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2020

On 18 August 2020, members of the Malian Armed Forces mutinied at the Soundiata military base in Kati, quickly escalating into a coup d'état. The soldiers arrested several government officials, including President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, who later resigned and dissolved both the government and parliament. This was Mali's second coup in less than ten years, and it ended a period of nearly six years without an undemocratic change of government in West Africa, which had lasted since the 2014 Burkina Faso uprising.

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2020–2022Tigray Region

In early November 2020, a civil war broke out between the Ethiopian federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, primarily in the Tigray Region, later spreading to Oromia, Amhara, and Afar. The conflict lasted about two years, with significant implications for Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.

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2020Washington, D.C.

The 59th U.S. presidential election took place on November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket of Biden and Harris defeated incumbent Republican President Trump and Vice President Pence. The election saw the highest voter turnout since 1900, with Biden receiving over 81 million votes, the most ever for a presidential candidate.

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2001–2021五角大樓

The United States launched the global War on Terror in 2001, following the September 11 attacks, a military campaign spanning multiple theaters.

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2020

On May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black American man, died after a police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on his neck for over eight minutes during an arrest. The incident was live-streamed by a bystander, sparking widespread attention. The four officers involved were fired the next day; Chauvin was later convicted of second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, and sentenced to 22 years and 6 months in prison in 2021.

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2019–2020Washington, D.C.

On December 18, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives adopted articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The impeachment stemmed from allegations that Trump pressured Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 U.S. presidential election and obstructed the congressional inquiry. On February 5, 2020, the Senate acquitted him on both articles, and he was not removed from office.

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2020London

On 31 January 2020, the United Kingdom formally left the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. The withdrawal followed a 2016 referendum in which nearly 52% of voters supported leaving. The UK became the first member state to exit the EU, ending its 47-year membership.

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2014–2022顿涅茨克

In April 2014, Russian-backed paramilitaries launched an uprising in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, seizing territory and declaring independent states, prompting a military response from the Ukrainian government. This phase of the Russo-Ukrainian war, fought as a hybrid conflict, lasted until it was subsumed by the full-scale invasion in 2022.

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2020Minsk

The 2020 Belarusian presidential election was held on 9 August, with five registered candidates. The results sparked mass protests, posing a major challenge to long-time incumbent Lukashenko.

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2019–2023武汉市

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, began in Wuhan, China, in late 2019 and spread globally by early 2020. The WHO declared it a pandemic on 11 March 2020. By early 2025, over 777 million confirmed cases and more than 7 million deaths had been reported worldwide.

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2019–2020香港

From March 2019, large-scale protests erupted in Hong Kong against the government's introduction of a bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance. Demonstrators feared the bill would allow extradition to mainland China, undermining judicial independence. The movement escalated from 9 June, demanding withdrawal of the bill and five key demands, with some resorting to violence. It was the largest series of demonstrations in Hong Kong's history, lasting until 2020.

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2011–2024

In March 2011, large-scale anti-government protests demanding democratic reforms broke out in Syria as part of the Arab Spring. The Assad regime's lethal crackdown led to the formation of armed opposition groups, turning the uprising into a civil war. The conflict lasted nearly 14 years until the regime's fall in December 2024.

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2020Singapore

The 2020 Singaporean general election was held on 10 July, electing 93 members of Parliament. It was the thirteenth general election since independence and the fifteenth since the introduction of self-government. Parliament was dissolved on 23 June by President Halimah Yacob, on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and the election was called.

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2013–2025纳扎尔巴耶夫大学

In 2013, the Chinese government launched the Belt and Road Initiative, an infrastructure and economic development strategy to connect Asia, Europe, Africa, and beyond. The initiative comprises the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, evoking the historic trade routes. It has since involved agreements with numerous countries and organizations for global connectivity projects.

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