Huge things in 2020: From Brexit to World War 3 speculations, news that dwarfed pandemic

While COVID-19 pandemic was grim highlight of year 2020, re were many huge things that happened throughout months. From US Election 2020 including Trump rejecting his defeat to Australia wildfires, from Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict to speculations of World War III following killing of Top Iranian military officials, many incidents caused a stir across world and triggered a range of trends on Twitter. This year also witnessed a major breakthrough in Royal Family with Duke and Duchess of Sussex formally stepping down as royal members of family.

World War III speculations

killing of IRGC commander General Soleimani on directives of Donald Trump marked a new low in alrey strenuous, US-Iran relations. As White House and Pentagon confirmed death of Iran's powerful military he, Iran's Supreme Leer Ali Khamenei vowed "harsh vengeance”, news triggered concerns of a dramatic escalation of conflict between two countries, on social media, netizens shared memes to make light of situation--making phrase 'World War 3' trend on Twitter. 

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US Election 2020

From impeachment inquiry against incumbent, Donald Trump to allegations over w President-elect Joe Biden regarding relations with Ukraine, months leing to US Election 2020 were itself chaotic. ding on, elections were conducted amid COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide protests against racial injustice and police brutality. Despite chaos, historic presidential elections in United States declared Joe Biden victorious after several days of counting as opposed to only 24 hours.

However, after tiresome vote-counting, Trump refused to concede until official declaration and halted transition process. Even w as winner is called by Electoral College, Trump is giving fuel to his baseless campaign of calling elections 'rigged' and a 'fraud'.

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Wildfires across globe

From Amazon Forests in South America to Australia and California, wildfires ravd parts of world throughout year. While Australia h begun tackling natural disaster from mid-2019 and continued to witness sparks and record-breaking heatwave this year, Amazon and California also caught a fresh wave of destruction.

Fires in Amazon rainforest and Amazon Biome spanning Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru also caused unrest for a prolonged period of time. Moreover, virtually all dam in California has occurred since mid-August when five of six largest fires in state history erupted.

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Brexit

After 47 years of European Union membership, Britain finally left 27-nation bloc on January 31 at 11:00 pm (local time). UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Britain's departure as a 'moment of real national renewal and change' while thousands of supporters gared outside British Parliament. Most Britons were seen welcoming moment y longed for since 2016 referendum to leave European Union which was joined back in 1973.

However, re were many who think it was t a 'good decision'. However, hurdles for British and EU lawmakers did t cease to exist, both sides have been unsuccessful in bagging a post-Brexit agreement even as deline of transition period is looming around year-end.

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China cornered by world

This year, China was also seen struggling to clear its name from bearing blame of COVID-19 pandemic. From United States (US) to Australia, countries across globe called for an independent investigation over origin of vel coronavirus, first infection of which was discovered in China's Wuhan. 

Ever since Zeng Guang, an ex-epidemiologist at Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said that coronavirus originated elsewhere before it appeared in China in December 2019, state-controlled media of Communist State have directed all ir resources in propagating claim as fact. As of w, a team from World Health Organisation (WHO) is set to arrive in Wuhan in January to investigate origin.

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Duke and Duchess of Sussex 'step down'

Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, decided to step back as ‘senior members’ of Royal family. Internet was flooded with a barr of opinions on couple’s decision to take a “progressive new role” which was also aimed at giving ir son a chance to grow up “rmally” with awareness about his royal herit.

Royal couple, in a statement, said that y intend to become financially independent while extending full support to Queen. “We w plan to balance our time between United Kingdom and rth America, continuing to hour our duty to Queen, Commonwealth, and our patrons,” statement re.

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Japan PM resigned over health concerns

Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe formally confirmed his resignation and anunced that he will be stepping down effective immediately, citing personal health reasons. In his final speech as PM, he said, 'I want to send my apology to people, as I step down as Prime Minister, re is guarantee that my health gets better.' His position is w taken by Yoshihide Suga who was chief cabinet secretary under Abe.

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Black Lives Matter (BLM) Protests

United States witnessed a series of protests across country that lasted for months after a Black man named George Floyd was brutally murdered by a Caucasian police officer in Minneapolis in May. Several thousand people took to streets to protest against police brutality in United States that later turned into a civil movement demanding police reforms and end of systemic racism. protest spre across country and turned violent in some places with demonstrators regularly clashing with law enforcement ncies. 

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Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict

new fight, which triggered on September 27, is considered to be heaviest in several deces. Thousands of people have been killed including civilians and widespre dam to property leing hundreds to flee ir homes in disputed region. Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict raised international concern about stability in South Caucasus, a region zig-zagged with pipelines that Azeri oil and gas to world markets. However, in a significant development, Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a ceasefire starting on October 10 midnight and “substantive” talks over contested region of Nagor-Karabakh, Russin foreign minister Sergey Lavrov h said.

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X Crew Dragon launch

Back in 2019, X h designed “Crew Dragon,” which became first privately owned craft to successfully dock with ISS. In 2020, NASA sent two of its astronauts to ISS abro Crew Dragon, which became X’s first-ever crewed mission to . On May 30, craft carried NASA astronaut Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken into orbit for a rendezvous with station, becoming first crewed vehicle to fly from US soil since retirement of shuttle in 2011. 

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