International 2025 Annual News and Sport Agenda

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International news and sport events and anniversaries around the world for 2025

JANUARY 2025

PANAMA CITY (Panama) - Trial of 36, including ex-presidents Ricardo Martinelli and Juan Carlos Varela, accused of money laundering with Brazilian construction group Odebrecht

1 - SOLLENTUNA (Sweden) - Trial of 11 accused of illegally dumping toxic waste (To May 1, 2025)

- LONDON (United Kingdom) - Court hears proceedings against mining giant BHP over environmental disaster in Brazil (To March 7, 2025)

- ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026)

- WORLD - New Years Day

- VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Pope Francis holds mass on World Day of Peace at St Peter's Basilica

2 - TOKYO (Japan) - Emperor Naruhito addresses well-wishers during New Year appearance

3 - PALM SPRINGS (United States) - 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Night Gala

5 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - 82nd Golden Globe Awards ceremony

6 - CANTERBURY (United Kingdom) - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby ends official duties after resignation, Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell takes over

- SAINT-LOUIS (Senegal) - Verdict in trial of 80 opposition security agents over electoral violence

- PARIS (France) - Trial of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, 12 others, on corruption charges over money from Libya (To April 10)

7 - ACCRA (Ghana) - New president John Mahama takes oath

- LAS VEGAS (United States) - Consumer Electronics Show (CES) (To 10)

8 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - Screen Actors Guild awards nominations announcements

- WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes

9 - BEIRUT (Lebanon) - Parliament holds session to elect a president

- BANJA LUKA (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Republika Srpska's 'National Day', deemed unconstitutional by Bosnia

- OUIDAH (Benin) - Vodun Days festivities (To 11)

- ROME (Italy) - US President Joe Biden visits (To 12)

10 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - 80th birthday of rock singer Rod Stewart

- CARACAS (Venezuela) - Presidential inauguration

- WASHINGTON (United States) - Supreme Court hears TikTok's appeal of a law forcing its Chinese owner to sell or shut it down

- DETROIT (United States) - Detroit auto show (To 20)

- BEIJING (China) - Outgoing US Ambassador Nicholas Burns gives parting thoughts

11 - BEIJING (China) - 5th anniversary of announcement of first death from pneumonia 'of unknown cause' in Wuhan, eventually named Covid-19

- BERLIN (Germany) - Social Democratic Party (SPD) congress to officially sign-off on their candidate for chancellor ahead of election

- RIESA (Germany) - Far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) holds congress (To 12)

12 - BEVERLY HILLS (United States) - AARP The Magazine's 21st annual movies for grownups awards

- SANTA MONICA (United States) - 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards

14 - NIMBA (Liberia) - Funeral of Liberian ex-warlord Prince Johnson (To 18)

15 - NAIROBI (Kenya) - Plea hearing for police officers accused of crimes against humanity over killing of baby during 2017 post-election violence

16 - NEW YORK (United States) - Bank of America annual results

- UNITED NATIONS (United States) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds New Year media briefing

17 - MILAN (Italy) - Milan Fashion Week Menswear, Autumn/Winter 2025 (To 21)

- HOLLYWOOD (United States) - Academy Awards Oscar nominations announced

19 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Deadline for TikTok to divest from ByteDance or face ban in the US

20 - DAVOS (Switzerland) - World Economic Forum annual meeting (To 24)

- LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom) - Trial of alleged Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana (To February 17)

- WASHINGTON (United States) - Inauguration ceremony of President Donald Trump

- BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Eurozone finance ministers meet (Eurogroup)

21 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU finance ministers meet (Ecofin)

- PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week, Menswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 (To 26)

- BRUSSELS (Belgium) - European new car sales figures for 2024

23 - NAIROBI (Kenya) - Hearing of case against impeachment of deputy president Rigathi Gachagua

- PARK CITY (United States) - Sundance Film Festival 2025 (To February 2)

26 - BELARUS - Presidential election

27 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU foreign ministers meet

- PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week, Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025 (To 30)

28 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 29)

29 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting

- WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting

- NEW YORK (United States) - Sentencing of ex-senator Robert Menendez convicted on bribery, corruption charges

30 - PARIS (France) - GDP Q1

- WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q4, first estimate

31 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - 2025 MusiCares Person of the Year Honoring The Grateful Dead

Anniversaries

1 - GENEVA (Switzerland) - 30th anniversary of the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO)

7 - FRANCE - 10th anniversary of Charlie Hebdo attack, starting a series of jihadist attacks in France

12 - HAITI - 15th anniversary of the the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed some 200,000 people

17 - KOBE (Japan) - 30th anniversary of the Kobe, Japan, earthquake which left more than 6,000 dead

23 - WUHAN (China) - 5th anniversary of the first Covid-19 lockdown

27 - Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland) - 80th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi death camp Auschwitz by the Red Army

31 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - 5th anniversary of Britain's exit from the European Union

Sports

LEIRIA (Portugal) - Football: Portugese Cup Final

1 - LES SABLES-D'OLONNE (France) - 10th Vendee Globe yacht race (To January 20, 2025)

- LONDON (United Kingdom) - Darts: 2025 PDC World Championship (To January 3, 2025)

- KUWAIT CITY (Kuwait) - Football: Gulf Cup (To January 3, 2025)

2 - RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - Football: Italian Super Cup, semi-final - Inter v Atalanta

