faultlineviews@gmail.comThe EU and United Kingdom reached a Trade and Cooperation Agreement on 24 December 2020, avoiding tariffs and quotas when the Brexit transition ended.
faultlineviews@gmail.comChina’s Chang’e 5 capsule returned lunar material to Earth, completing the first successful Moon-sample mission since 1976.
Zeynep AzizThe United States imposed CAATSA sanctions on Turkey’s defence procurement agency over Ankara’s acquisition of Russia’s S-400 system.
Zeynep AzizThe United States formally removed Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism on 14 December 2020.
Zeynep AzizGhana’s electoral commission declared President Nana Akufo-Addo the winner of the 7 December 2020 election.
Mehmut NaserTurkey’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 475 basis points to 15 percent in a major shift intended to support the lira and contain inflation.
faultlineviews@gmail.comFifteen Asia-Pacific countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, creating the world’s largest trade bloc by population and output.
faultlineviews@gmail.comMaia Sandu won Moldova’s presidential runoff on 15 November 2020, defeating incumbent Igor Dodon after campaigning on reform, cleaner government and closer European ties.
faultlineviews@gmail.comPfizer and Germany’s BioNTech announced on 9 November 2020 that an interim analysis found their experimental COVID-19 vaccine more than 90 percent effective.
faultlineviews@gmail.comArmenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed a ceasefire statement on 9 November 2020, ending six weeks of war and authorizing a Russian peacekeeping deployment.
