzerland) – CITES animals committee meeting (To 23)

GENEVA (Switzerland) – 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (To July 14)

MELEKHOVO (Russia) – Closed-door pre-trial hearing for Alexei Navalny (0800 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE.

BERLIN (Germany) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg (1000 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.

UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Treaty to protect the high seas to be formally adopted at meeting (To 20)

HELENA (United States) – Court hears lawsuit brought by 16 young people against State of Montana over climate crisis (To 23)

NEW YORK (United States) – 70th anniversary of US execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, accused of spying for the Soviet Union

UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN counter terrorism conference (To 20)

SALÉ (Morocco) – Trial of journalist Hanane Bakour over Facebook post

JERUSALEM – Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska visits Israel (0600 GMT)

SANTIAGO (Chile) – CCAMLR holds meeting on the protection of marine areas in Chile (2000 GMT) (To 23)

BIRMINGHAM (United Kingdom) – Cricket: England v Australia – 1st Ashes Test PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 20)

SAINT-DENIS (France) – Football: Euro 2024, qualifying – 1st round day 4: Group B France v Greece (1845 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.

MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) – Football: Euro 2024, qualifying – 1st round day 4: Group C England v North Macedonia (1845 GMT) PICTURE.

PARIS (France) – Paris Fashion Week: Menswear PICTURE. (To 25)

MINSK (Belarus) – CSTO ministerial meeting

LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) – EU environment ministers meet

VALENCIA (Spain) – List of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants unveiled

BRUSSELS (Belgium) – Netherlands’ King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima state visit

ISTANBUL (Turkey) – Istanbul Modern art museum opens in new building (0800 GMT) VIDEO.

UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meeting on mission in the Central African Republic (1400 GMT)

UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meeting on the mission in South Sudan (1900 GMT)

MOROCCO – Moroccan Social Front national day of protest over cost of living (1700 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.

NAIROBI (Kenya) – Third reading of controversial finance bill expected in parliament

NAIROBI (Kenya) – Africa Energy Forum (To 23)

BLOEMFONTEIN (South Africa) – Facebook rapist Thabo Bester and celebrity doctor Nandipha Magudumana appear in court in jailbreak case

PRETORIA (South Africa) – President Cyril Ramaphosa hosts Dutch PM Mark Rutte and Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen

CAPE TOWN (South Africa) – Rwanda genocide fugitive Fulgence Kayishema appears in court

BOGOTÁ (Colombia) – Protest by opponents of President Gustavo Petro PICTURE. VIDEO.

CHORZÓW (Poland) – Athletics: European Athletics Team Championships (To 25)

ASCOT (United Kingdom) – Racing: Royal Ascot meeting PICTURE. (To 24)

WORLD – World Refugee Day

TOKYO (Japan) – SoftBank Group general assembly (0100 GMT)

PILTON (United Kingdom) – Glastonbury music festival PICTURE. (To 25)

STOCKHOLM (Sweden) – EU-US meeting on justice and home affairs, including on response to war in Ukraine

BRUSSELS (Belgium) – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, US climate envoy John Kerry and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell give a talk on climate and security VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

LONDON (United Kingdom) – International conference on the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine VIDEO. (To 22)

AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) – Two portraits by Rembrandt, ‘unseen for 200 years’, on show ahead of auction (0700 GMT) PICTURE.

LONDON (United Kingdom) – EBRD conference on financing the reconstruction of Ukraine (1100 GMT)

UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meeting on the mission in Afghanistan (1400 GMT)

UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meeting on the mission in the Gulf of Guinea (1900 GMT)

KINSHASA (DR Congo) – Four opposition candidates in presidential election call for march (0800 GMT)

KRAKÓW (Poland) – 2023 European Games (To July 2)

TOKYO (Japan) – Final Fantasy XVI video game release date

TOKYO (Japan) – CPI inflation data for May (2330 GMT)

PARIS (France) – President Emmanuel Macron hosts international summit for ‘a new global financial pact’ (To 23)

PARIS (France) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits (To 23)

STOCKHOLM (Sweden) – EU European affairs ministers meet

LONDON (United Kingdom) – 75th anniversary of the first ‘Windrush’ arrivals of migrants from the Caribbean to the UK

