Curated by Peter Hulm
News from 2020 not involving COVID-19, unless it predicts the impacts. See also: POST-COVID for assessments and reports on what comes next.
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— bitterwinter —
27 February 2021 — miamiherald —
24 February 2021 — techspot —
19 February 2021 — engadget —
11 February 2021 — cnn —
11 February 2021 — theguardian —
9 February 2021 — bgr —
9 February 2021 — cybernews —
9 February 2021 — theguardian —
9 February 2021 — inverse —
9 February 2021 — genevasolutions —
8 February 2021 — theguardian —
7 February 2021 — cnn —
5 February 2021 — cnn —
5 February 2021 — citymonitor —
4 February 2021 — scmp —
1 February 2021 — salon —
1 February 2021 — cryptonews —
25 January 2021 — theguardian —
26 January 2021 — theguardian —
26 January 2021 — theguardian —
25 January 2021 — dailyhodl —
18 January 2021 — dw —
17 January 2021 — theguardian —
17 January 2021 — dw —
14 January 2021 — theguardian —
13 January 2021 — france24 —
13 January 2021 — theguardian —
11 January 2021 — dw —
10 January 2021 — reuters —
10 January 2021 — reuters —
10 January 2021 — unctad —
7 January 2021 — qz —
31 December 2020 — salon —
31 December 2020Understanding the hysteria over Hillbilly Elegy (LINK)
— aljazeera —
28 December 2020 — axios —
28 December 2020 — euronews —
24 December 2020 — unece —
22 December 2020 — axios —
22 December 2020 — thehill —
22 December 2020 — bbc —
22 December 2020 — nbcnews —
21 December 2020 — bbc —
21 December 2020 — cbsnews —
17 December 2020 — france24 —
17 December 2020 — smithsonianmag —
17 December 2020 — apnews —
17 December 2020 — unctad —
17 December 2020 — dw —
16 December 2020 — euronews —
16 December 2020At the Edge of the World (LINK)
— wef —
16 December 2020Countries with advanced digital economies and digital skills have been more successful at keeping their economies running while their citizens worked from home. The Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, Estonia, and the United States have performed well on this measure.
Countries with robust economic safety nets, such as Denmark, Finland, Norway, Austria, Luxembourg and Switzerland, were well placed to support those who could not work. Similarly, countries with strong financial systems such as Finland, the United States, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore, could more easily provide credit to SMEs to prevent insolvency.
Countries that could successfully plan and integrate health, fiscal and social policies have been relatively more successful in mitigating the effects of the crisis, including Singapore, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria and the United Arab Emirates.
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15 December 2020More than 50 countries in the “very high development” group — including Singapore, Luxembourg, Australia and the United Arab
— aljazeera —
15 December 2020 — theguardian —
15 December 2020 — theguardian —
15 December 2020 — axios —
14 December 2020 — dw —
14 December 2020 — statista —
10 December 2020 — dw —
10 December 2020 — weforum —
9 December 2020 — aljazeera —
7 December 2020 — bbc —
7 December 2020 — france24 —
7 December 2020 — mashable —
7 December 2020 — ozy —
6 December 2020 — theverge —
2 December 2020 — bbc —
30 November 2020Ministers say it represents the most fundamental shift in farming policy for 50 years.
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30 November 2020 — dw —
30 November 2020 — politico —
29 November 2020 — newswires/france24 —
29 November 2020 — aljazeera —
28 November 2020 — yahoo —
26 November 2020 — vice —
26 November 2020 — euronews —
25 November 2020 — theguardian —
25 November 2020 — thehill —
25 November 2020 — bbc —
20 November 2020 — dw —
19 November 2020 — yankodesign —
19 November 2020 — nytimes —
18 November 2020 — aljazeera —
18 November 2020 — genevasolutions —
18 November 2020 — aljazeera —
17 November 2020 — genevasolutions/ifrc —
17 November 2020 — dw —
16 November 2020 — source —
16 November 2020 — source —
16 November 2020 — dw —
15 November 2020 — dw —
14 November 2020 — aljazeera —
14 November 2020 — nytimes —
13 November 2020 — forbes —
12 November 2020 — apnews —
12 November 2020 — bbc —
12 November 2020 — france24 —
11 November 2020 — nature —
11 November 2020 — aljazeera —
11 November 2020 — theguardian —
11 November 2020 — dw —
11 November 2020 — washingtonpost —
11 November 2020 — buzzfeednews —
11 November 2020 — weforum —
11 November 2020UNECE tackles philosophy’s trolley problem (LINK)
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10 November 2020 — ifrc —
10 November 2020 — lonelyplanet —
9 November 2020 — theguardian —
8 November 2020 — AP/euronews —
7 November 2020 — theprint —
7 November 2020 — —
6 November 2020 — sciencedaily —
7 November 2020 — euronews —
3 November 2020