Editing 2020 (section)

===July===
* [[July 1]] &ndash; Russian voters back a [[2020 Russian constitutional referendum|constitutional amendment]] that, among other things, enables [[Vladimir Putin]] to seek two further six-year terms when his current term ends in 2024, potentially allowing him to remain in power until 2036.<ref>{{cite news|work=CNN|title=Russian voters overwhelmingly back a ploy by President Vladimir Putin to rule until 2036|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/01/europe/russia-referendum-putin-power-2036-intl/index.html|date=July 1, 2020|access-date=July 1, 2020|archive-date=July 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701195839/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/01/europe/russia-referendum-putin-power-2036-intl/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[July 5]] 
** The [[2020 Croatian parliamentary election]] is held to elect all 151 members of the [[Croatian Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web |date=April 22, 2021 |title=Croatia's ruling conservatives win big in parliamentary vote |url=https://apnews.com/article/health-parliamentary-elections-elections-virus-outbreak-andrej-plenkovic-bd7b200bec96cad1b9f59885b21ad817 |access-date=March 28, 2022 |website=AP NEWS |language=en |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328205833/https://apnews.com/article/health-parliamentary-elections-elections-virus-outbreak-andrej-plenkovic-bd7b200bec96cad1b9f59885b21ad817 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 5, 2020 |title=Croatia's centre-right HDZ party wins most seats in parliament: exit poll |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/croatia-election-exit-polls-idINKBN2460PA |access-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328205834/https://www.reuters.com/article/croatia-election-exit-polls-idINKBN2460PA |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=July 5, 2020 |title=Croatia's ruling conservatives win parliament vote |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/croatias-ruling-conservatives-win-parliament-vote/ |access-date=March 28, 2022 |website=POLITICO |language=en-US |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328205831/https://www.politico.eu/article/croatias-ruling-conservatives-win-parliament-vote/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Chadwick |first=Lauren |date=July 4, 2020 |title=Croatia's ruling conservatives win parliamentary election |url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/07/04/croatia-election-will-the-ruling-party-s-early-election-gamble-pay-off |access-date=March 28, 2022 |website=euronews |language=en |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328205831/https://www.euronews.com/2020/07/04/croatia-election-will-the-ruling-party-s-early-election-gamble-pay-off |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[2020 Dominican Republic general election]]: [[Modern Revolutionary Party]] candidate [[Luis Abinader]] is elected [[president of the Dominican Republic]], the Modern Revolutionary Party wins 17 out of 32 seats in the [[Senate of the Dominican Republic|Senate]] and 86 out of 190 seats in the [[Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic|Chamber of Deputies]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 6, 2020 |title=Change in Dominican Republic as opposition wins presidency |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53268860 |access-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-date=July 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705210130/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53268860 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dominican opposition declares victory in coronavirus-hit election |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/7/6/dominican-opposition-declares-victory-in-coronavirus-hit-election |access-date=March 28, 2022 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328205831/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/7/6/dominican-opposition-declares-victory-in-coronavirus-hit-election |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 5, 2020 |title=Opposition declares victory in Dominican Republic's virus-scarred vote |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-dominicanrepublic-election-idUKKBN2460DO |access-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328205831/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-dominicanrepublic-election-idUKKBN2460DO |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 6, 2020 |title=Dominican Republic's ruling party candidate concedes defeat |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dominicanrepublic-election-results-idCAKBN24728Y |access-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328205835/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dominicanrepublic-election-results-idCAKBN24728Y |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 7]]
** [[2020–2021 Bulgarian protests|Protests]] begin throughout [[Bulgaria]] with the goal of removing [[Third Borisov Government|Borisov's cabinet]] and [[Office of the General Prosecutor of Bulgaria|Chief Prosecutor]] [[Ivan Geshev]] from office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Протест пред президентството|url=http://www.btv.bg/video/shows/lice-v-lice/videos/protest-pred-prezidentstvoto.html|access-date=July 25, 2020|website=bTV|archive-date=July 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716040523/https://www.btv.bg/video/shows/lice-v-lice/videos/protest-pred-prezidentstvoto.