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TUESDAY, APRIL 7

LYON, France - A high-level Cambodian delegation, led by Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei HUN Manet, is heading for France to attend the One Health Summit and pay a working visit in Lyon and Paris, at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron. (to Apr 9)

ANKARA - Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat hosts his Syrian counterpart, part of a delegation that will take part in a Turkey-Syria joint economic and trade committee (JETCO) meeting and a DEİK business investment forum. - 0700 GMT

WASHINGTON DC - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters will travel to Washington D.C., where he is set to meet with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, among others (To April 10)

SAHARA DESERT, Morocco - Desert Marathon Des sables (To April 13)

NEW DELHI - Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman will begin a three-day visit to India. (To April 9)

FINLAND - Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot meets with Finnish counterpart Elina Valtonen in Helsinki

MOSCOW - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov will meet head of UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Rebeca Grynspan.

BUDAPEST - U.S. Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to visit Hungary (To April 8)

GLOBAL - World Health Organisation observes World Health Day

METRO MANILA - ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting (AFMM) (To April 10)

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8

TOKYO - Japan's defence minister Shinjiro Koizumi meets with his Australian counterpart Richard Marles for talks in Tokyo. - 0630 GMT

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – 16th anniversary of signing a bilateral treaty between Russia and the United States on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, START-2 (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty).

GLOBAL - International Roma Nation Day

MANILA - Finance and central bank officials, including ministers, hold ASEAN-related meetings.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 9

PORT LOUIS - Nepal's Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal visits Mauritius to attend the ninth Indian Ocean Conference (to Apr 10)

SINGAPORE - Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese will travel to Singapore where he will meet with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. (to Apr 11)

WASHINGTON DC - NATO's Secretary General Mark Rutte delivers a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Institute in Washington D.C. - 1500 GMT

BARCELONA - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, European Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera and Spain's Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz are among the speakers at Politico's European Pulse Forum in Barcelona (To April 10)

WASHINGTON DC - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivers curtain-raiser speech ahead of the IMF/WORLD BANK spring meetings - 1400 GMT

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FRIDAY, APRIL 10

VATICAN CITY - President of France Emmanuel Macron meets Pope Leo at the Vatican - 0800 GMT

SMOLENSK, Russia/CRACOW, Poland - 16th Anniversary of the Smolensk Tragedy to be held in Smolensk, Russia, as well as in Poland.

DJIBOUTI - Djiboutian Presidency Election

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SATURDAY, APRIL 11

FRANCE – 15th Anniversary of the French law banning the burqa and niqab

ABIDJAN – 15th anniversary of the arrest of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by supporters of president-elect Alassane Ouattara with the help of French forces, thereby ending the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 12

PERU - Peruvian Senate Election.

GLOBAL - International Day of Human Space Flight

PARIS – 65th anniversary of the first manned mission to space

HUNGARY - Hungarian National Assembly Election

PERU - Peruvian Congress of the Republic Election

PERU - Peruvian Presidency Election

BENIN - Beninese Presidency Election

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MONDAY, APRIL 13

BEIJING - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to visit China

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Netherlands Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Maxima will pay a working visit to the United States. (To April 15)

ALGIERS/Yaounde/Luanda/Ciudad de la Paz - Pope Leo will visit four countries across Africa, with the pontiff making his first major overseas trip in 2026 to the continent where the Catholic Church is growing fastest. Leo will visit Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea. (To April 23)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF, Spring meetings. (To April 18)

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TUESDAY, APRIL 14

SARAJEVO - Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen, during his three-day visit to Bosnia, due to meet the country's tripartite presidency and hold a press conference.

NEW DELHI - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is planning to visit New Delhi (To May 15)

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15

BELFAST/NEW YORK – 113th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic

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THURSDAY, APRIL 16

BAMENDA, Cameroon - Pope Leo celebrates Mass at Bamenda International Airport during a visit to Cameroon. - 1400 GMT

Washington, D.C. - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors gather in Washington D.C.

