WORLD AGENDA
OCTOBER 2022


1 Oct 16, China: The Communist Party holds its five-yearly congress, with Xi Jinping set for an unprecedented third term in power. Effectively made “president for life” in 2018,
Xi is seen as the nation’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong

2 Oct 2, Brazil: With far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro trailing leftist former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the polls, Brazil is braced for a Trump-like refusal from its current leader to accept defeat in the general election

3 Oct 11, Japan: Tough pandemic-related border restrictions are to be scrapped, paving the way for mass tourism for the first time in over two years

4 Oct 6, Czech Rep.: EU and aspirant nations, plus the UK, Israel and Turkey, are invited to the first meeting of a new European Political Community, proposed by French president Emmanuel Macron to bolster regional co-operation in the face of Russian aggression

5 Oct, France: The European Space Agency wraps up its 18-month selection process
to recruit 4-6 new astronauts, including one chosen from applicants with disabilities

6 Oct 3-10: Sweden & Norway: The 2022 Nobel Prize winners are named, with the Peace award announced on Oct 7

7 Oct 1, United Arab Emirates: The site of the Dubai Expo 2020 exhibition reopens as Expo City Dubai, billed as a clean, green and tech-enabled city built around sustainability

8 Oct 1-2, Mongolia: Up to 80 eagle hunters take part in the Golden Eagle Festival in Bayan-Ulgii, a two-day display of traditional hunting skills based on the eagle’s speed, agility and accuracy


Sources: NewsAhead, Julie Mullins 
Pictures: Newscom, Getty Images, Grimshaw Architects, ESA 
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