Editing 2020 (section)

=== October ===
* [[October 1]] &ndash; The [[EU]] began legal proceedings against the UK after it ignored their deadline to drop controversial sections from its [[United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020|internal market Bill]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54370226 |title=Brexit: EU starts legal action against UK over Brexit deal |work=BBC News |date=October 1, 2020 |access-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001094518/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54370226 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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* [[October 5]] &ndash; COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 35 million worldwide. The news coincides with the World Health Organization estimating that total worldwide cases may be around 760 million; roughly a tenth of the global population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/10/pandemic-tops-35-million-cases-disrupts-mental-health-services|title=Pandemic tops 35 million cases, disrupts mental health services|website=[[Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy|CIDRAP]]|date=October 5, 2020|access-date=November 7, 2020|author=Schnirring, Lisa|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024075901/https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/10/pandemic-tops-35-million-cases-disrupts-mental-health-services|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-10-05/who-estimates-coronavirus-has-infected-10-of-global-population|title=WHO Estimates Coronavirus Has Infected 10% of Global Population|website=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|date=October 5, 2020|access-date=November 7, 2020|author=Smith-Schoenwalder, Cecelia|archive-date=November 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105071916/https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-10-05/who-estimates-coronavirus-has-infected-10-of-global-population|url-status=live}}</ref>
* October 6 &ndash; [[2020 Central Vietnam floods|Serious floods]] affected in [[Central Vietnam]], lasted nearly 3 months and killed at least 249 people. 
* [[October 15]]
**[[2020 Thai protests]]: The [[Government of Thailand]] declares a "severe" [[state of emergency]] banning gatherings of five or more people, initiating a crackdown on demonstrations and imposing media censorship.<ref>{{cite news|title=Twenty protesters arrested, planned Thursday rally prohibited|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/2002603/twenty-protesters-arrested-planned-thursday-rally-prohibited|access-date=October 15, 2020|website=Bangkok Post|date=October 15, 2020 |last1=Ngamkham |first1=Wassayos }}</ref>
**[[President of Kyrgyzstan]] [[Sooronbay Jeenbekov]] resigns from office after weeks of [[2020 Kyrgyzstan protests|massive protests]] in the wake of the [[October 2020 Kyrgyz parliamentary election|October 2020 parliamentary election]]; opposition leader [[Sadyr Japarov]] assumes office as both the acting president and [[Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Merz|first=Theo|date=October 16, 2020|title=Ex-prisoner Sadyr Japarov confirmed as Kyrgyzstan president|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/16/kyrgyzstan-parliament-confirms-sadyr-japarov-new-president|access-date=October 18, 2020|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101094625/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/16/kyrgyzstan-parliament-confirms-sadyr-japarov-new-president|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 17]] &ndash; [[2020 New Zealand general election]]: [[Jacinda Ardern]]'s [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] wins a landslide second term in office, defeating the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] led by [[Judith Collins]] and gaining the country's first [[New Zealand Parliament|parliamentary majority]] since the introduction of the [[Mixed-member proportional representation|MMP]] voting system.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-54519628 |title=Jacinda Ardern eyes majority as New Zealand votes |work=BBC News |date=October 17, 2020 |access-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017194659/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-54519628 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 19]] &ndash; COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 40 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/10/worlds-covid-19-cases-top-40-million|title=World's COVID-19 cases top 40 million|website=[[Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy|CIDRAP]]|date=October 19, 2020|access-date=November 7, 2020|author=Schnirring, Lisa|archive-date=November 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106135214/https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/10/worlds-covid-19-cases-top-40-million|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 20]] &ndash; NASA's [[OSIRIS-REx]] spacecraft briefly touches down on [[101955 Bennu|Bennu]], becoming the agency's first probe to retrieve samples from an asteroid, with its cargo due for [[Sample-return mission|return to Earth]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-spacecraft-successfully-touches-asteroid |title=NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid |work=NASA |date=October 20, 2020 |access-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021083559/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-spacecraft-successfully-touches-asteroid/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 21]] &ndash; Heavy rains brought by [[Tropical Storm Linfa|tropical storm Linfa]] caused landslides at the Rao Trang 3 hydroelectric plant in [[Thua Thien Hue]], [[Vietnam]], killing 17 construction workers and 13 soldiers who were on a rescue mission.