LEFKOSIA - EU Informal meeting of tourism ministers (To April 17)

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SATURDAY, APRIL 18

LUANDA, Angola - Pope Leo arrives in Luanda where a welcome ceremony is held in his honor. The last visit to Angola by a sitting pope was in March 2009, when Pope Benedict XVI made a journey to the country. - 1400 GMT

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SUNDAY, APRIL 19

HANOVER, Germany - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attend opening ceremony of the Hannover Messe, one of the world's largest industrial trade fairs with this year's partner country being Brazil. - 1700 GMT

BULGARIA - Bulgarian National Assembly Election

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MONDAY, APRIL 20

BOSTON - 2026 Boston Marathon

UNITED STATES - 16th anniversary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

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TUESDAY, APRIL 21

LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22

GLOBAL - Earth Day

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THURSDAY, APRIL 23

LUSAKA - Zambia's Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane, central bank governor Denny Kalyalya and revenue service commissioner Dingani Banda will hold a townhall forum on the country's first quarter economic performance and outlook. - 0645 GMT

GLOBAL – U.N. World Book and Copyright Day

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FRIDAY, APRIL 24

GLOBAL - World Immunization Week 2025 (To April 30)

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SATURDAY, APRIL 25

GLOBAL - World Malaria Day

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MONDAY, APRIL 27

WASHINGTON DC - Britain's King Charles will visit the United States. (To April 30)

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TUESDAY, APRIL 28

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei Darussalam - 25th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM)

PORT ARTHUR, Tasmania – 28th anniversary of Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29

KURESSAARE, Estonia - The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Baltic States and Nordic countries (NB8) will meet in Estonian island of Saaremaa. (To April 30)

LONDON – 15th wedding anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton

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FRIDAY, MAY 1

VATICAN CITY – 15th anniversary of beatification ceremony of late Pope John Paul II.

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SATURDAY, MAY 2

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – The day marks the 15th year since Al-Qaeda Chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. special forces raid, ending a near decade-long worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.

NIUE - Niuean Assembly election

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SUNDAY, MAY 3

GLOBAL - World Press Freedom Day

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MONDAY, MAY 4

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting

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TUESDAY, MAY 5

GLOBAL - World Asthma Day

BRUSSELS - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council

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THURSDAY, MAY 7

WALES (part of the United Kingdom) - Welsh National Assembly election

SCOTLAND (part of the United Kingdom) - Scottish Parliament election

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FRIDAY, MAY 8

GLOBAL - World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day

MACTAN, Philippines - Philippines hosts the annual ASEAN Summit of the regional bloc (To May 9)

NAPLES, ITALY - Pope Leo marks the first anniversary of his election with visits To Pompeii and Naples, beginning his Italy tour at the Marian pilgrimage shrine in Pompeii.

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SATURDAY, MAY 9

MANILA - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos holds a press conference at the conclusion of the 48th ASEAN Summit.

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SUNDAY, MAY 10

BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of ministers for European Affairs (To May 11)

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MONDAY, MAY 11

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council.

NAIROBI - Kenya and France are hosting the "Africa Forward" Summit, the first time the meeting will be held outside a Francophone African country. The meeting will discuss the reform of the international financial architecture, energy transition, green industrialisation, blue economy, artificial intelligence, sustainable agriculture and health.

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TUESDAY, MAY 12

GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day

BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence)

BRUSSELS - Informal meeting of EU energy ministers (To May 13)

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THURSDAY, MAY 14

BEIJING - United States President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing for a highly anticipated meeting between leaders of the two countries. (To May 15)

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FRIDAY, MAY 15

GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families

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SATURDAY, MAY 16

LISBON – 15th Anniversary of 78-billion-euro bail-out of Portugal by eurozone leaders

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SUNDAY, MAY 17

GLOBAL - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

CABO VERDE - Cabo Verdean National Assembly election

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MONDAY, MAY 18

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting

GLOBAL - International Museum Day

PARIS - France hosts a meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bankers in Paris (To May 19)

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

Suzhou, People's Republic of China - APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting (MRT) (To May 23)

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FRIDAY, MAY 22

GLOBAL - International Day for Biological Diversity

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup meeting

BRUSSELS - Foreign Affairs Council (Trade)

LEFKOSIA, Cyprus - Informal meeting of EU economic and financial affairs ministers (To May 23)

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SUNDAY, MAY 24

CYPRUS - Cypriot House of Representatives election

ACERRA, Italy - Pope Leo visits Acerra in southern Italy's so-called "Land of Fires," an area long plagued by illegal toxic waste dumping and burning.

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TUESDAY, MAY 26

BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27

GYMNICH, Germnay - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers (To May 28)

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SUNDAY, MAY 31

GLOBAL - World No Tobacco Day

Colombia - Colombian Presidency election

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SUNDAY, JUNE 7

VIENNA – OPEC 66th JMMC Meeting.

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