WORLD AGENDA JUNE 2023

Jun 22, U.S.: India’s prime minister Narendra Modi makes an official state visit, as the Biden administration seeks to counter the influence of an increasingly assertive China in Asia

Jun 5, U.S.: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen meets Joe Biden in Washington, as Denmark mulls providing U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

Jun 25, Guatemala: Voters pick a successor to right-wing President Alejandro Giammattei, but the process has come under fire after several opposition candidates were barred from running

Jun 30, U.S.: Harrison Ford dons his famous fedora for the fifth and final time as the Nazi-fighting archaeologist returns in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Jun 9, U.S.: Project Neptune 100, combining medical and ocean research, concludes when professor Dr Joseph Dituri resurfaces after living underwater without depressurization for 100 days

Jun 8, U.S.: The world’s largest ruby goes under the hammer by Sotheby’s in New York. The 55.22-carat gem, known as the Estrela de Fura, is expected to fetch more than $30 million

Jun 12, Pacific Ocean: The inaugural Talisker Whisky Pacific Challenge sees up to 20 teams taking part in the charity endurance row from California to Hawaii

Jun 19-25, France: The Paris Air Show returns for the first time since 2019, indicating where and how the commercial aerospace industry might expand in the next few years

Sources: NewsAhead, Julie Mullins
Pictures: Getty Images, Joe Dituri/Instagram, World’s Toughest Row, Sotheby’s, Lucasfilm
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