3 - RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - Football: Italian Super Cup, semi-final - Juventus v Milan

- SAUDI ARABIA - Auto Rally: Dakar Rally (To 17)

- SYDNEY (Australia) - Cricket: Australia v India 5th Test (To 7)

- CAPE TOWN (South Africa) - Cricket: South Africa v Pakistan, 2nd Test match (To 7)

5 - DOHA (Qatar) - Football: Trophée des Champions, Paris SG v AS Monaco

6 - RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - Football: Italian Super Cup final

8 - JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) - Football: Spanish Super Cup semi-final - Athletic Club v Barcelona

9 - JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) - Football: Spanish Super Cup semi-final - Real Madrid v Mallorca

12 - MELBOURNE (Australia) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - Australian Open (To 26)

- JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) - Football: Spanish Super Cup final

17 - DRESDEN (Germany) - ISU Short Track skating European Championships (To 19)

21 - AUSTRALIA - Cycling: World Tour, Tour Down Under 2025 (To 26)

24 - TOKYO (Japan) - Boxing: super-bantamweight world title fight, Naoya Inoue v Sam Goodman

26 - RABAT (Morocco) - Football: Africa Cup of Nations 2025 draw

29 - GALLE (Sri Lanka) - Cricket: Sri Lanka v Australia, first Test (To February 2)

31 - EUROPE - Rugby Union: 2025 Six Nations Championship (To March 15)

FEBRUARY 2025

PANAMA CITY (Panama) - Trial of 36, including ex-presidents Ricardo Martinelli and Juan Carlos Varela, accused of money laundering with Brazilian construction group Odebrecht

OSLO (Norway) - Entry into force of ban on fur farms

GERMANY - Legislative elections

1 - SOLLENTUNA (Sweden) - Trial of 11 accused of illegally dumping toxic waste (To May 1, 2025)

- LONDON (United Kingdom) - Court hears proceedings against mining giant BHP over environmental disaster in Brazil (To March 7, 2025)

- ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026)

- PARIS (France) - Trial of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, 12 others, on corruption charges over money from Libya (To April 10)

- LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom) - Trial of alleged Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana (To February 17)

- PARK CITY (United States) - Sundance Film Festival 2025 (To February 2)

2 - LOME (Togo) - Senatorial election

- LOS ANGELES (United States) - 67th Annual Grammy Awards

3 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU leaders, Britain, Nato defence talks

- VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - World meeting for children's rights

- MADRID (Spain) - Trial of ex-football chief Luis Rubiales accused of sex assualt, coercion over 'unsolicited' kiss on lips of Jenni Hermoso (To 19)

- SAN VICENTE (El Salvador) - Retrial of former guerrillas, anti-mining activists, accused of 1989 murder of a woman (To 6)

4 - TOKYO (Japan) - Verdict in appeal for Greg Kelly, former Nissan executive

6 - NEW YORK (United States) - New York Fashion Week, Autumn-Winter 2025 (To 11)

- CAPE TOWN (South Africa) - President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers a state of the nation address

8 - LITHUANIA - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to disconnect from Soviet-era Russian power grid and connect to EU grid

- BEVERLY HILLS (United States) - 36th Annual Producers Guild Awards

- LOS ANGELES (United States) - 77th Annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards

9 - KOSOVO - Legislative election

- ECUADOR - Presidential election, first round

- BERLIN (Germany) - First TV debate between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and election rival Friedrich Merz

10 - FRANCE - Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit (To 11)

11 - NEW YORK (United States) - Court hearing for Hadi Matar accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie

12 - ROME (Italy) - New hearing in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni deepfake porn trial

13 - CANNES (France) - World AI Cannes Festival, international event on artificial intelligence (To 15)

- BERLIN (Germany) - 75th International Berlinale Film festival (To 23)

- VEVEY (Switzerland) - Nestle annual results

14 - WORLD - Worldwide release of Ubisoft video game 'Assassin's Creed Shadows'

- SAN BRUNO (United States) - 20th anniversary of video sharing platform YouTube

15 - ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia) - African Union summit, where leaders will elect a new head of the AU Commission (To 16)

16 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - BAFTA Awards

- BERLIN (Germany) - Final TV debate between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and election rival Friedrich Merz

17 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU foreign ministers meet

- BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Eurozone finance ministers meet (Eurogroup)

18 - ROME (Italy) - Audience de la Cour suprême dans le procès de Greenpeace contre le géant de l'énergie Eni

- BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU finance ministers meet (Ecofin)

19 - WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes

20 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - London Fashion Week, Autumn-Winter 2025 (To 24)

22 - SANTA MONICA (United States) - 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards

- PARIS (France) - Paris International Agricultural Show (To March 2)

23 - PARIS (France) - 50th Cesar Awards ceremony

24 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU foreign ministers meet

- LOS ANGELES (United States) - Screen Actors Guild Awards

- HAVANA (Cuba) - 25th Havana Festival, cuban cigar trade show (To 28)

25 - ROME (Italy) - COP16 biodiversity conference resumed (To 27)

- MILAN (Italy) - Milan Fashion Week, Womenswear Autumn-Winter 2025 (To March 3)

- LONDON (United Kingdom) - International Booker Prize 2025 longlist announced

- LONDON (United Kingdom) - International Energy Week 2025 (To 27)

