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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.
Events
January
- January 1
- All works published in 1924, except for some sound recordings, are now in the public domain in the United States. This is the first release of material to the public domain since 1978.[1]
- Crowds of protesters breach the US embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, and then withdrew after US Marines fired tear gas. The unrest occurred in response to US airstrikes on pro-Iranian militias in Iraq.[2][3]
- Recreational marijuana becomes legal in Illinois, United States.[4]
- State laws on bail, the gig economy, minimum wages, data privacy, and red flag gun control take effect in several U.S. states, including California, New York, Colorado, Nevada, and Hawaii.[5]
- Several new federal regulations take effect in the US as of this date, including new regulations on retirement funds, minimum wage rules, and overtime rules.[6]
- January 2
- The government of New South Wales, Australia, declares a State of emergency to take effect January 3 as bushfires rage, threatening human lives and property as well as wiping out as many as 500 million animals.[7]
- 750 US troops prepare to be deployed to Iraq to defend US Embassy in Baghdad.[8]
- Turkey reports a new refugee influx and possible crisis, as 250,000 Syrians flee Syria for Turkey, due to Syrian government attacks on rebel groups around Idlib.[9]
- Zoran Zaev, the prime minister of North Macedonia, resigns. Oliver Spasovski is interim prime minister until a new government can be organized after the April 12 election.[10]
- A female-majority Cabinet is sworn in for the first time in Austria. It is also the first time The Greens – The Green Alternative forms part of the ruling coalition, in alliance with the conservative Austrian People's Party.[11]
- January 3
- 2019–20 Persian Gulf crisis: President Donald Trump approves the targeted killing of notorious Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad, Iraq. Fears of a conflict between Iran and the U.S. results in World War III trending on Twitter.[12]
- Spain's electoral commission prohibits Catalan president Quim Torra from serving in the regional parliament.[13]
- January 4 – An airstrike against the military academy south of Tripoli, Libya, kills 16 and wounds 37.[14]
- January 5 – Former Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic defeats President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović with 53% of the vote in the 2020 Croatian Presidential Election.[15]
- January 6
- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison acknowledges that climate change plays a role in Australia's bushfires, in a reversal of his previous stance.[16]
- US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces she will introduce a resolution to limit President Trump's ability to take actions against Iran.[17]
- At a meeting of the Lima Group, Argentina and Mexico abstain from supporting Juan Guaidó as president of the General Assembly of Venezuela.[18]
- January 7 – Pedro Sánchez takes office as President of the Government of Spain on a vote of 167 in favor, 165 against, and 18 abstentions.[19]
- January 8
- Two U.S. military bases in Iraq are hit with a dozen missiles fired by Iran; no casualties or serious damage reported.[20] U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran "appears to be standing down" after the killing of Qasem Soleimani but announces new sanctions against Iran.[21]
- As many as 25 Crore (250 million) people join a general strike in India in response to Bharat Bandh labor reforms.[22][23]
- January 9 – The International Olympic Committee bans political gestures by athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[24]
- January 10
- On January 11, 2020, Russia announced that a ceasefire had been agreed to in the area of Idlib and Northwest Syria, between Russia, Syria, Syrian rebels and Turkey. This was due to requests by Turkey for a ceasefire, in order to stop the flood of Syrian refugees into Turkey.[25][26][27] However, some regional news outlets reported that Syria launched further attacks near Idlib, in Maarat al-Numan district and the villages of Maar Shoreen, Talmenes, and Maar Shamshah, even after the ceasefire had officially begun.[28]
- January 11
- Taiwanese general election: Progressive Tsai Ing-Wen is reelected with 7.8 million votes (90% of the votes counted).[29]
- Legislators in Northern Ireland form a government for the first time since the Executive of the 5th Northern Ireland Assembly collapsed in January 2017.[30]
