Template:In the news
- The United Kingdom withdraws from the European Union and begins an eleven-month transition period.
- The World Health Organization declares the outbreak of respiratory disease from a novel coronavirus (pictured) to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
- Floods and landslides in southeastern Brazil kill at least sixty people and leave thousands others homeless.
- At the Grammy Awards, Billie Eilish wins the major categories of Best New Artist, and Song, Record, and Album of the Year.
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