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://vietnamnews.vn/society/793550/rescue-forces-find-body-of-worker-at-rao-trang-hydro-power-plant.html|title=Rescue forces find body of worker at Rào Trăng Hydro-power Plant|date=October 16, 2020|website=Viet Nam News|access-date=June 1, 2021|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215231/https://vietnamnews.vn/society/793550/rescue-forces-find-body-of-worker-at-rao-trang-hydro-power-plant.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/east-asia-pacific_heavy-rains-flooding-kill-least-17-people-central-vietnam/6197016.html |title=Heavy Rains, Flooding Kill at Least 17 People in Central Vietnam |date=October 12, 2020 |website=VOA |access-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215453/https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/heavy-rains-flooding-kill-least-17-people-central-vietnam |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 22]] &ndash; The [[Geneva Consensus Declaration]] on Promoting Women's Health and Strengthening the Family is signed by government representatives from 34 countries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/22/us-trump-administration-signs-anti-abortion-declaration|title=US signs anti-abortion declaration with group of largely authoritarian governments|date=October 22, 2020|website=The Guardian|access-date=October 24, 2020|archive-date=December 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224154848/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/22/us-trump-administration-signs-anti-abortion-declaration|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 23]]
**At the end of an 11-year [[demining]] process, the [[Falkland Islands]] are declared [[Land mines in the Falkland Islands|free of land mines]], 38 years after the end of the [[Falklands War|1982 war]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://penguin-news.com/headlines/community/2020/falklands-community-invited-to-reclaim-the-beach-to-celebrate-completion-of-demining/|title=Falklands community invited to 'Reclaim the Beach' to celebrate completion of demining|date=October 23, 2020|website=Penguin News|access-date=November 8, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027070620/https://penguin-news.com/headlines/community/2020/falklands-community-invited-to-reclaim-the-beach-to-celebrate-completion-of-demining/|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Israel]] and [[Sudan]] agree to [[Israel–Sudan normalization agreement|normalise relations]], marking the fifth [[Israeli–Palestinian peace process|Israel–Arab peace deal]].<ref name="Reuters"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/23/politics/trump-sudan-israel/index.html|title=Trump announces that Israel and Sudan have agreed to normalize relations|date=October 23, 2020|author=Jennifer Hansler|website=CNN|access-date=October 23, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115061438/https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/23/politics/trump-sudan-israel/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump Announces Sudan Will Move to Normalize Relations With Israel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/world/middleeast/sudan-israel-trump-terrorism.html|publisher=NYT|date=October 23, 2020|access-date=October 23, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115061351/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/world/middleeast/sudan-israel-trump-terrorism.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] &ndash; NASA confirms the existence of [[Lunar water|molecular water]] on the sunlit side of the [[Moon]], near [[Clavius (crater)|Clavius crater]], at concentrations of up to 412 parts per million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-sofia-discovers-water-on-sunlit-surface-of-moon/|title=NASA's SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon|date=October 26, 2020|access-date=October 27, 2020|work=NASA}}</ref>
* [[October 29]] &ndash; The [[International Organization for Migration]] (IOM) confirms the death of at least 140 migrants who drowned off the coast of [[Senegal]] on a vessel bound for the Spanish [[Canary Islands]], making it the deadliest shipwreck of 2020.<ref>{{cite web|date=October 29, 2020|title=2020's deadliest shipwreck so far, sees 140 migrants perish off Senegalese coast|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/10/1076512|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=UN News}}</ref> 
*[[October 30]]
**[[2020 Aegean Sea earthquake]]: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Turkey and Greece, killing 119 people and injuring over 1,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54759443|title=Turkey-Greece quake: Search for survivors under rubble|date=October 31, 2020|access-date=October 31, 2020|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/30/europe/earthquake-greece-turkey-aegean-intl/index.html|title=Powerful earthquake jolts Turkey and Greece, killing at least 27|date=October 31, 2020|access-date=October 31, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref>
**COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 45 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/10/who-extends-covid-19-emergency-global-total-tops-45-million|title=WHO extends COVID-19 emergency as global total tops 45 million|website=[[Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy|CIDRAP]]|date=October 30, 2020|access-date=November 7, 2020|author=Schnirring, Lisa}}</ref>
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[Typhoon Goni (2020)|Typhoon Goni]] makes landfall in the Philippines, becoming the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone in history, displacing hundreds of thousands of people and killing dozens of people in the region.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2020-10-31-super-typhoon-goni-philippines-vietnam-haiyan|title=Super Typhoon Goni Kills 10 in the Philippines|date=October 31, 2020|access-date=November 3, 2020|work=Weather.com}}</ref>