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** COVID-19 pandemic: [[2018–2020 Serbian protests|Thousands of people rally]] outside the [[House of the National Assembly of Serbia]] in [[Belgrade]] in response to stricter lockdown measures proposed by [[Aleksandar Vučić|President Aleksandar Vučić]] following an increase of [[COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia|cases in the city]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Protest over weekend lockdown turns violent after tear gas fired|url=http://rs.n1info.com/English/NEWS/a617478/Protest-in-front-of-Serbian-parliament-over-announced-curfew.html|access-date=July 25, 2020|website=N1 Srbija|date=July 7, 2020|language=sr-Latn|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809153251/http://rs.n1info.com/English/NEWS/a617478/Protest-in-front-of-Serbian-parliament-over-announced-curfew.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[July 8]] &ndash; At least 180 bodies are found in [[mass grave]]s in [[Djibo]], [[Burkina Faso]], where [[Burkina Faso Armed Forces|soldiers]] are fighting [[jihadist]]s. It is suspected that [[Government of Burkina Faso|government]] forces were involved in mass [[extrajudicial execution]]s.<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 8, 2020|title='Killing field' had 180 bodies in Burkina Faso|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53333366|access-date=July 11, 2020|archive-date=July 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711041254/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53333366|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 10]]
** The [[European Central Bank|ECB]] accepts [[Bulgaria and the euro|Bulgaria]] and [[Croatia and the euro|Croatia]] into [[European Exchange Rate Mechanism|ERM II]], a mandatory stage for countries wishing to adopt the [[euro]]. This is the [[Eurozone|currency union]]'s first [[Enlargement of the eurozone|major expansion in half a decade]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 10, 2020|title=Bulgaria, Croatia take vital step to joining euro|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-economy-croatia-bulgaria-idUSKBN24B2JM|access-date=July 11, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102141348/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-economy-croatia-bulgaria-idUSKBN24B2JM|url-status=live}}</ref>
** Turkey's President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] orders the [[Hagia Sophia]] in [[Istanbul]] to be [[Conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques|reverted to a mosque]] following a [[Council of State (Turkey)|supreme court]] annulment of a 1934 presidential decree that made it into a museum.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/europe/hagia-sophia-mosque-turkey-intl/index.html|publisher=CNN|title=Turkey's Erdogan orders the conversion of Hagia Sophia back into a mosque|date=July 10, 2020|access-date=July 11, 2020|archive-date=July 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711002733/https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/europe/hagia-sophia-mosque-turkey-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[2020 Singaporean general election]] is held to elect all 93 members of the [[Parliament of Singapore]] and the [[People's Action Party]], led by [[Prime Minister of Singapore|prime minister]] [[Lee Hsien Loong]] wins 83 out of 93 seats.<ref>{{cite web |title=ELD {{!}} 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results |url=https://www.eld.gov.sg/finalresults2020.html |access-date=March 29, 2022 |website=www.eld.gov.sg |archive-date=July 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710211514/https://www.eld.gov.sg/finalresults2020.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 10, 2020 |title=Singapore ruling PAP party wins elections, but support falls |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53358650 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |archive-date=July 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710033634/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53358650 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 10, 2020 |title=Singapore's ruling PAP cedes ground to opposition in pandemic poll |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-election-idCAKBN24A3A3 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |archive-date=March 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329144053/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-election-idCAKBN24A3A3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[July 12]] &ndash; The second round of voting for the [[2020 Polish presidential election]] is held and [[incumbent]] [[President of Poland|president]] [[Andrzej Duda]] is reelected.<ref>{{cite web |last=Chadwick |first=Lauren |date=July 13, 2020 |title=Five takeaways from the Polish presidential election |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2020/07/13/five-takeaways-from-the-polish-presidential-election |access-date=March 29, 2022 |website=euronews |language=en |archive-date=March 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329150824/https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2020/07/13/five-takeaways-from-the-polish-presidential-election |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 13, 2020 |title=Poland's Duda narrowly beats Trzaskowski in presidential vote |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53385021 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |archive-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713013502/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53385021 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=July 13, 2020 |title=Duda narrowly re-elected in Poland in boost for ruling nationalists |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/13/incumbent-andrzej-duda-wins-polish-presidential-election-commission |access-date=March 29, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=March 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329151327/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/13/incumbent-andrzej-duda-wins-polish-presidential-election-commission |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 15]] &ndash; The [[Twitter]] accounts of prominent political figures, CEOs, and celebrities are [[2020 Twitter bitcoin scam|hacked]] to promote a [[bitcoin]] scam.