LONDON (United Kingdom) – National Portrait Gallery reopening after major refurbishing, with exhibitions including unseen Paul McCartney photos

LONDON (United Kingdom) – Bank of England rate decision (1100 GMT)

ANKARA (Turkey) – Central bank interest rate announcement (1100 GMT)

PARIS (France) – Auction of an art collection by Alain Delon (1300 GMT)

WASHINGTON (United States) – President Joe Biden hosts India’s PM Narendra Modi for state visit VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

SAN FRANCISCO (United States) – Court hearing on FTC’s motion to temporarily block Microsoft’s takeover of Activision (To 23)

WASHINGTON (United States) – Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies at Senate committee hearing (1400 GMT)

UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meeting on Somalia (1400 GMT)

ESSAOUIRA (Morocco) – Gnaoua World Music Festival PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 24)

BRASÍLIA (Brazil) – Superior Electoral Court starts trial of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, accused of abuse of power and misinformation PICTURE. VIDEO.

NAIVASHA (Kenya) – Auto: World Rally Championship (WRC), Safari Rally Kenya PICTURE. (To 25)

SPRINGFIELD (United States) – Golf: LPGA Tour – KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (To 25)

MADRID (Spain) – GDP Q1, second estimate (0700 GMT)

BRUSSELS (Belgium) – Eurozone PMI Flash Composite for June (0800 GMT)

NADOR (Morocco) – Maghreb social forum on migration (To 25)

ASSEN (Netherlands) – Moto: MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix (To 25)

NIKKO (Japan) – G7 Ministerial Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (To 25)

MARSEILLE (France) – Concert by SOS Méditerranée ‘to save lives at sea’

LONDON (United Kingdom) – Heathrow airport security guards strike over pay (To August 27)

SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – Pride march (1000 GMT) PICTURE.

PARIS (France) – LGBT+ Pride March (1100 GMT) PICTURE.

WASHINGTON (United States) – First anniversary of a Supreme Court decision to cancel the constitutional right to abortion

HOUSTON (United States) – Houston pride

RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) – Fifth anniversary of women being allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia

NADOR (Morocco) – First anniversary of Nador-Melilla border deaths PICTURE. VIDEO.

SIERRA LEONE – Presidential and general elections PICTURE. VIDEO.

LONDON (United Kingdom) – Baseball: MLB London Series, St. Louis Cardinals v Chicago Cubs (To 25)

NEW YORK (United States) – Athletics: New York Grand Prix

UNITED STATES – Football: Concacaf 2023 Gold Cup (To July 12)

GREECE – General election

MECCA (Saudi Arabia) – Hajj pilgrimage (date to be confirmed) VIDEO. PICTURE. (To July 1)

GUATEMALA CITY (Guatemala) – General, presidential and mayoral elections (1500 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.

ASSEN (Netherlands) – Moto: MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix, Grand Prix

MANILA (Philippines) – Jailed Duterte critic Leila de Lima in court (0600 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.

LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) – EU foreign ministers meet

BERLIN (Germany) – 60th anniversary of US President John F. Kennedy’s visit to Berlin Wall, saying “we are all Berliners”

LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) – EU agriculture ministers meet (To 27)

CHESTER (United Kingdom) – Retrial of footballer Benjamin Mendy starts, accused of rape and attempted rape

MUNICH (Germany) – Ifo business confidence survey (0800 GMT)

TORONTO (Canada) – Mayoral election

TORONTO (Canada) – Collision tech conference (To 29)

MOSCOW (United States) – Hearing of the main suspect for the murder of four students in Idaho

UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meets on the mission in DR Congo (1400 GMT)

EASTBOURNE (United Kingdom) – Tennis: WTA tour 2023 – Eastbourne International (To July 1)

MUNICH (Germany) – Verdict in lawsuit against former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler over emissions scandal (0700 GMT)

ROME (Italy) – Court decision on fate of bear that killed jogger

OMAGH (United Kingdom) – Court hearing by video link for seven charged over shooting of senior police officer