- Iran takes responsibility for "unintentionally" shooting down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 that killed 176 people on January 8. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau demands "transparency and justice for the families and loved ones of the victims."[31]
- British police say it was an "error of judgment" to label 'Extinction Rebellion' a terrorist group.[32]
- January 12
- 13,000 participate in a "Run Against Dictatorship" in Bangkok, demanding that Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha step down.[33]
- A nuclear alert about Pickering Nuclear Generating Station was erroneously sent to millions in Ontario, Canada.[34]
- Same-sex couples can legally register for marriage in Northern Ireland.[35]
- January 14
- Alejandro Giammattei is inaugurated as President of Guatemala.[36]
- Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso is under fire for describing Japan as a single race and single language country, ignoring 200,000 indigenous Ainu people and 760,000 ethnic Koreans.[37]
- New Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei takes office after a five-hour delay due to protests. Outgoing president Morales is pelted with eggs.[38]
- January 15
- The Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev announces that the entire Russian government will resign. This occurred due to a proposal from Putin for new laws and reforms that would vastly increase his power.[39]
- U.S. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi names the seven managers of the impeachment team and the House votes to send its impeachment resolutions to the Senate for a trial of President Donald Trump.[40]
- Filipe Nyusi is sworn in for another term as president of Mozambique while the opposition boycotts the ceremony amidst charges of electoral fraud.[41]
- Turkey lifts its ban on Wikipedia, due to a ruling by the Turkish High Constitutional Court.[42]
- January 16
- Pope Francis names Italian lawyer Francesca Di Giovanni as the under-secretary in the Section for Relations with States, the arm of the Catholic church that handles the foreign relations of the Holy See. She is the first woman appointed to a post at that level.[43]
- The impeachment of Donald John Trump formally moves into its trial phase in the United States Senate.[44]
- Guatemala breaks off diplomatic relations with Venezuela[45]
- Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin is appointed as Prime Minister of Russia. He previously served as Director of the Federal Tax Service from 2010 to 2020. He was nominated for Prime Minister of the Russian Federation by President Vladimir Putin.[46] Hearings on his appointment were held in the State Duma on 16 January, and he was confirmed to the office that day.[47]
- January 18
- French police called for backup as protesters tried to storm a theater where President Emmanuel Macron and his wife were watching The Fly.[48]
- Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urges leaders of the European Union to support the government of Libya in peace talks in Berlin.[49] Libyan opposition leader General Khalifa Haftar seeks support in Greece.[50]
- Violence escalates in Beruit, Lebanon, with 377 protesters and 142 members of security forces injured during nine hours of clashes; 43 people were arrested and later released.[51]
- January 20 – Norway's ruling coalition falls apart after repatriation of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) bride.[52]
- January 22 – Katerina Sakellaropoulou is elected the first female president of Greece.[53]
- January 23 – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, 58, says Greta Thunberg, 17, should study economics if she wants to talk about climate change. Mnunchin has a bachelor's degree in economics.[54]
- January 26 – 2020 Peruvian parliamentary election.[55] No party wins a majority, but centrists dominate.[56]
- January 27
- Manzoor Pashteen, a leading activist against corruption in the Pakistani military, is arrested.[57]
- January 31 – The United Nations Security Council approves an extension of an arms embargo against the Central African Republic only until July 31, 2020.[58]
February
- February 1 – Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas threatens to cut security ties to the United States and Israel.[59]
- February 3
- The Supreme Court nullifies the results of the 2019 Malawian general election due to widespread irregularities. President Peter Mutharika will stay in power until new elections on July 2, 2020.[60]
- "Technical irregularities" delay the vote counting of the Iowa Democratic caucuses, the first step in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries in the United States.[61]