27 - KOSOVO - 3rd anniversary of agreement on 'normalization' of relations between Kosovo and Serbia

- WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q4, second estimate

28 - PARIS (France) - GDP Q1

Anniversaries

4 - YALTA - 80th anniversary of the start of the Yalta conference with victorious World War II leaders Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin

6 - Nine Miles (Jamaica) - 80th anniversary of the birth of Jamaican reggae singer Bob Marley

12 - MINSK (Belarus) - 10th anniversary of the signature of the Minsk 2 accords

14 - BEIRUT (Lebanon) - 20th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri

15 - PARIS (France) - 5th anniversary of the death from Covid-19 of an 80-year-old Chinese tourist in Paris, the first reported fatality linked to the coronavirus outside Asia

21 - NEW YORK (United States) - 60th anniversary of the assassination of Black American activist Malcolm X in Harlem

24 - UKRAINE - Third anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia

Sports

1 - GALLE (Sri Lanka) - Cricket: Sri Lanka v Australia, first Test (To February 2)

- EUROPE - Rugby Union: 2025 Six Nations Championship (To March 15)

6 - GALLE (Sri Lanka) - Cricket: Sri Lanka v Australia, second Test (To 10)

12 - LENZERHEIDE (Switzerland) - Biathlon: IBU World Championships Biathlon (To 23)

19 - PAKISTAN - Cricket: ICC Champions Trophy (To March 9)

22 - RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - Boxing: IBF heavyweight title fight - Daniel Dubois v Joseph Parker

26 - TRONDHEIM (Norway) - Cross-country skiing: World Championships 2025 (To March 9)

28 - LUSAIL (Qatar) - Auto: World Endurance Championship (WEC), Qatar 1812KM

MARCH 2025

ROMANIA - Presidential election first round (date to be confirmed)

WINDHOEK (Namibia) - New Namibian president to be sworn in (if election results are confirmed)

1 - SOLLENTUNA (Sweden) - Trial of 11 accused of illegally dumping toxic waste (To May 1, 2025)

- LONDON (United Kingdom) - Court hears proceedings against mining giant BHP over environmental disaster in Brazil (To March 7, 2025)

- ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026)

- PARIS (France) - Trial of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, 12 others, on corruption charges over money from Libya (To April 10)

- PARIS (France) - Paris International Agricultural Show (To March 2)

- MILAN (Italy) - Milan Fashion Week, Womenswear Autumn-Winter 2025 (To March 3)

- LONDON (United Kingdom) - BRIT Awards

- BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) - President Javier Milei gives annual speech before the Legislative Assembly

2 - RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) - Rio de Janeiro Carnival, samba school parades at Sambadrome (To 4)

- BEVERLY HILLS (United States) - 97th Academy Awards - Vanity Fair Party

- WEST HOLLYWOOD (United States) - Elton John's Oscars viewing party

3 - PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week, Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 (To 11)

- MUTTENZ (Switzerland) - Appeal trial against Sepp Blatter, former FIFA President, and Michel Platini, former UEFA boss (To 13)

- HOLLYWOOD (United States) - 97th Academy Awards

4 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - Trial of 'Ketamine Queen' and doctor who supplied drugs to 'Friends' star Matthew Perry (To 11)

6 - PARIS (France) - Pegasus video games award ceremony

- SANTIAGO (Chile) - Sentencing of 34 members of Los Gallegos, the armed wing of the Tren de Aragua criminal organisation

7 - AUSTIN (United States) - SXSW arts and tech festival (To 15)

10 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Eurozone finance ministers meet (Eurogroup)

11 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU finance ministers meet (Ecofin)

- ARGENTINA - Trial of seven health professionals accused of homicide over death of Diego Maradona

- WOLFSBURG (Germany) - Volkswagen annual results

12 - TOKYO (Japan) - 12th annual World Ocean Summit & Expo (To 13)

17 - IRELAND - St Patrick's Day

18 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 19)

19 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting

- WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting

24 - PARIS (France) - Trial starts of actor Gerard Depardieu accused of sexual assault of two women

27 - NAYPYIDAW (Myanmar) - Myanmar Armed Forces Day

- WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q4, third estimate

28 - SAO PAULO (Brazil) - Music: Lollapalooza Brazil (To 30)

29 - VIETNAM - Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde visit (To April 4)

31 - PARIS (France) - Verdict in trial of Marine Le Pen, the National Rally and 24 other defendants on fraud charges

Anniversaries

7 - CIBOURE (France) - 150th anniversary of the birth of French composer Maurice Ravel

8 - TOLSTOY-YURT (Russia) - 20th anniversary of the death of separatist Chechen president Aslan Maskhadov, while fighting Russian forces

10 - TOKYO (Japan) - 80th anniversary of the bombing of Tokyo by US forces during World War II, which killed an estimated 80,000-100,000 people

- ARGENTINA - 20th anniversary of the arrest of former Nazi soldier Paul Schaefer

11 - GENEVA (Switzerland) - 5th anniversary of the designation of Covid-19 as a pandemic by the World Health Organization

15 - PARIS (France) - 50th anniversary of the death of Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis

18 - TUNIS (Tunisia) - 10th anniversary of jihadist attack on Bardo Museum in Tunis, which left 22 dead

20 - TOKYO (Japan) - 30th anniversary of sarin gas attack in the metro by Aum Shinrikyo cult, which left 14 people dead

