Editing 2020 (section)

=== September ===
*[[September 3]]
**[[Prime Minister of Sudan|Sudanese Prime Minister]] [[Abdalla Hamdok]] and [[Abdelaziz al-Hilu]], the leader of the [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North]] (SPLM–N), sign an agreement to transition [[Sudan|the country]] into a [[secular state]]. The agreement comes three days after the signing of a [[Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile|peace deal]] between [[2019–2022 Sudanese transition to democracy|Sudan's transitional government]] and the [[Sudan Revolutionary Front]], which the [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North|SPLM–N]] opted out of. Weeks later on October 3, the transitional government signed a peace deal with the main rebel groups, including the [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North|SPLM–N]], which had refused to engage in previous talks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sudan, major rebel group agree to resume peace talks|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/sudan-major-rebel-group-agree-resume-peace-talks-200904132258379.html|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=www.aljazeera.com|archive-date=September 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904155424/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/sudan-major-rebel-group-agree-resume-peace-talks-200904132258379.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Dumo|first=Denis|date=October 3, 2020|title=Sudan and main rebel groups formalise peace deal|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-politics-idUSKBN26N3MO|access-date=October 3, 2020|archive-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003125656/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-politics-idUSKBN26N3MO|url-status=live}}</ref>
**The skeletons of 200 mammoths and 30 other animals are unearthed at a construction site for the [[Mexico City Santa Lucía Airport]]. It is the largest find of mammoth bones to date, surpassing [[The Mammoth Site]] in the U.S. which had 61 skeletons.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 4, 2020|title=At least 200 mammoth skeletons found at Mexico City airport construction site|url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-09-04/mammoth-central-found-at-mexico-airport-construction-site|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=October 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012104629/https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-09-04/mammoth-central-found-at-mexico-airport-construction-site|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[September 4]]
**[[Pope Benedict XVI]] becomes the longest-lived pope at 93 years, 4 months, and 16 days, surpassing [[Pope Leo XIII]], who died in 1903.<ref>{{cite web |title=Benedicto XVI es ya el papa más anciano de toda la historia |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/news/other/benedicto-xvi-es-ya-el-papa-m%C3%A1s-anciano-de-toda-la-historia/ar-BB18IsG8?ocid=msedgdhp |website=www.msn.com |publisher=DW News |access-date=September 3, 2020 |language=es |archive-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913061012/https://www.msn.com/es-mx/news/other/benedicto-xvi-es-ya-el-papa-m%C3%A1s-anciano-de-toda-la-historia/ar-BB18IsG8?ocid=msedgdhp |url-status=live }}</ref>
**The [[La Línea (Road Pass)|La Línea]] highway tunnel, the longest road tunnel in [[South America]] at a length of 8.65 kilometres (5.37&nbsp;mi), is opened in [[Colombia]] after 14 years of construction and several delays.<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 5, 2020|title=Colombia opens South America's longest road tunnel|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-tunnel-idUSKBN25V2QT|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-date=September 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905030344/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-tunnel-idUSKBN25V2QT|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Kosovo–Serbia relations|Kosovo and Serbia]] announce that they will [[2020 Kosovo–Serbia agreement|normalize economic relations]]. The two countries will also move their [[Foreign relations of Israel|Israeli embassies]] to Jerusalem, becoming [[List of positions on Jerusalem|the third and fourth countries]] to [[Status of Jerusalem|recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Agencies|date=September 4, 2020|title=Kosovo, Serbia normalize economic ties, improve Israel relationship in US-brokered talks|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/kosovo-serbia-normalize-economic-ties-improve-israel-relationship-in-us-brokered-talks|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=Daily Sabah|archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913055406/https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/kosovo-serbia-normalize-economic-ties-improve-israel-relationship-in-us-brokered-talks|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=September 4, 2020|title=Serbia, Kosovo to open Israel embassies in Jerusalem|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-serbia-kosovo-usa-jerusalem-idUSKBN25V2GF|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-date=September 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905043951/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-serbia-kosovo-usa-jerusalem-idUSKBN25V2GF|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Bahrain]] and [[Israel]] agree to [[Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement|normalise relations]], marking the fourth [[Israeli–Palestinian peace process|Israel–Arab peace deal]].