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War finance covers a wide variety of financial measures including fiscal and monetary initiatives used in order to fund the costly expenditure of a war. [1] War finance measures can be broadly classified into three main categories: levy of taxation; raising of debts - borrowing; creation of fresh money supply - inflation
On 1 October 2020, the President of Artsakh, Arayik Harutyunyan, stated that Armenians needed to prepare for a long-term war. [372] Two days later, the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Foreign Ministry called on the international community to recognise the independence of the Republic of Artsakh in order to restore regional peace and security. [373]
Armenia is another example that followed war economy principles, especially during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Armenia is a small country in a blockade in the Caucasus region but still increased its military budget after 2018 reaching $640 million.
Disasters and accidents Police in the Solomon Islands launch search operations to find nine people from a capsized boat near Isabel Province. Five men, two women and two children were on board. (RNZ) A small plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Corona Municipal Airport in California, killing all four on board. (CNN) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Mainland ...
War in Afghanistan. December 2020 Afghanistan attacks. Four prison doctors are killed after a magnetic bomb attached to their vehicle exploded in Kabul. A civilian passerby also died in the attack. The bombing follows a series of recent assassination attempts and targeted killings of prominent Afghan figures. (Channel NewsAsia) War in Darfur
Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea South Korea announces a ban of large gatherings, shutting down high-risk facilities, banning in-person churches, and removing fans from professional sports nationwide tomorrow, as the country reports a new five-month high of 332 new cases in the last 24 hours, citing "a very dangerous situation ...
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which had started in 2014.The invasion, the largest and deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II, [9] [10] [11] has caused hundreds of thousands of military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties.
The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2020. Conflict-related fatalities in the world's 17 deadliest countries 2014 – 2020 List guidelines