22 - ETHIOPIA - 50th anniversary of the abolition of the monarchy in Ethiopia

24 - LE VERNET (France) - 10th anniversary of Germanwings crash in French Alps, killing all 150 people aboard, after the suicidal co-pilot deliberately downed the plane

25 - Riyad (Saudi Arabia) - 50th anniversary of the assassination of Saudi Arabia's King Faisal

26 - MONTBRISON (France) - 100th anniversary of the birth of French conductor-composer Pierre Boulez

Sports

1 - EUROPE - Rugby Union: 2025 Six Nations Championship (To March 15)

- PAKISTAN - Cricket: ICC Champions Trophy (To March 9)

- TRONDHEIM (Norway) - Cross-country skiing: World Championships 2025 (To March 9)

2 - TOKYO (Japan) - Athletics: Tokyo marathon

3 - EUROPE - Football: UEFA Champions League - Last 16 First Leg

5 - INDIAN WELLS (United States) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Indian Wells Masters (To 16)

11 - FRANCE - Football: French midfielder Paul Pogba football doping ban ends

- EUROPE - Football: UEFA Champions League - Last 16 Second Leg

14 - MELBOURNE (Australia) - Auto: Formula One - Australian Grand Prix (To 16)

- CHELTENHAM (United Kingdom) - Racing: Cheltenham Gold Cup

16 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: English League Cup final

17 - ST. MORITZ (Switzerland) - Snowboarding: FIS Snowboard World Championships (To 30)

18 - ATHENS (Greece) - IOC session, new president set to be elected (To 21)

- MIAMI (United States) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Miami Open (To 30)

20 - INGLEWOOD (United States) - Football: CONCACAF Nations League finals start

21 - SHANGHAI (China) - Auto: Formula One - Chinese Grand Prix (To 23)

- APELDOORN (Netherlands) - Athletics: European Indoor Athletics Championships (To 23)

22 - EUROPE - Rugby Union: 2025 Women's Six Nations Championship (To April 26)

29 - DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) - Horse Racing: Dubai World Cup

APRIL 2025

1 - SOLLENTUNA (Sweden) - Trial of 11 accused of illegally dumping toxic waste (To May 1, 2025)

- ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026)

- PARIS (France) - Trial of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, 12 others, on corruption charges over money from Libya (To April 10)

- VIETNAM - Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde visit (To April 4)

2 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme starts in UK for European visitors

- LOS ANGELES (United States) - Sentencing of doctor Mark Chavez, charged over Matthew Perry's death

3 - KIGALI (Rwanda) - Global AI Summit on Africa (To 4)

4 - UNITED STATES - US release of film 'Minecraft', adapted from the world's best-selling video game

7 - FORT WORTH (United States) - Trial begins for X lawsuit against Media Matters

8 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - International Booker Prize 2025 shortlist announced

9 - WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes

11 - ASTANA (Kazakhstan) - Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States

- WARSAW (Poland) - Eurozone finance ministers meet (Eurogroup)

- INDIO (United States) - Coachella music festival, first weekend (To 13)

12 - WARSAW (Poland) - EU finance ministers meet (Ecofin)

13 - OSAKA (Japan) - 2025 World Expo (To October 13)

- ECUADOR - Presidential election, second round

14 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU foreign ministers meet

- WASHINGTON (United States) - Meta faces US antitrust trial

18 - INDIO (United States) - Coachella music festival, second weekend (To 20)

22 - WASHINGTON (United States) - US court antitrust hearing on possible breakup of Google

23 - ENGLAND (United Kingdom) - St George's Day

27 - VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Canonization of the 'cyber-apostle' Carlo Acutis

- MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) - World premiere of stage production 'Hamlet Hail to the Thief'

28 - PARIS (France) - Trial of 12 people over 2016 robbery of Kim Kardashian (To May 23)

29 - PARIS (France) - Trial of former Salafist rebel Majdi Nema for complicity in war crimes (To May 30)

30 - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q1, first estimate

Anniversaries

2 - ROME (Italy) - 20th anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II, leader of the world's Roman Catholics

- WORLD - 5th anniversary of the lockdown of more than 3.9 billion people, half of the world's population, to fight the spread of the virus Covid 19

4 - ALBUQUERQUE (United States) - 50th anniversary of the foundation of Microsoft by Bill Gates and Paul Allen

11 - GERMANY - 80th anniversary of liberation of Nazi camps Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen, Ravensbrueck and Dachau (To 29)

13 - LEBANON - 50th anniversary of the start of Lebanon's 15-year civil war

18 - PRINCETON (United States) - 70th anniversary of the death of Nobel-winning physicist Albert Einstein, considered one of the greatest scientists of all time

24 - ARMENIA - 110th anniversary of the start of the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, which Armenia says was genocide

28 - ITALY - 80th anniversary of the execution of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his lover Clara Petacci

30 - HO CHI MINH CITY (Vietnam) - 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces, marking the end of the Vietnam War

- BERLIN (Germany) - 80th anniversary of the suicide of Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva Braun near the end of World War II

Sports

UNITED STATES - Athletics: Grand Slam Track series of four meets

1 - EUROPE - Rugby Union: 2025 Women's Six Nations Championship (To April 26)

4 - SUZUKA (Japan) - Auto: Formula One - Japanese Grand Prix (To 6)