<ref name="Reuters">{{Cite news|date=December 16, 2018|title=Bahrain foreign minister defends Australia's decision on Jerusalem|work=Reuters|url=https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKBN1OF09G|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213014745/https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKBN1OF09G|archive-date=February 13, 2019|access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref>
*[[September 6]] &ndash; [[Typhoon Haishen (2020)|Typhoon Haishen]] makes landfall on Japan and then South Korea as a strong category 2-equivalent typhoon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-54046150|title=Typhoon Haishen batters South Korea after slamming Japan|date=September 7, 2020|website=BBC News|access-date=October 11, 2020|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118005010/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-54046150|url-status=live}}</ref> It later makes landfall on North Korea where widespread flooding occurs.<ref name="Nikkei">{{cite news |title=North Korea dispatches troops to rebuild after Typhoon Haishen |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Natural-disasters/North-Korea-dispatches-troops-to-rebuild-after-Typhoon-Haishen |access-date=September 8, 2020 |work=Nikkei Asian Review |date=September 8, 2020 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908115710/https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Natural-disasters/North-Korea-dispatches-troops-to-rebuild-after-Typhoon-Haishen |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[September 14]]
**Former [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]] [[Najib Razak]] is listed on the [[Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission]] (MACC) online database of corruption offenders convicted locally. His name at the top of the first page of the MACC Corruption Offenders Database.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lim|first=Ida|date=September 14, 2020|title=Najib makes MACC's online list of corruption offenders after SRC conviction|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/09/14/najib-makes-maccs-list-of-corruption-offenders-database-online-after-src-co/1903064|access-date=|website=www.malaymail.com|language=en|archive-date=May 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531035452/https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/09/14/najib-makes-maccs-list-of-corruption-offenders-database-online-after-src-co/1903064|url-status=live}}</ref>
**The [[Royal Astronomical Society]] announces the detection of [[phosphine]] in [[Venus]]' atmosphere, which is known to be a strong predictor for the presence of microbial life.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hints of life on Venus|url=https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/hints-life-venus|access-date=September 14, 2020|website=The Royal Astronomical Society|date=September 14, 2020 |archive-date=September 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915210324/https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/hints-life-venus|url-status=live}}</ref>
**The first discovery of the perfectly preserved remains of a [[cave bear]], believed to be 22,000 to 39,500 years old ([[Late Pleistocene]]), is made in [[Lyakhovsky Islands]], [[Siberia]] in the thawing [[permafrost]].<ref>{{cite web|date=September 14, 2020|title=Perfectly preserved Ice Age cave bear found in Arctic Russia|url=https://apnews.com/article/bears-arctic-caves-archive-russia-577b29734cb7ce40518eac6a5303cfb4|access-date=September 24, 2020|website=AP NEWS|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924225702/https://apnews.com/article/bears-arctic-caves-archive-russia-577b29734cb7ce40518eac6a5303cfb4|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[September 16]]
**A [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] fact-finding mission formally accuses the [[Government of Venezuela|Venezuelan government]] of [[crimes against humanity]], including cases of killings, torture, violence against political opposition and disappearances since 2014. President [[Nicolás Maduro]] and other senior Venezuelan officials are among those implicated in the charges.<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 16, 2020|title=Venezuela: UN investigators accuse authorities of crimes against humanity|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54176927|access-date=September 22, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924201326/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54176927|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Yoshihide Suga]] becomes the new [[Prime Minister of Japan]], replacing [[Shinzo Abe]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 16, 2020|title=Yoshihide Suga elected Japan's new prime minister succeeding Shinzo Abe|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54172461|access-date=October 10, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028113620/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54172461|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Hurricane Sally]] makes landfall on the [[Alabama]] coast as a high-end [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale|Category 2]] hurricane, causing over $8 billion in damages and killing 8 people.