LONDON (United Kingdom) – SMMT International Automotive Summit

LONDON (United Kingdom) – Sotheby’s sale of last portrait by Gustav Klimt

PARIS (France) – Meta and Instagram press conference on digital parenting and online protection of children (1200 GMT)

NEW YORK (United States) – Sentencing of ex-Mexican minister Genaro García Luna, convicted on drug trafficking charges

SAN FRANCISCO (United States) – Court hearing on FTC’s motion to temporarily block Microsoft’s takeover of Activision (To 29)

UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council vote on DR Congo sanctions resolution (1400 GMT)

UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council vote on resolution concerning AU mission in Somalia (1400 GMT)

WASHINGTON (United States) – US consumer confidence index (1400 GMT)

UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East (1900 GMT)

TAIPEI (Taiwan) – 74th World News Media Congress organised by WAN-IFRA (To 30)

SHANGHAI (China) – Shanghai Mobile World Congress (0100 GMT) (To 30)

LONDON (United Kingdom) – Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey faces trial on sexual assault charges (To July 26)

MADRID (Spain) – Royal Collections Gallery new museum inaugurated

NUREMBERG (Germany) – GFK German consumer sentiment index (0600 GMT)

ROME (Italy) – PM Giorgia Meloni addresses lawmakers ahead of EU summit (0700 GMT)

FRANKFURT (Germany) – ECB monthly survey of credit growth in the eurozone (0800 GMT)

WASHINGTON (United States) – Federal Reserve releases results of annual bank stress tests (2030 GMT)

LONDON (United Kingdom) – Cricket: England v Australia – 2nd Ashes Test PICTURE. (To July 2)

BEIJING (China) – Monthly press briefing of China’s Ministry of National Defence (0700 GMT)

STRASBOURG (France) – Eurocorps change of command ceremony

BRUSSELS (Belgium) – EU summit PICTURE. (To 30)

STOCKHOLM (Sweden) – Bank of Sweden announces key rate decision (0730 GMT)

STOCKHOLM (Sweden) – Swedish central bank rate decision (0730 GMT)

WIESBADEN (Germany) – June inflation, first estimate (1200 GMT)

WASHINGTON (United States) – GDP Q1, third estimate (1230 GMT)

UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council vote on renewal of Mali peacekeeping mission (1400 GMT)

BEIJING (China) – US tech giant Amazon to stop operating its Kindle e-bookstore in China

MOSCOW (Russia) – Gazprom general assembly

ROME (Italy) – Parliament debates ratification of European Stability Mechanism

OUDENAARDE (Belgium) – Verdict in match fixing trial of seven Belgian tennis players

MONTREUX (Switzerland) – Montreux Jazz Festival (To July 15)

LONDON (United Kingdom) – Government applies for judicial review over material to be handed over for its Covid-19 public inquiry

NUREMBERG (Germany) – Employment and unemployment figures for June (0800 GMT)

BRUSSELS (Belgium) – Eurozone unemployed data for May (0900 GMT)

BRUSSELS (Belgium) – Eurozone inflation for June, first estimate (0900 GMT)

LOS ANGELES (United States) – Disney film ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ released

WASHINGTON (United States) – US personal income data (1230 GMT)

MALI – Mandate due to end for UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)

ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia) – Court to declare if it can rule in a case alleging discrimination by Ethiopian Airways against Tigrayans

MOGADISHU (Somalia) – Deadline for drawdown of 2,000 troops from African Union Transition Mission in Somalia

LAUSANNE (Switzerland) – Athletics: Diamond League Lausanne meeting PICTURE.

PARIS (France) – Auto: FIA decision on possible new Formula One races for 2025 season

SPIELBERG BEI KNITTELFELD (Austria) – Auto: Formula One – Austrian Grand Prix (To July 2)

SOTOGRANDE (Spain) – Golf: LIV Golf Valderrama (To July 2)

DILI (East Timor) – Inauguration of a new government after the May parliamentary elections

SYDNEY (Australia) – MDMA, psilocybin legalised for medical use

MADRID (Spain) – Spain takes over rotating EU presidency PICTURE.