5 - AINTREE (United Kingdom) - Racing: Grand National

6 - MONTE CARLO (Principality of Monaco) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Monte-Carlo Masters (To 13)

10 - AUGUSTA (United States) - Golf: PGA Tour - Masters 2025 (To 13)

11 - SAKHIR (Bahrain) - Auto: Formula One - Bahrain Grand Prix (To 13)

18 - JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) - Auto: Formula One - Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia (To 20)

20 - IMOLA (Italy) - Auto: World Endurance Championship (WEC), 6 hours of Imola

21 - BOSTON (United States) - Athletics: Boston Marathon

23 - MADRID (Spain) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Madrid Open (To May 4)

27 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Athletics: London Marathon

MAY 2025

1 - SOLLENTUNA (Sweden) - Trial of 11 accused of illegally dumping toxic waste (To May 1, 2025)

- ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026)

- OSAKA (Japan) - 2025 World Expo (To October 13)

- PARIS (France) - Trial of 12 people over 2016 robbery of Kim Kardashian (To May 23)

- PARIS (France) - Trial of former Salafist rebel Majdi Nema for complicity in war crimes (To May 30)

- ENGLAND (United Kingdom) - Local elections

3 - BELGRADE (Serbia) - 2nd anniversary of Ribnikar primary school massacre

4 - MLADENOVAC (Serbia) - 2nd anniversary of the massacre near Mladenovac, where 9 people died

5 - NEW YORK (United States) - Trial starts of Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused of racketeering and sex trafficking

6 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 7)

7 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting

- WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting

8 - FRISCO (United States) - 59th Academy of Country Music awards

9 - MOSCOW (Russia) - Military parade to celebrate Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II

- TIRANA (Albania) - European Political Community meeting

12 - PHILIPPINES - General election

- WASHINGTON (United States) - Trial begins of Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir al-Marimi accused of bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie

- BRUSSELS (Belgium) - Eurozone finance ministers meet (Eurogroup)

13 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - EU finance ministers meet (Ecofin)

- CANNES (France) - Cannes Film Festival (To 24)

16 - WOLFSBURG (Germany) - Volkswagen general assembly

17 - BASEL (Switzerland) - Eurovision Song Contest 2025 final

18 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - 51st American Music Awards

20 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - International Booker Prize 2025 award ceremony

- LONDON (United Kingdom) - RHS Chelsea Flower Show (To 24)

22 - HAY-ON-WYE (United Kingdom) - Hay Festival of literature (To June 1)

23 - KOSOVO - 5th anniversary of the agreement on relocation of prisoners from Denmark to Kosovo

27 - SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - 30th anniversary of the storming of the Vrbanja bridge, considered a turning point in the Bosnian war

28 - VIENNA (Austria) - Ministers from Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies (Opec+) meet

- LAGOS (Nigeria) - 50th anniversary of the creation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

- WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes

29 - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q1, second estimate

Anniversaries

8 - EUROPE - 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, after the defeat of Nazi Germany

14 - WARSAW (Poland) - 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Pact, a military alliance between communist countries in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

21 - GERMANY - 50th anniversary of trial of far-left organisation Baader Meinhoff

30 - PARIS (France) - 50th anniversary of creation of European Space Agency (ESA)

Sports

UNITED STATES - Athletics: Grand Slam Track series of four meets

ROME (Italy) - Football: Italian Cup final

LONDON (United Kingdom) - Football: English FA Cup final

BERLIN (Germany) - Football: German Cup final

LISBON (Portugal) - Football: UEFA Women's Champions League final

1 - MADRID (Spain) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Madrid Open (To May 4)

2 - MIAMI GARDENS (United States) - Auto: Formula One - Miami Grand Prix (To 4)

3 - LOUISVILLE (United States) - Horse Racing: Kentucky Derby

7 - ROME (Italy) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Italian Open (To 18)

10 - GUANGZHOU (China) - Athletics: World Athletics Relays (To 11)

- SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS (Belgium) - Auto: World Endurance Championship (WEC), 6 hours of Spa-Francorchamps

- ITALY - Cycling: World Tour, Giro d'Italia (To June 1)

15 - WESLEY CHAPEL (United States) - Golf: PGA Tour - PGA Championship 2025

16 - NEPAL - 50 years ago Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the peak of Mount Everest

- IMOLA (Italy) - Auto: Formula One - Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (To 18)

17 - BALTIMORE (United States) - Horse Racing: Preakness Stakes

21 - BILBAO (Spain) - Football: UEFA Europa League final

22 - NOTTINGHAM (United Kingdom) - Cricket: England v Zimbabwe, one-off Test match (To 25)

23 - MONTE CARLO (Principality of Monaco) - Auto: Formula One - Monaco Grand Prix (To 25)

- CARDIFF (United Kingdom) - Rugby Union: European Challenge Cup final

24 - CARDIFF (United Kingdom) - Rugby Union: European Champions Cup final

25 - PARIS (France) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - French Open (To June 8)

29 - BRUSSELS (Belgium) - 40th anniversary of Heysel Stadium disaster in which 39 football fans died

30 - MONTMELÓ (Spain) - Auto: Formula One - Spanish Grand Prix (To June 1)

31 - MUNICH (Germany) - Football: UEFA Champions League final

JUNE 2025

CHISINAU (Moldova) - Parliamentary elections (date to be confirmed)