- February 5
- Thomas Kemmerich of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) is elected governor of Thuringia, Germany, with support from the AfD party. This is the first time in modern history that a state governor has been elected with the support of the far-right AfD.[62]
- The US Senate voted on whether or not to convict the president on the charges and evidence as they were presented and debated upon.[63] The senators voted 52 to 48 to find President Trump not guilty on the charge of abuse of power (all 45 Democrats, independent senators Bernie Sanders and Angus King, and Republican senator Romney voted guilty). They voted 53 to 47, in a party line vote, to find him not guilty on the charge of obstruction of Congress [64]
- February 9
- Sudanese leader Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.[65]
- Former deputy Prime Minister Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi of Sudan states that it would be good to normalize relations with Israel.[66]
- February 11
- Palestinians withdraw their request for the UN Security Council to discuss the proposed peace plan offered by the Trump Administration of the United States.[67]
- President Trump submits a new federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year. It would increase defense spending and cut social programs.[68]
- 2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election[55] The ruling party takes about 65 of 125 seats.[69]
- 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election's results announced with Aam Aadmi Party securing 62 of 70 seats.[citation needed]
- February 14
- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier criticizes the United States for rejecting "even the idea of an international community." He also criticized Russia and China.[70]
- The U.S. issues a travel ban against Sri Lanka general Shavendra Silva for human rights violations.[71]
- Benjamin Griveaux, 42, French President Macron's preferred candidate for mayor of Paris, withdraws his candidacy after a sex video is leaked.[72]
- February 15
- Thousands protest in eastern Germany against the role Christian Democrats and the Free Democratic Party in supporting a far-right political party in Thuringia.[73]
- U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that a "reduction in violence" deal reached with the Taliban in Afghanistan "looks very promising." The agreement is expected to be formally announced on February 16 and to go into effect on February 17.[74]
- Venezuela carries out military exercises and drills amidst growing tensions with the United States. Opposition leader Juan Guaidó returns after a three-week tour that included a visit with the U.S. president.[75]
- Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg supports increased taxes in Europe for Silicon Valley tech giants.[76]
- February 16
- A Saudi jet crashes in Al Jawf Region after being shot down by Houthi rebels. 31 civilians are killed and 12 injured in a retaliatory strike in Yemen.[77]
- 2020 Guinean legislative election.[55]
- Tesla is ordered to stop work on a factory in Germany due to environmental concerns.[78]
- North Macedonia's parliament is dissolved ahead of the April election.[79]
- Software problems force the suspension of the 2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections.[80]
- Ivanka Trump praises Saudi Arabia and other Mideast countries for the advances they have made on women's rights.[81]
- French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn announces her candidacy for mayor of Paris, after Benjamin Griveaux drops out.[82]
- Strikes among seasonal ski resort workers break out against unemployment reforms at 50 locations in France, from the Alps to the Pyrenees.[83]
- February 17 – 3,000 interns in the public service sector of Spain protest against the lack of a permanent contract. 21.6% of Spanish government employees are considered "temporary."[84]
- February 18 – Incumbent Ashraf Ghani is declared the winner of the 2019 Afghan presidential election with 50.64% of the votes.[85]
- February 19 –President Trump replaces acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire with the inexperienced ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell after Maguire's office tells the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that Russia intends to interfere in the 2020 United States elections.[86]
- February 20
- A terrorist attack by a right-wing extremist Hanau, Hesse, Germany, leaves eleven dead including the suspect.[87]
- Israel asks that the Carnaval parade in Aalst, Belgium be canceled because of anti-Semitism.[88]