PARIS (France) – United States rejoins UNESCO

FRANCE – Cycling: World tour 2023, Tour de France PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 23)

VILLENEUVE-SAINT-GEORGES (France) – Cycling: 120th anniversary of the start of the first Tour de France

GENOA (Italy) – Sailing: Final leg of The Ocean Race departs

BERLIN (Germany) – French President Emmanuel Macron visits PICTURE. (To 4)

STOCKHOLM (Sweden) – Athletics: Diamond League Stockholm meeting PICTURE.

SPIELBERG BEI KNITTELFELD (Austria) – Auto: Formula One – Austrian Grand Prix, Grand Prix

PARIS (France) – Paris Fashion Week: Haute couture (To 6)

MOSCOW (Russia) – Hearing in the trial of an official of the NGO Memorial

BUDAPEST (Hungary) – Parliament expected to hold vote on Sweden’s entry into NATO (date to be confirmed) (To 7)

ATHENS (Greece) – Parliament convenes after June 25 vote (0800 GMT)

CAIRO (Egypt) – 10th anniversary of army’s overthrow of Mohamed Morsi

PUERTO IGUAZÚ (Argentina) – MERCOSUR heads of state summit PICTURE. (To 4)

LONDON (United Kingdom) – Tennis: Wimbledon Championships (To 16)

NEW DELHI (India) – Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) virtual leaders’ summit

SEVILLE (Spain) – Trial begins over 1998 disaster at Aznalcollar mine

WIESBADEN (Germany) – May foreign trade data (0600 GMT)

MONTLUÇON (France) – Verdict in case of British couple suspected of fraud in UK (0700 GMT)

COOMA (Australia) – Australia police officer due in court after tasering 95-year-old in nursing home

UNITED KINGDOM – 75th anniversary of the National Health Service

LONDON (United Kingdom) – Conservative MP Bob Stewart in court, accused of racially aggravated public order offence

EDINBURGH (United Kingdom) – King Charles III receives Honours of Scotland at a thanksgiving service to mark his coronation

KIGALI (Rwanda) – 50th anniversary of military coup against then president Grégoire Kayibanda

SHANGHAI (China) – World Artificial Intelligence Conference (0200 GMT) (To 8)

SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia) – Finance conference organised by central bank (To 7)

GENEVA (Switzerland) – ITU’s ‘AI for Good’ summit, showcase of AI with positive, global impact PICTURE. (To 7)

LONDON (United Kingdom) – Old Masters auction at Christie’s, highlights include two portraits by Rembrandt ‘unseen for 200 years’

WIESBADEN (Germany) – May industrial orders (0600 GMT)

WASHINGTON (United States) – US trade balance (1230 GMT)

RABAT (Morocco) – Appeal starts for journalist Maati Monjib, charged with ‘harming state security’

PEBBLE BEACH (United States) – Golf: LPGA Tour – US Open (To 9)

LEEDS (United Kingdom) – Cricket: England v Australia – 3rd Ashes Test (1300 GMT) PICTURE. (To 10)

TAKAMATSU (Japan) – G7 Urban Development Ministers’ Meeting (To 9)

SHEFFIELD (United Kingdom) – Plea hearing for man charged with terrorism offences over alleged plan to attack an air base

WIESBADEN (Germany) – May industrial production data (0600 GMT)

WASHINGTON (United States) – US employment report (1230 GMT)

SILVERSTONE (United Kingdom) – Auto: Formula One – British Grand Prix (To 9)

LONDON (United Kingdom) – Golf: LIV Golf London (To 9)

STOCKHOLM (Sweden) – Final concert of British musician Elton John’s farewell tour, ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ (1800 GMT)

PRETORIA (South Africa) – Rugby Union: Rugby Championship 2023 – South Africa v Australia

MENDOZA (Argentina) – Rugby Union: Rugby Championship 2023 – Argentina v New Zealand (1910 GMT) PICTURE.

SOUTH KOREA – K-pop stars BTS release memoir

UZBEKISTAN – Presidential election PICTURE. VIDEO.

