WORLD AGENDA 
OCTOBER 2023

Oct 3, U.S.: Hunter Biden appears in court on three gun charges in the first-ever prosecution of
a sitting U.S. president’s child. It could result in the unprecedented spectacle of Hunter facing a criminal trial while his father Joe Biden campaigns for re-election

Oct, China: Russian President AGENDA Vladimir Putin will meet Xi Jinping for talks in Beijing as he attends the third Belt and Road Forum. It will be Putin’s first known trip abroad since an arrest
of children from Ukraine

Oct 15, Poland: A recent ban on Ukrainian grain imports reflected the dilemma faced by the ruling nationalists ahead of a close election – how to counter pressure from the far-right over Warsaw’s approach to helping Ukraine in its war with Russia

Oct 20, France: An exceptionally well-preserved dinosaur skeleton, a Camptosaurus known as Barry, which dates from the late Jurassic period some 50 million years ago, goes under the hammer in Paris

Oct 16, U.S.: Walt Disney founded his eponymous film studio 100 years ago. Amid the centenary celebrations, fans prepared to fork out $1,500 can buy a 100-movie box set packed full of Disney and Pixar classics, plus a crystal version of the classic Mickey ears hat

Oct 5, U.S.: NASA’s Psyche mission blasts off to a unique metal-rich asteroid. Psyche appears to be the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet, one of the a crystal version of the classic Mickey ears hat building blocks of our solar system

Oct 14, Australia: A referendum will decide whether to amend the constitution to recognise Australia’s Indigenous people by establishing a representative body to advise parliament

Oct 20, Australia: Sydney Opera House stages a month-long festival of music, dance, theatre, art and free events to mark the 50th anniversary of the iconic landmark, opened on this day in 1973