DIARY-Political and General News Events from August 4

World leaders, including Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, are scheduled for diplomatic visits across Latin America and Southeast Asia.

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GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (To Aug. 7) MEXICO CITY/PANAMA CITY/QUITO/PORT OF SPAIN - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Toshimitsu Motegi visits Mexico, Panama and Ecuador, and if circumstances permit, Trinidad and Tobago as well. (to Aug. 9) JAKARTA, Indonesia - Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul visits Indonesia to sign a partnership plan for 2026-2030 (Final Day). JAKARTA - Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul addresses policy speech at ASEAN headquarter in Jakarta – 0330 GMT

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 BANGKOK - Myanmar president Min Aung Hlaing makes an official trip to Thailand (To Aug. 7) LA PAZ - Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz will deliver his first State of the Nation address.

HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 81st ‌Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 (To August 31) - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 81st Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12 COOK ISLANDS - Cook Islands Parliament election.

GLOBAL - International Youth Day - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 13

ZAMBIA - Zambian Presidency election. ZAMBIA - Zambia holds general elections

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ISLAMABAD – 79th anniversary of Pakistan independence from British ‌rule LEBANON - Hezbollah marks 20th anniversary of its "divine victory" - the end of its war with Israel

TRALEE, Ireland - 2026 Rose of Tralee International Festival (To August 18) - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 15

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (To August 30) TOKYO – 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two

NEW DELHI – 79th anniversary of India's Independence from British rule LIECHTENSTEIN – 220th anniversary of Independence - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day

MOSCOW – 34th Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev, which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 21

DAMASCUS, Syria - 13th anniversary of nerve gas attack that killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighbourhoods on the edge of Damascus - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 23

KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakh National Congress election BALTIC WAY - 37th anniversary of the Baltic Way, a human chain of people in 1989 stretching from Vilnius to Tallinn to mark solidarity in the struggle for independence from the Soviet Union - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, AUGUST 24 WARSAW - Poland marks ⁠the 37th anniversary of ​the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989

KYIV – 35th anniversary of Independence WASHINGTON, D.C. – 214th ⁠anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the U.S. Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812 - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day

PARIS – 82nd anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, AUGUST 31 BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of defence ministers (to September 1) BISHKEK - Chinese President Xi Jinping begins a state visit to Kyrgyzstan (to September 1) BISHKEK - Russian President ⁠Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, alongside other leaders, attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a regional bloc including Russia, China, India, Iran, Pakistan and Central Asian countries. (to September 1) ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors gather in North Carolina (To Sep. 1)

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 ** NORTH OSSETIA, Russia - 22nd Anniversary of the terrorist attack at Beslan School GYMNICH - EU Informal meeting of ​foreign affairs ministers (to September 2). ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, U.S. - Finance ministers and central bank governors from G20 countries meet.

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (to September 4).

- - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 ** MUNICH, Germany – 54th Anniversary of the attack on Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian gunmen, which killed 11 Israelis. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER ⁠6 ** INDIA/BANGLADESH – 15th anniversary of a pact to end a 40-year border demarcation dispute between India and Bangladesh. ** LONDON - Seven OPEC+ countries will meet on Sunday to discuss their output policy. The seven include Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Oman and Kazakhstan. - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 SAINT PAUL DE VENCE, France - French President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will co-chair Cinema & Moving Image Summit in Saint-Paul de Vence (To Sep. 9) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 ** ⁠LONDON - ​World Nuclear Association Annual Symposium (to Sept 11). - - - - - - - - -

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 ** BEIJING – APEC 16th Energy Ministers Meeting. (To Sept. 11) ** TORONTO, Canada - 51st Annual Toronto International Film Festival 2026 (to Sept 20). - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 ** UNITED STATES – 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 SWEDEN - Swedish Parliament election. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 ** GLOBAL - International Day of Democracy. ** GUATEMALA – 205th Anniversary of Independence. ** EL SALVADOR - 205th Anniversary of Independence. ** COSTA RICA - 205th Anniversary of Independence. ** HONDURAS - 205th Anniversary of Independence. ** NICARAGUA - 205th Anniversary of Independence. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 BRUSSELS - Eurogroup ⁠meeting

BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (to September 19). RUSSIA - Russian Federal Duma election. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 ** MUNICH – 200th Munich Oktoberfest (to Oct 4). - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 MANILA - ASEAN energy ministers, senior officials hold meetings. (To Sep. 25) - - - - - - - - -

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 BRUSSELS - EU General Affairs Council - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 MOROCCO - Moroccan Chamber of Representatives election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 ** BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau ⁠marks 53rd anniversary of independence from Portugal. WASHINGTON - Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the United States, ⁠US President Donald Trump has announced. - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 PARIS - Pope Leo visits France (To Sep. 28) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 ** BERLIN – 52nd BMW Berlin Marathon. SWITZERLAND - Switzerland Referendum election. SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - Sao Tomean National Assembly election.

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BRUSSELS – EU Informal meeting of energy ministers (to September 29). - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 MANILA - ASEAN defense ministers hold annual meetings (to October 1).

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