WORLD AGENDA OCTOBER 2015
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Oct 13, Las Vegas: The first of six debates among candidates standing for the Democratic Party presidential nomination takes place. The most eagerly anticipated sparring will be between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders

Oct 19, Ottawa: Canada goes to the polls with Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper – in office for a record 10 years – in a tight three-way race with Tom Mulcair’s New Democrats and Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party

Oct 10, Pyongyang: North Korea is expected to launch a long-range
ballistic missile, in violation of international sanctions, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its ruling Workers’ Party of Korea

Oct 25, Buenos Aires: Argentina chooses a new president as the Kirchner era –the 12 years in office of Cristina Fernandez and her late husband, Nestor Kirchner, comes to an end

Oct 13, The Hague: The Dutch Safety Board plans to issue its final report on the downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 in Ukrainian territory held by Russian- backed rebels in July 2014. Two-thirds of the 298 passengers on the plane were Dutch

Oct 5-6, Chile: Plans for the world’s biggest marine park, encompassing 720,000 square km of ocean off Easter Island, are unveiled. Put forward by indigenous Rapa Nui islanders, the plans aim to protect traditional fishing methods, under threat from industrial trawlers

Oct 5, Geneva: Aqeela Asifi, a teacher who has dedicated her life to educating Afghan refugee girls in Pakistan, is awarded the Nansen Refugee Award with $100,000 of project funding

Oct 26, London: The world premiere of the 24th James Bond film, Spectre, takes place. The movie features Daniel Craig playing British secret agent 007 for the fourth time
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Pictures: AP, Getty Images, MGM Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions

Source: Kate Edgley

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