<ref>{{cite web |title=Major US Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53425822 |website=bbc.co.uk |date=July 16, 2020 |access-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716192632/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53425822 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 19]] &ndash; Flooding of the [[Brahmaputra River]] kills 189 and leaves 4 million homeless in India and Nepal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Floods in India, Nepal displace nearly 4 million people, at least 189 dead {{!}} India News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/floods-in-india-nepal-displace-nearly-4-million-people-at-least-189-dead/articleshow/77054083.cms |website=The Times of India |date=July 19, 2020 |agency=Reuters |access-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722232655/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/floods-in-india-nepal-displace-nearly-4-million-people-at-least-189-dead/articleshow/77054083.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 21]] &ndash; COVID-19 pandemic: European leaders agree to create a €750 billion (US$858 billion) recovery fund to rebuild [[Economy of the European Union|EU economies]] impacted by the [[Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic|pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=EU leaders strike 'historic' $2 trillion deal to rebuild Europe's economy |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/21/economy/eu-stimulus-coronavirus/index.html |website=CNN |date=July 21, 2020 |access-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721055127/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/21/economy/eu-stimulus-coronavirus/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 22]] &ndash; COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 15 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Global coronavirus cases exceed 15 million: Reuters tally |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-cases/global-coronavirus-cases-exceed-15-million-reuters-tally-idUSKCN24N0KK |website=Reuters |date=July 22, 2020 |access-date=July 22, 2020 |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722062638/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-cases/global-coronavirus-cases-exceed-15-million-reuters-tally-idUSKCN24N0KK |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 25]] &ndash; COVID-19 pandemic: [[North Korea]]n leader [[Kim Jong-un]] convenes an emergency meeting, declares a [[state of emergency]], and orders the lockdown of [[Kaesong]] after a person suspected of having COVID-19 returned from [[COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea|South Korea]]. If confirmed, it would be the first case to be officially [[COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea|acknowledged by North Korea]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 26, 2020|title=North Korea declares emergency in border town over first suspected COVID-19 case|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-northkorea-idUSKCN24Q0TC|access-date=July 26, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726000626/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-northkorea-idUSKCN24Q0TC|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[28 July]] &ndash; Former Prime Minister of Malaysia [[Najib Razak]] is found guilty of all seven charges in the first of five trials on the [[1MDB scandal]], being jailed 12 years and fined [[Malaysian ringgit|RM]]210 million as a result.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anand |first1=Ram |title=Ex-Malaysian PM Najib gets 12 years' jail in 1MDB-linked graft trial |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/ex-malaysian-pm-najib-found-guilty-on-one-count-of-abuse-of-power-in-1mdb-linked-graft |website=The Straits Times |access-date=August 8, 2020 |date=July 28, 2020 |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728034712/https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/ex-malaysian-pm-najib-found-guilty-on-one-count-of-abuse-of-power-in-1mdb-linked-graft |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 30]] &ndash; [[NASA]] successfully launches its [[Mars 2020]] rover mission to search for signs of [[Life on Mars|ancient life]] and collect samples for return to Earth. The mission includes technology demonstrations to prepare for [[Colonization of Mars|future human missions]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NASA, ULA Launch Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet |url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-ula-launch-mars-2020-perseverance-rover-mission-to-red-planet |website=NASA |date=July 30, 2020 |access-date=July 30, 2020 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803160858/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-ula-launch-mars-2020-perseverance-rover-mission-to-red-planet/ |url-status=live }}</ref>