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With many extreme weather events magnifying in the early 2020s, several world leaders have called it the "decisive decade" for climate action as ecological crises continue to escalate. [6] [7] In February 2023, a series of powerful earthquakes killed up to 62,000 people in Turkey and Syria ; this event fell within the top five deadliest ...
2024 UEFA Europa League final. Atalanta win the Europa League Final over Bayer Leverkusen by a score of 3–0, ending Bayer Leverkusen's record of 51 unbeaten games ( The Guardian) May 21, 2024 (Tuesday) edit. history. watch. Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hamas War. Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war.
Events pertaining to world affairs in 2020, national politics, public policy, government, world economics, and international business, that took place in various nations, regions, organizations, around the world in 2020.
2020 ( MMXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2020th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 20th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2020s decade. The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and ...
January 2020 was the first month of that leap year. The month, which began on a Wednesday, ended on a Friday after 31 days. It was the first month of the 2020s decade, and it was also the first month of the COVID-19 outbreak, which was declared a public health emergency by World Health Organization on January 30, 2020. Portal:Current events
Cases in Japan had topped the 1,000 mark (including 706 cases on the cruise ship Diamond Princess which the World Health Organization classifies as being located "on an international conveyance" and not in Japan) with the first confirmed case in Yamaguchi prefecture. Poland confirmed its first case. [non-primary source needed]
International relations United States–Zimbabwe relations, George Floyd protests Zimbabwe summons the U.S. envoy for comments by U.S. National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien suggesting that Zimbabwe is among "foreign adversaries" that could face retaliation for trying to foment unrest in the U.S. over the killing of George Floyd. (AP News) Law and crime Killing of George Floyd George ...
2020 in U.S. states and territories. The following is a list of notable events, births and deaths from 2020 in the United States . The US was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which by the end of the year killed over 300,000 people within American borders.