MONZA (Italy) – Auto: World Endurance Championship (WEC), 6 hours of Monza

SILVERSTONE (United Kingdom) – Auto: Formula One – British Grand Prix, Grand Prix

BEIJING (China) – Inflation figures for June (0130 GMT)

PALERMO (Italy) – 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Sicily during WWII

STRASBOURG (France) – European Parliament plenary session (To 13)

LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom) – Trial of teenagers charged with murder of 16-year-old transgender Brianna Ghey (To 28)

PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia) – Court hears appeal by ex-first lady Rosmah Mansor over 10-year sentence for corruption (To 14)

INDONESIA – East Asia summit foreign ministers’ meeting (0300 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 15)

VILNIUS (Lithuania) – NATO summit PICTURE. (To 12)

WIESBADEN (Germany) – June inflation, final estimate (0600 GMT)

MANNHEIM (Germany) – ZEW investor morale barometer (0900 GMT)

MOSCOW (Russia) – Inflation for June

BELFAST (United Kingdom) – Orange Order marches

MADRID (Spain) – Inflation data for June (0700 GMT)

WASHINGTON (United States) – US consumer price index (1230 GMT)

OTTAWA (Canada) – Bank of Canada announces key rate (1400 GMT)

WASHINGTON (United States) – Federal Reserve publishes beige book survey of economic conditions (1800 GMT)

AGADIR (Morocco) – Appeal trial opens in case of gang rape of young girl VIDEO.

CARACAS (Venezuela) – Opposition candidates take part in public debate ahead of primary elections PICTURE. VIDEO.

PARIS (France) – IEA publishes monthly oil report

PARIS (France) – OPEC monthly report

CARHAIX-PLOUGUER (France) – Vieilles Charrues music festival (To 17)

PARIS (France) – Inflation for June, final results (0645 GMT)

LISBON (Portugal) – Verdict in trial of hacker Rui Pinto on hacking charges over ‘Football Leaks’ and ‘Luanda Leaks’ (1300 GMT)

WASHINGTON (United States) – US Producer Price Index (1230 GMT)

NORTH BERWICK (United Kingdom) – Golf: PGA Tour – Genesis Scottish Open (To 16)

JAPAN – Hayao Miyazaki’s film ‘How Do You Live?’ released

KYOTO (Japan) – BitSummit 2023 Independent Game Development Festival (To 16)

TOKYO (Japan) – Industrial production for May, second estimate (0430 GMT)

FRANCE – Bastille Day

PARIS (France) – Indian PM Narendra Modi visits for Bastille Day

BROOKLYN (United States) – Sentencing of Colombian drug lord Dairo Antonio Usuga “Otoniel”, who pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges (1500 GMT)

FUKUOKA (Japan) – Swimming: World Aquatics Championships PICTURE. (To 30)

NAIROBI (Kenya) – National trials for World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August (To 15)

AUCKLAND (New Zealand) – Rugby Union: Rugby Championship 2023 – New Zealand v South Africa PICTURE.

ROME (Italy) – 50th anniversary of the kidnapping of Paul Getty III, grandson of an oil tycoon

BUDAPEST (Hungary) – Pride march

VANCOUVER (Canada) – Madonna kicks off ‘The Celebration’ world tour

SYDNEY (Australia) – Rugby Union: Rugby Championship 2023 – Australia v Argentina

SUVA (Fiji) – Ex-Fiji PM Frank Bainimarama on trial for abuse of office (To 27)

CHORZÓW (Poland) – Athletics: Diamond League Chorzow Silesia meeting PICTURE.

KABUL (Afghanistan) – 50th anniversary of removal of King Zaher Shah of Afghanistan in a coup

BRUSSELS (Belgium) – EU – CELAC Summit (To 18)

KIGALI (Rwanda) – Women Deliver Conference on gender equality, women’s rights and health (To 20)

MOSCOW (Russia) – Ukraine grain deal brokered by UN, Turkey expires VIDEO. PICTURE.

WASHINGTON (United States) – US advance retail sales (1230 GMT)

WASHINGTON (United States) – US industrial production data (1315 GMT)

RABAT (Morocco) – Fishing deal between EU and Morocco due to expire

AL MANSURAH (Egypt) – Trial of researcher Patrick Zaki charged with ‘spreading false news’

WORLD – Nelson Mandela International Day