*[[September 17]] 
**[[France]], [[Germany]], and the [[United Kingdom]] issue a joint ''[[Diplomatic correspondence|note verbale]]'' to the [[United Nations]] rejecting [[Territorial disputes in the South China Sea|China's claims]] to the [[South China Sea]], and supporting the ruling in ''[[Philippines v. China]]'' that said the historic rights per the [[nine-dash line]] ran counter to the [[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea]]. However, the statement says that on "territorial sovereignty" they "take no position".<ref>{{cite web|title=France, Germany, UK recognize PH win vs. China in South China Sea row|url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/9/18/France-Germany-United-Kingdom-reject-China-South-China-Sea.html|access-date=September 22, 2020|website=cnn|archive-date=April 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406032453/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/9/18/France-Germany-United-Kingdom-reject-China-South-China-Sea.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
**COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 30 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 17, 2020|title=Coronavirus cases top 30 million worldwide|url=https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-coronavirus-cases-million-worldwide.html|access-date=November 7, 2020|website=Medical Xpress|archive-date=November 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105111119/https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-coronavirus-cases-million-worldwide.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[September 19]] &ndash; A 1634 edition of ''[[The Two Noble Kinsmen]]'', the last [[Shakespeare's plays|play]] by English playwright [[William Shakespeare]], is discovered at the [[Royal Scots College]]'s library in [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]]. It is believed to be the oldest copy of any of his works in the country.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Alderson|first=Reevel|date=September 19, 2020|title=Shakespeare play found in Scots college in Spain|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-54209767|access-date=September 22, 2020|archive-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101034733/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-54209767|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[September 20]] &ndash; ''[[BuzzFeed News]]'' and the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]] (ICIJ) release the [[FinCEN Files]], a collection of 2,657 documents relating to the [[Financial Crimes Enforcement Network]] describing over 200,000 suspicious transactions valued at over {{US$|2|link=yes}} trillion that occurred from 1999 to 2017 across multiple global financial institutions.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 19, 2020|title=About the FinCEN Files investigation|url=http://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/about-the-fincen-files-investigation/|access-date=September 20, 2020|website=ICIJ|archive-date=September 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922120559/https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/about-the-fincen-files-investigation/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[September 21]] &ndash; [[Microsoft]] agrees to buy [[video game]] holding company [[ZeniMax Media]], including [[Bethesda Softworks]] and their following subsidiaries for US$7.5&nbsp;billion, in what was the biggest and most expensive takeover in the history of the [[video game industry]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 21, 2020|title=Microsoft to Buy Bethesda for $7.5 Billion to Boost Xbox|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-21/microsoft-to-buy-bethesda-studios-for-7-5-billion-to-boost-xbox|access-date=September 22, 2020|website=Bloomberg.com|archive-date=May 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503195044/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-21/microsoft-to-buy-bethesda-studios-for-7-5-billion-to-boost-xbox|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[September 27]] &ndash; Beginning of the [[Second Nagorno-Karabakh War]]: deadly clashes erupt in [[Nagorno-Karabakh]] between [[Armed Forces of Armenia|Armenian]] and [[Azerbaijani Armed Forces|Azerbaijani]] forces. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the [[Republic of Artsakh]] introduce [[martial law]] and [[Mobilization|mobilize]] forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/armenia-azerbaijan-curfew/azerbaijans-parliament-approves-martial-law-curfews-presidents-aide-idINKBN26I0OU|title=Azerbaijan's parliament approves martial law, curfews – president's aide|publisher=Reuters|date=September 27, 2020|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928062034/https://www.reuters.com/article/armenia-azerbaijan-curfew/azerbaijans-parliament-approves-martial-law-curfews-presidents-aide-idINKBN26I0OU|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[September 29]]
** COVID-19 pandemic: The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds one million.<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 29, 2020|title=Coronavirus: Global Covid-19 death toll passes one million|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-54334496|access-date=September 29, 2020|archive-date=September 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929012202/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-54334496|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[Emir of Kuwait]] [[Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah|Sheikh Sabah Al-Sabah]] dies at the age of 91. Crown Prince [[Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]] is named his successor.<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 29, 2020|title=Kuwait Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah dies aged 91|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54340988|access-date=September 29, 2020|archive-date=September 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929152357/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54340988|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=September 29, 2020|title=Kuwait names Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah as new emir|work=Al Arabiya|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2020/09/29/Kuwait-names-Crown-Prince-Sheikh-Nawaf-al-Ahmad-al-Sabah-as-new-emir|access-date=September 29, 2020|archive-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101014223/https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2020/09/29/Kuwait-names-Crown-Prince-Sheikh-Nawaf-al-Ahmad-al-Sabah-as-new-emir|url-status=live}}</ref>