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U.S. Federal Reserve Today in Washington -------------------------------------------------------------------- This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events -------------------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, AUGUST 5

** NEW DELHI - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visits India for a five-day state visit. He is scheduled to hold talks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. (To Aug. 8) ASHGABAT – President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev is scheduled to pay a working visit to Turkmenistan (Final day) GLOBAL – World Breastfeeding Week (To Aug. 7)

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 (to Aug 25) TOKYO – Belize's Prime Minister John Briceño to visit Japan. (Final day) ASHGABAT - Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli visiting Turkmenistan to participate in the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (To Aug. 8) VILNIUS/ RIGA/ TALLINN - Israeli President Isaac Herzog to travel to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia with the goal of bolstering ties, advancing hostage diplomacy, and honoring Holocaust memory (To Aug 6).

NEW DELHI - Philippines President Bongbong Marcos to visit India (to Aug 8) JAKARTA – Belarus Foreign Minister Maksim Ryzhenkov is paying a working visit to Indonesia. (to Aug 7)

MOSCOW – Malaysia's King Sultan Ibrahim is paying a state visit to Russia marking a historic milestone in Malaysia's diplomacy. (to Aug 10) TOKYO - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica Kamina Johnson Smith to visit Japan (to Aug 8) - - - - - - - - - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6

** OSAKA, Japan - President of the Republic of Peru, Dina Boluarte, will pay a visit to Japan to participated at the National Day Event of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai. (To Aug. 10) ** ATHENS - Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis meets his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty in Athens - 1000 GMT.

MOSCOW - President of Russia Vladimir Putin holds talks with Malaysia's King Sultan Ibrahim in Moscow. HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima Commemorations 80th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 80th Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks.

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to Aug 24). - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 12

GLOBAL - International Youth Day. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 14 ASUNCIÓN - Paraguay to welcome Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te. ISLAMABAD – 78th anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, AUGUST 15

** JAKARTA - Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto delivers his annual state of the union address at parliament, followed by a speech on his 2026 budget proposal. NEW DELHI – 78th anniversary of Indian Independence from British rule.

TOKYO – 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two. LIECHTENSTEIN – 219th anniversary of Independence.

TRALEE, Ireland - 2025 Rose of Tralee International Festival (To Aug 19) - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 17

Bolivia - Bolivia holds presidential election. Bolivia - Bolivian Chamber of Deputies election.

Bolivia - Bolivian Chamber of Senators election. - - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, AUGUST 19

GLOBAL - World Humanitarian Day. MOSCOW – 33rd Anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, AUGUST 21

DAMASCUS, Syria - 12th anniversary of nerve gas attack that killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighborhoods on the edge of Damascus. - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 23

DHAKA – Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is scheduled to visit Bangladesh on a two-day official trip. (to August 24) BALTIC WAY - 36th 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. Taiwan – Referendum election to decide whether the Maanshan-2 nuclear power plant should restart - - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, AUGUST 24

WARSAW - Poland marks the 36th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989. KYIV – 34th anniversary of Independence.

WASHINGTON DC – 213th anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the US Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812. - - - - - - - - - MONDAY, AUGUST 25

URUGUAY - Uruguay's Independence Day. PARIS – 81st anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War. - - - - - - - - -

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27 VENICE, Italy – 82nd Venice International Film Festival (to September 6). BUSAN, Republic of Korea – APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting (EMM) (To Aug. 28).

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BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of defence ministers. (To Aug. 29) - - - - - - - - -

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich. (To Aug. 30) - - - - - - - - - SATURDAY, AUGUST 30

DHAKA - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to arrive in Dhaka for a two-day official visit. (To Aug. 31) BEIJING - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will visit Beijing to participate in the foreign ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states. (To Sept. 1) - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, AUGUST 31 TIANJIN - Leaders from more than 20 countries and heads of 10 international organizations will attend the Tianjin summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (To September 1)

- - - - - - - - - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 BRUSSELS – EU informal meeting of ministers for European affairs (to Sept. 2)

GUYANA - Guyanese National Assembly election. - - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 BRUSSELS - EU Informal meeting of energy ministers (to Sept. 5) BOUGAINVILLE - Bougainvillean House of Representatives election

BOUGAINVILLE - Bougainvillean presidency election - - - - - - - - -

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 NORWAY -Norwegian Parliament election.

- - - - - - - - - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 MACAU - Chinese Legislative Council (Macau) Election.

- - - - - - - - - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council Meeting. MALAWI - Malawian National Assembly Election.

MALAWI - Malawian Presidency Election. - - - - - - - - - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump makes second state visit to Britain (to Sept 20) COPENHAGEN - EU Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers. (To Sept. 20)

- - - - - - - - - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 SEYCHELLES - Seychellois Presidency Election.

SEYCHELLES - Seychellois National Assembly Election - - - - - - - - -

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 SWITZERLAND – Referendum Election.

MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF - Moldovan Parliament Election. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event. For Technical Issues Please Contact Thomson Reuters Customer Support (TRCS) at https://customers.reuters.com/kccontactus/telephone.aspx

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