- The U.S. sanctions five Iranian clerics after they blocked 7,000 candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections.[89]
- February 21 – 2020 Iranian legislative election.[55]
- February 22 – 2020 Togolese presidential election.[90] Incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe wins reelection with 72% of the vote.[91]
- February 23 – Police in Haiti violently protest against money being spent on a carnaval celebrations instead of their salaries.[92]
- February 24 – Seven people, including a police officer, are killed in protests against new immigration laws in New Delhi, India before a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump.[93]
- February 29
- Egypt says it will use "all means" to defend its interests in a dispute with Ethiopia and Sudan over a dam on the Nile River.[94]
- The United States and the Taliban sign an agreement that may lead to the end of the war in Afghanistan.[95]
- Eight members of Hezbollah are killed by Turkish troops in Syria. Last week, 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in the fighting.[96]
- 10,000 to 22,000 people march in Moscow in memory of slain dissident Boris Nemtsov.[97]
March
- March 1 – The Prime-Minister-designate of Iraq, Mohammed Allawi withdrew from his run for the post, accusing political parties of obstructing him, creating a domestic crisis and also a possible power vacuum. This decision occurred hours after the Iraqi parliament declined for the second time in a week to approve his cabinet. [98]
- March 2
- The U.N. envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, 69, steps down because of health concerns.[99] Peace efforts seem further off than ever.[100]
- 2020 Israeli legislative election.[101]
- Russian President Vladimir Putin submits changes to enshrine God and heterosexuality in the constitution.[102]
- March 6 – Thousands march in Brussels for the European Climate Strike as the warmest winter on record comes to a close.[103]
- March 7 – The Saudi government arrests three members of the royal family in a move to consolidate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's power.[104]
- March 8 – Women's marches
- Pakistan – Aurat March ("Women's March") in Pakistan.[105]
- Mexico – 100,000 women march in Mexico City,[106] Monterrey,[107] and other cities in Mexico.[108]
- Chile – Between 190,000 and 300,000 people march in Santiago, Chile and 800,000 across the country.[109]
- Other countries – Three masked men attack demonstrators in Kyrgyzstan. Hundreds protest in the Philippines. Marches in several countries are canceled or have lower attendance than in 2019 due to COVID-19.[110]
- March 9 – Women strike across the country, demanding an end to violence against women in Mexico.[111][112] The Chamber of Deputies and banks are forced to close.[113]
- March 11 –Lawmakers in Russia approve legal changes that will allow President Vladimir Putin to remain in office until 2036. The changes still have to be approved the Constitutional Court and in a nation-wide referendum scheduled for April.[114]
- March 15
- Voters in France participate in local elections despite concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. A second round will be held on March 22.[115]
- Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz is asked by Israel's president to form a government.[116]
- Pro-government protesters march across Brazil, ignoring social distancing recommendations.[117]
- Saudi authorities detain 298 government employees, including members of the military, accusing them of abuse of power, bribery, money laundering, and corruption. 379 million riyals ($101 million) are involved.[118]
- Anti-immigrant protests turn violent in Chios and Lesbos, Greece.[119]
- King Felipe VI of Spain renounces the inheritance from his father, King Emerit Juan Carlos I, who is accused of receiving €88 million ($100 million) in Saudi Arabian kickbacks. King Felipe will also take away Juan Carlos's pension.[120]
- March 16 – Governments across Latin America impose strict measures to control the coronavirus.[121]
- Peru puts military personnel on the streets, blocking major roads and suspending freedom of assembly.
- Costa Rica closes its borders.
- Colombia closes its maritime, river, and land borders but shares information with Venezuela, where there are 33 cases of coronavirus.
- In Chile, at least six passengers from the cruise ship Silver Explorer are treated in hospitals in Patagonia after they tested positive for coronavirus.
- Paraguay restricts crowds and enforces an 8 p.m. curfew.
- President Lenin Moreno of Ecuador plans to begin a curfew on March 17.
- Panama reports 69 cases of coronavirus.