MILAN (Italy) - Milan Fashion Week Menswear, Spring-Summer 2026

1 - ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026)

- OSAKA (Japan) - 2025 World Expo (To October 13)

- HAY-ON-WYE (United Kingdom) - Hay Festival of literature (To June 1)

- ENGLAND (United Kingdom) - Ban comes into force for sale of disposable vapes in England, Scotland and Wales

2 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - South by Southwest festival, European edition (To 7)

9 - NICE (France) - Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) (To 13)

- WASHINGTON (United States) - Trial begins of man arrested for attempted murder of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

- SEATTLE (United States) - Trial starts against Amazon over Prime enrollment

12 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - London Fashion Week, menswear Spring-Summer 2026 (To 15)

13 - RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) - Rio Book Biennial Fair (To 22)

14 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Trooping the Colour military parade to mark the British sovereign's birthday

17 - CAPE TOWN (South Africa) - The Africa Hospitality Investment Forum, Africa's premier conference for tourism and hospitality investment (To 19)

- WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 18)

18 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting

- WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting

- SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia) - St Petersburg Economic Forum (To 21)

19 - YANGON (Myanmar) - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi turns 80

- LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - Eurozone finance ministers meet (Eurogroup)

20 - LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) - EU finance ministers meet (Ecofin)

21 - STONEHENGE (United Kingdom) - Summer Solstice celebrations (To July 21)

22 - UNITED KINGDOM - Windrush Day, marking the arrival of the first West Indian immigrants to the UK after World War II

24 - PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week, Menswear Spring/Summer 2026 (To 29)

25 - PILTON (United Kingdom) - Glastonbury festival (To 29)

26 - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q1, third estimate

Anniversaries

14 - SCHENGEN (Luxembourg) - 40th anniversary since the signing of the Schengen accords under which border checks would be progressively lifted in Europe

17 - NEW YORK (United States) - 140 years ago the French-made Statue of Liberty by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, arrives in New York

26 - SAN FRANCISCO (United States) - 80th anniversary of the birth of the United Nations

Sports

UNITED STATES - Athletics: Grand Slam Track series of four meets

EUROPE - Football: UEFA Nations League final

1 - ITALY - Cycling: World Tour, Giro d'Italia (To June 1)

- PARIS (France) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - French Open (To June 8)

- MONTMELÓ (Spain) - Auto: Formula One - Spanish Grand Prix (To June 1)

7 - NEW YORK (United States) - Horse Racing: Belmont Stakes

- EPSOM (United Kingdom) - Racing: Epsom Derby

9 - OAKMONT (United States) - Golf: PGA Tour - US Open 2025 (To 15)

11 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Cricket: ICC World Test Championship final (To 15)

13 - MONTREAL (Canada) - Auto: Formula One - Canadian Grand Prix (To 15)

15 - UNITED STATES - Football: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 (To July 13)

19 - ASCOT (United Kingdom) - Racing: Royal Ascot - Gold Cup

20 - LEEDS (United Kingdom) - Cricket: England v India, 1st Test (To 24)

27 - SPIELBERG BEI KNITTELFELD (Austria) - Auto: Formula One - Austrian Grand Prix (To 29)

30 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - Wimbledon (To July 13)

JULY 2025

CHISINAU (Moldova) - Parliamentary elections (date to be confirmed)

1 - ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026)

- OSAKA (Japan) - 2025 World Expo (To October 13)

- STONEHENGE (United Kingdom) - Summer Solstice celebrations (To July 21)

- COPENHAGEN (Denmark) - Denmark takes over rotating EU presidency

4 - CARDIFF (United Kingdom) - Oasis play first date of reunion tour 'live '25'

5 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Pride in London festival and parade

7 - PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week, Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2025-2026 (To 10)

9 - WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes

10 - ROME (Italy) - Ukraine Recovery Conference (To 11)

11 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - Film 'Superman: Legacy' released

19 - YANGON (Myanmar) - Myanmar Martyrs' Day

- LONDON (United Kingdom) - BBC Proms classical music festival (To September 13)

22 - CROATIA - First anniversary of nursing home massacre

25 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Oasis play first of four dates in the capital as part of their reunion tour 'live '25'

29 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 30)

30 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting

- WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting

- WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q2, first estimate

Anniversaries

6 - DHARAMSALA (India) - 90th birthday of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

8 - AUCKLAND (New Zealand) - 40th anniversary of the bombing of the Greenpeace vessel, the Rainbow Warrior, in Auckland harbour

11 - SREBRENICA (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre by Bosnian Serb forces

14 - - 60th anniversary of first spacecraft Mariner 4 reaching Mars

17 - ANAHEIM (United States) - 70th anniversary of Walt Disney opening its first theme park in Anaheim, California

23 - SHARM EL SHEIKH (Egypt) - 20th anniversary of attacks in Egypt's resort of Sharm El-Sheikh

Sports

FRANCE - Cycling: Tour de France 2025

1 - UNITED STATES - Football: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 (To July 13)

- LONDON (United Kingdom) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - Wimbledon (To July 13)

2 - SWITZERLAND - Football: UEFA Women's Euro 2025 (To 27)

- BIRMINGHAM (United Kingdom) - Cricket: England v India, 2nd Test (To 6)

4 - SILVERSTONE (United Kingdom) - Auto: Formula One - British Grand Prix (To 6)

