Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his state of the nation address three days after the anniversary of the war in Ukraine.
Warsaw – After his surprise trip to Kiev, US President Joe Biden is visiting Poland to meet his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda and confirm his support for Ukraine and its allies.
Brussels – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference with European Union High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell and Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba at the headquarters of the Atlantic Alliance.
Geneva – The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) analyzes how the war in Ukraine has revived a fear of the use of atomic weapons that was thought to be buried with the Cold War.
Brussels – Council of Ministers for General Affairs of the European Union.
Athens – The US Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Antony Blinken, will hold a press conference Tuesday in Athens with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Dendias.
Tokyo – Japan and China are celebrating a new round of their bilateral security dialogue, with the participation of their deputy ministers of defense and foreign affairs.
Cairo – Human Rights Watch launches its new report, “All This Terror Because of a Photo”: Digital Targeting and Its Offline Consequences for LGBT People in the Middle East and North Africa.
Miami – The four crew members of Spacex and NASA Crew-6 arrive at Kennedy Space Center (Florida) for the mission’s launch scheduled for early Sunday morning and bound for the International Space Station (ISS).
Washington – The former presidents of Peru and Colombia, Francisco Sagasti and Iván Duque, respectively, speak during a roundtable at the Wilson Think Tank on the political crisis that Peru is going through.
Paris – The main French unions are offering a joint press conference after a meeting during which they will discuss the next steps to take in their fight against the pension reform promoted by the government of President Emmanuel Macron.
Washington – The United States Supreme Court is considering the case “Reynaldo González v. Google”, brought by the family of a young woman murdered in the 2015 Paris attacks on the technology giant, which analyzes whether the platforms Internet are responsible for the content that their algorithms recommend to their users.
Bogotá – Several feminist groups are calling for a rally outside the Constitutional Court of Colombia to celebrate the first anniversary of the decision to decriminalize abortion up to the 24th week of pregnancy in the country.
Nairobi – The President of Kenya, William Ruto, inaugurates the European Union (EU)-Kenya Business Forum, which brings together 500 companies (250 from the EU and 250 from Kenya) for two days to promote business relations between the two parties .
Vitoria (Spain) – The Women for Africa Foundation presents the “Now is Africa” Women and Science classroom to give visibility to women’s scientific projects on this continent.
London – The President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, is making an official visit to London.
Madrid – International Conference on Renewable Energy, to be held in the Spanish capital from February 21 to 23, 2023.
Paris – The International Energy Agency (IEA) publishes a report updating its estimates on methane emissions in the energy sector.
Paris – The OECD publishes GDP figures for the third quarter of 2022.
Hong Kong/London – HSBC bank, which makes most of its profits in Asia, publishes its 2022 results.
New York – Walmart, the world’s largest supermarket chain, announces its latest results for the fourth fiscal quarter.
Berlin – The Berlin Film Festival pays tribute to American director Steven Spielberg, who will receive the Golden Bear of Honor for his entire career.
Rio de Janeiro – Second night of parades by the Grupo Especial samba schools, the biggest attraction of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
Binche (Belgium) – The Carnival of the Walloon city of Binche, Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, culminates this Tuesday with the traditional parade of Gilles, characters dressed in masks, clogs and other details to the rhythm of the traditional melodies that have kept this festival alive since the Middle Ages.
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