- March 16
- China and the United States accuse one another of fear-mongering about the coronavirus. U.S. President Donald Trump calls COVID-19 "the Chinese virus" and Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian suggested in a tweet that patient zero came from the U.S., not Wuhan.[122]
- French President Emmanuel Macron announces the banning of social gatherings and the postponement of the second round of the 2020 French municipal elections.[123]
- March 17
- Heavy fighting kills 38 in central Yemen.[124]
- The Niger Armed Forces say they have killed 50 members of Boko Haram in Toumour.[125]
- March 20
- India hangs four men convicted of a violent gang rape in 2012.[126]
- Luis Almagro is reelected Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS).[127]
- The United States continues its high-pressure sanctions against Iran despite the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Iran; the sanctions do not prohibit humanitarian aid.[128]
- March 21 – North Korea test-fires two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.[129]
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- March 24 – A diplomatic dispute between China and Brazil ends when the former offers to help Brazil cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Brazil reports 1,891 cases and 34 deaths; São Paulo is on lockdown.[130]
- March 25 – The Group of Seven cannot agree on a joint statement about the coronavirus pandemic because the United States Secretary of State insists on referring to it as the “Wuhan virus”.[131] At a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, France proposes "general and immediate cessation of hostilities in all countries," including a 30-day pause in conflicts, to allow coronavirus-related supplies to flow. The United States insists that the resolution include a reference to the Wuhan, China, origin of the coronavirus. Russia insists that ambassadors vote in person.[132]
- March 27 – Seven ships from the Russian Navy are monitored by the British Royal Navy in the English Channel and the North Sea.Cite error: A
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- Monuments across the world turn off their lights at 8:30 p.m. in honor of Earth Hour.[133]
- March 30 – The National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels in Colombia have declared a unilateral ceasefire for a month starting April 1. There are 700 infections and 10 deaths related to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Colombia.[134]
April
Scheduled events
- April 12 – 2020 North Macedonian parliamentary election.[135]
- April 26 – Referendum on new constitution in Chile.[136]
- April (date undefined) – 2020 Serbian parliamentary election.[55]
- May 7 – United Kingdom local elections.
- May 17 – Dominican Republic presidential election.
- May 20 – Syrian general election, originally scheduled for April 13 but postponed because of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Asia.[137]
- May (date undetermined)
- July 2 – 2020 Malawian general election
- July 13 –July 16 – 2020 Democratic National Convention (USA).[138]
- August 30 – 2020 Belarusian presidential election.[139]
- September 19 – 2020 New Zealand general election.[140]
- September (date undetermined)
- 2020 Jordanian parliamentary election.[55]
- 2020 Sri Lankan general election.[55]
- 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election.[141]
- October 4 – 2020 Kyrgyz parliamentary election.[55]
- October 11 – 2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election.[55]
- October 20 – The 2020 World Expo will open in Dubai.[142]
- October 31 – 2020 Ivorian general election.[55]
- November 3 – United States presidential election.
- The 2020 G20 Riyadh summit will be the fifteenth meeting of Group of Twenty (G20).[143] It will be held on 21–22 November 2020 in the city of Riyadh, the new future city of Saudi Arabia.[144]
- November 9 – November 19 – The 2020 United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Glasgow, UK.[145]
- December 31 – If implemented, the Brexit transition period will expire.
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Climate change
In December 2019, the World Meteorological Organization released its annual climate report revealing that climate impacts are worsening.[146] They found the global sea temperatures are rising as well as land temperatures worldwide. 2019 is the last year in a decade that is the warmest on record.[147]
Global carbon emissions hit a record high in 2019, even though the rate of increase slowed somewhat, according to a report from Global Carbon Project.[148] The economic slowdown and the closure of factories related to the coronavirus pandemic brought a 6% decrease in emissions in February and March 2020.[149]
BlackRock global money management firm Chief Executive Larry Fink said in January 2020 that climate change "has become a defining factor in companies' long-term prospects... and I believe we are on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance."[150]
Legislatures close, cities, regions, and entire countries are locked down, and borders close across the world in response to the pandemic. Elections are postponed. Governments rush to find funding to combat the virus, provide medical supplies and services, and to mitigate the economic slowdown.
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- A nasty, brutal fight; what a US-Iran war would look like.The bottom line: It'd be hell on earth. By Alex Ward. Jan 3, 2020
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