10 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Cricket: England v India, 3rd Test (To 14)

11 - SINGAPORE (Singapore) - Swimming: 2025 World Aquatics Championships (To August 3)

13 - PORTRUSH (United Kingdom) - Golf: European Tour - The Open 2025 (To 20)

- SAO PAULO (Brazil) - Auto: World Endurance Championship (WEC), 6 hours of Sao Paulo

23 - MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) - Cricket: England v India, 4th Test (To 27)

25 - SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS (Belgium) - Auto: Formula One - Belgian Grand Prix (To 27)

27 - TORONTO (Canada) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Montreal Masters (To August 7)

31 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Cricket: England v India, 5th Test (To August 4)

AUGUST 2025

GABON - Presidential and legislative elections (date to be confirmed)

1 - ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026)

- OSAKA (Japan) - 2025 World Expo (To October 13)

- LONDON (United Kingdom) - BBC Proms classical music festival (To September 13)

- VIENNA (Austria) - 50th anniversary of Helsinki Accords

- EDINBURGH (United Kingdom) - Edinburgh Festival Fringe (To 25)

3 - VATICAN CITY (Holy See) - Canonisation of the Italian Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1925)

5 - CROATIA - 30th anniversary of the end of the war of independence

6 - HIROSHIMA (Japan) - 80th anniversary of atomic bombing of Hiroshima

7 - LAS VEGAS (United States) - Def Con hacking conference (To 10)

9 - NAGASAKI (Japan) - 80th anniversary of atomic bombing of Nagasaki

17 - BOLIVIA - General election

20 - COLOGNE (Germany) - Gamescom international video games fair (To 24)

- WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes

24 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Notting Hill Carnival (To 25)

- BLACK ROCK CITY (United States) - Burning Man 2025 festival (To September 1)

25 - SERBIA - 25th anniversary of the assassination of ex-president Ivan Stambolic in Fruska Gora

27 - VENICE (Italy) - Venice Film Festival (To September 6)

28 - TUZLA (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - 35th anniversary of the firedamp explosion that killed 180 miners in the Mramor mine

- WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q2, second estimate

Sports

1 - SINGAPORE (Singapore) - Swimming: 2025 World Aquatics Championships (To August 3)

- TORONTO (Canada) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Montreal Masters (To August 7)

- LONDON (United Kingdom) - Cricket: England v India, 5th Test (To August 4)

- BUDAPEST (Hungary) - Auto: Formula One - Hungarian Grand Prix (To 3)

7 - CINCINNATI (United States) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Cincinnati Open (To 18)

22 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Rugby Union: Women's World Cup (To September 27)

23 - SPAIN - Cycling: World Tour, Vuelta a Espana (To September 14)

25 - PARIS (France) - Badminton: BWF World Championships (To 31)

- NEW YORK (United States) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - US Open (To September 7)

27 - CYPRUS - Basketball: EuroBasket 2025 (To September 14)

29 - ZANDVOORT (Netherlands) - Auto: Formula One - Dutch Grand Prix (To 31)

SEPTEMBER 2025

1 - ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026)

- OSAKA (Japan) - 2025 World Expo (To October 13)

- LONDON (United Kingdom) - BBC Proms classical music festival (To September 13)

- BLACK ROCK CITY (United States) - Burning Man 2025 festival (To September 1)

- VENICE (Italy) - Venice Film Festival (To September 6)

5 - TORONTO (Canada) - Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) (To 15)

6 - BRAEMAR (United Kingdom) - Braemar Gathering

8 - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Pacific Islands Forum summit (To 12)

9 - FRANKFURT (Germany) - International Motor Show Germany (IAA) 2025 (To 14)

11 - NEW YORK (United States) - New York Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2026 (To 16)

13 - TOKYO (Japan) - 40th anniversary of release of 'Super Mario Bros' video game

16 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 17)

17 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting

- WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting

18 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - London Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2026 (To 22)

23 - MILAN (Italy) - Milan Fashion Week Womenswear, Spring-Summer 2026 (To 29)

24 - BANJSKA (Kosovo) - Second anniversary of the Banjska Attack

25 - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q2, third estimate

29 - PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week, Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 (To October 7)

- PARIS (France) - Prosecutors appeal the acquital of Airbus and Air France over 2009 Rio-Paris crash (To November 27)

Sports

NEW YORK (United States) - Golf: 2025 Ryder Cup

1 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Rugby Union: Women's World Cup (To September 27)

- SPAIN - Cycling: World Tour, Vuelta a Espana (To September 14)

- NEW YORK (United States) - Tennis: Grand Slam Tournaments - US Open (To September 7)

- CYPRUS - Basketball: EuroBasket 2025 (To September 14)

5 - MONZA (Italy) - Auto: Formula One - Italian Grand Prix (To 7)

7 - AUSTIN (United States) - Auto: World Endurance Championship (WEC), Lone Star Le Mans

13 - TOKYO (Japan) - Athletics: World championships (To 21)

19 - BAKU (Azerbaijan) - Auto: Formula One - Azerbaijan Grand Prix (To 21)

21 - BERLIN (Germany) - Athetlics: Berlin Marathon

- - Cycling: UCI Road World Championships (To 28)

28 - OYAMA (Japan) - Auto: World Endurance Championship (WEC), 6 hours of Fuji

29 - SANTIAGO (Chile) - Football: FIFA U-20 World Cup (To October 19)

OCTOBER 2025

PRAGUE (Czech Republic) - Parliamentary elections (date to be confirmed)

1 - ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026)

- OSAKA (Japan) - 2025 World Expo (To October 13)

- PARIS (France) - Paris Fashion Week, Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 (To October 7)

- PARIS (France) - Prosecutors appeal the acquital of Airbus and Air France over 2009 Rio-Paris crash (To November 27)

5 - SERBIA - 25th anniversary of the fall of Slobodan Milosevic

8 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - London Film Festival (To 19)

- WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes

10 - OSLO (Norway) - Nobel Peace Prize awarded

15 - FRANKFURT (Germany) - Frankfurt Book Fair (To 19)

18 - TOKYO (Japan) - Tokyo Odaiba Triennale 2025 international art festival (To December 25)

28 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 29)

29 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting

- WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting

- VALENCIA (Spain) - First anniversary of floods that killed 230 people in southeastern Spain

30 - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q3, first estimate

Anniversaries

1 - BALI (Indonesia) - 20th anniversary of bomb blasts on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali

3 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - 30th anniversary of acquittal of American football star O.J. Simpson accused of murdering his ex-wife and her male companion

8 - PAKISTAN - 20th anniversary of a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Pakistan

13 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - 100th anniversary of the birth of former British Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher

16 - WASHINGTON (United States) - 30th anniversary of the Million Man March on Washington called by radical black pride group Nation of Islam

Sports

SYDNEY (Australia) - Horse Racing: The Everest

1 - SANTIAGO (Chile) - Football: FIFA U-20 World Cup (To October 19)

- SHANGHAI (China) - Tennis: ATP tour 2025 - Shanghai Masters (To 12)

3 - SINGAPORE (Singapore) - Auto: Formula One - Singapore Grand Prix (To 5)

12 - CHICAGO (United States) - Athetlics: Chicago Marathon

15 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Grand Sumo Tournament (To 19)

17 - AUSTIN (United States) - Auto: Formula One - US Grand Prix (To 19)

24 - MEXICO CITY (Mexico) - Auto: Formula One - Mexican Grand Prix (To 26)

NOVEMBER 2025

1 - ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026)

- PARIS (France) - Prosecutors appeal the acquital of Airbus and Air France over 2009 Rio-Paris crash (To November 27)

- TOKYO (Japan) - Tokyo Odaiba Triennale 2025 international art festival (To December 25)

4 - VILLEPINTE (France) - World Nuclear Exhibition (To 6)

9 - LONDON (United Kingdom) - Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph

10 - BELÉM (Brazil) - COP30 (To 21)

11 - WORLD - Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War I

- UNITED KINGDOM - Remembrance Day

16 - CHILE - Presidential, parliamentary elections

19 - WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes

20 - MADRID (Spain) - 50th anniversary of the death of General Franco

21 - DAYTON (United States) - 30th anniversary the signing of peace agreement between Alija Izetbegovic, Slobodan Milosevic and Franjo Tudjman

22 - JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - G20 summit (To 23)

26 - WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q3, second estimate

30 - SCOTLAND (United Kingdom) - St Andrew's Day

- HONDURAS - National elections

Sports

1 - DEL MAR (United States) - Horse Racing: Breeders' Cup Classic

2 - NEW YORK (United States) - Athletics: New York Marathon

4 - MELBOURNE (Australia) - Horse Racing: Melbourne Cup

7 - SAO PAULO (Brazil) - Auto: Formula One - Brazilian Grand Prix (To 9)

8 - SAKHIR (Bahrain) - Auto: World Endurance Championship (WEC), 8 hours of Bahrain

20 - UNITED STATES - Auto: Formula One - Las Vegas Grand Prix (To 22)

21 - AUSTRALIA - Cricket: The Ashes - Australia v England (To January 8, 2026)

- PERTH (Australia) - Cricket: Australia v England, 1st Test (To 25)

28 - DOHA (Qatar) - Auto: Formula One - Qatari Grand Prix (To 30)

29 - - Football: Copa Libertadores final (host city TBC)

DECEMBER 2025

1 - ROME (Italy) - Roman Catholic jubilee year (To January 6, 2026)

- TOKYO (Japan) - Tokyo Odaiba Triennale 2025 international art festival (To December 25)

- LONDON (United Kingdom) - British Fashion Awards ceremony

9 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 10)

10 - WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting

- WASHINGTON (United States) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting

- OSLO (Norway) - Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

14 - CHILE - Presidential election, second round

19 - LOS ANGELES (United States) - Film 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' scheduled to be released by Disney

- WASHINGTON (United States) - GDP Q3, third estimate

25 - WORLD - Christmas Day

31 - WORLD - New Year's Eve

- WASHINGTON (United States) - US Federal Reserve publishes latest meeting minutes

Sports

1 - AUSTRALIA - Cricket: The Ashes - Australia v England (To January 8, 2026)

4 - BRISBANE (Australia) - Cricket: Australia v England, 2nd Test (To 8)

5 - ABU DHABI (United Arab Emirates) - Auto: Formula One - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (To 7)

17 - ADELAIDE (Australia) - Cricket: Australia v England, 3rd Test (To 21)

21 - MOROCCO - Football: 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (To January 18, 2026)

26 - MELBOURNE (Australia) - Cricket: Australia v England, 4th Test (To 30)