A healthy tourism industry is essential for the global economy, culture and environment.#COVID19 response is an opportunity to rethink and reshape how we travel to do it in a more sustainable way. #ClimateActionhttps://t.co/cOSzskmwmU
— United Nations (@UN) December 26, 2020
In part five of our look back at 2020, we focus on the seismic effect that COVID-19 has had on the global economy. https://t.co/SKqUaAdgbz
— UN News (@UN_News_Centre) December 30, 2020
This graph shows the surge in stock prices for leading technological companies after the #COVID19 outbreak. @UNCTAD outlines what governments can do to better protect competition and consumers in an increasingly digital global economy. https://t.co/fLaMBIDrHJ pic.twitter.com/ZKzxkSHu23
— UNCTAD (@UNCTAD) December 24, 2020
REPLAY: Conversation between @ian_goldin and @KGeorgieva on the lessons of #COVID19 and how a safer, greener, and more sustainable model of globalization can emerge from this crisis. https://t.co/U7m4KleAAK #StatsForum https://t.co/UVObD4AyaE
— IMF (@IMFNews) December 30, 2020
https://twitter.com/wto/status/1342398685221687299
Key findings + recommendations from @ITU report on how #broadband, digitization + ICT regulation impact the global economy https://t.co/6RhkriR4G9 pic.twitter.com/60e8AAHKIW
— ITU (@ITU) December 28, 2020
The implications of the coronavirus crisis going forward are vast. Here are 12 ideas to tackle the challenges exacerbated by the pandemic, from job insecurity and well-being to international trade and cooperation: https://t.co/gApM5swYeB
— Brookings Global (@BrookingsGlobal) December 31, 2020
"The transition toward a carbon-neutral world–and how banks facilitate and even accelerate this trend–stands out as a central theme for the global economy in 2021 and beyond” writes @lydie_hudson, CEO of Sustainability, Research & Investment Solutions, in her latest article.
— Credit Suisse (@CreditSuisse) December 23, 2020
A fresh rise in coronavirus cases in the West has set back the global economy, but the impact is far less than in the Spring https://t.co/TVrCGFlZyi
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 28, 2020
Chapter VI: Job losses, rent cuts#COVID19 left the global economy in tattershttps://t.co/NAiTb2ChGW
— Gulf News (@gulf_news) December 30, 2020
As the year comes to a close, our GeoEconomics Center has selected the numbers behind the headlines that best capture the global economy’s journey in 2020—and what lies in store for 2021.https://t.co/jtwaHhz5HA
— Atlantic Council (@AtlanticCouncil) December 24, 2020
The pandemic has made this a historic year for the global economy. Our @ACGeoEcon staff and senior fellows have selected the numbers that best capture the global economy’s journey in 2020—and what lies in store for 2021. https://t.co/rGGFVJCcEN
— Atlantic Council (@AtlanticCouncil) December 25, 2020
Legacies of Covid-19 will shape how we work, spend, travel and more for years to come. Here’s how. https://t.co/Ws8ZoxKznH
— Bloomberg (@business) January 2, 2021
Here’s where to invest $10,000 right now https://t.co/7pBS7OjRSc
— Bloomberg (@business) January 1, 2021
Gazprom exported 10% less natural gas to markets outside of the former USSR last year https://t.co/m7SAOGyySE
— Bloomberg (@business) January 2, 2021
French President Emmanuel Macron said the coronavirus will continue to weigh on the country for a few months https://t.co/b3HeDd5qOq
— Bloomberg (@business) December 31, 2020
Iran’s foreign minister says he had intelligence indicating a plot to create an excuse for war with the U.S. https://t.co/mYkGBYxyzX
— Bloomberg (@business) December 31, 2020
Some signs you may be burning out—and what to do about it https://t.co/7ekdoxnSZZ
— Bloomberg (@business) December 31, 2020
Canada's benchmark stock index advanced 2.2% this year, trailing the S&P 500's 16% gain https://t.co/CEogLj6oH8
— Bloomberg (@business) December 31, 2020
Russia’s crude oil and condensate output fell to a nine-year low in 2020 https://t.co/6K2ziyjPnP
— Bloomberg (@business) January 2, 2021
Bill Gates says putting money in a woman's control means it is more likely to be used for nutrition, education and things that would drive families out of poverty pic.twitter.com/wc7a2UPmQJ
— Bloomberg (@business) December 31, 2020
Taiwan President opens 2021 by reaffirming her willingness to talk with China, while vowing to stand up to mounting military pressure from Beijing https://t.co/GeeqGceTZE
— Bloomberg (@business) January 1, 2021
Elon Musk has made millionaires out of Tesla's most loyal fans. Meet one of them https://t.co/ReFeiesAR6 pic.twitter.com/0JPqZCOInW
— Bloomberg (@business) January 1, 2021
Far from isolating China, Trump has overseen an era of deeper economic integration between Beijing and the global economy. That's only set to continue under Biden, writes @davidfickling https://t.co/0wFLkAqSlT
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) December 30, 2020
Here are the 10 people most likely to influence a President Biden https://t.co/5N400n8x3s via @BW
— Bloomberg (@business) January 1, 2021
Joe Biden's pick to lead the Treasury collected more than $7 million in speaking fees from major financial firms and tech giants over the past two years, via @AP https://t.co/75rRjWUVEK
— Bloomberg (@business) January 2, 2021
It’s possible 2020 will be remembered as a turning point in American history, a moment after which the nation becomes irretrievably different.
That’s right, it could be the year consumption of romaine and other leaf lettuce finally surpasses iceberg https://t.co/Q0C2qLScKI
— Bloomberg (@business) December 31, 2020
Hilton, like most of the hotel industry, has had a terrible year. But by one metric, the company is faring well: its share price https://t.co/ahbHr7WW4O
— Bloomberg (@business) December 31, 2020
A pandemic that cleared skies and halted cities isn’t slowing global warming https://t.co/uwKvqZ9XuO
— Bloomberg (@business) December 31, 2020
COVID-19 has accelerated the trend of retail sustainability. Will the 2020s be the decade when sustainability (finally) breaks through? https://t.co/bn2XF2N6eB pic.twitter.com/Lche9bFpBI
— Bloomberg New Economy Forum (@neweconforum) December 31, 2020
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Since the first case of COVID-19 was identified in December 2019, the illness has become a pandemic, touching every corner of the planet https://t.co/yV1miqSD9Z
— TIME (@TIME) January 1, 2021
The pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to think about the kind of future we want.
TIME partnered with the World Economic Forum to ask leading thinkers to share ideas for how to transform the way we live and work https://t.co/1hM5VjDQwZ
— TIME (@TIME) December 31, 2020
From citizens providing food and shelter to those in need to volunteers who protected their neighbors from natural disasters, these people went above and beyond the call of duty in 2020 https://t.co/1NH9HDd1fC
— TIME (@TIME) January 3, 2021
Here's what President-elect Joe Biden can do to help fight COVID-19 today https://t.co/elyjt2Q4DP
— TIME (@TIME) January 1, 2021
"Don’t we all have a post-COVID bucket list? The people we’ll see, the places we’ll go, and all the once ordinary, now forbidden adventures we’ll have," writes @SusannaSchrobs https://t.co/HtdNA8Us2C
— TIME (@TIME) January 2, 2021
The nightmare pandemic economy Joe Biden is inheriting, in 5 charts https://t.co/QN58wKEKK4
— TIME (@TIME) January 2, 2021
In the years before the Civil War, the first day of the new year was often a heartbreaking one for enslaved people in the United States https://t.co/N3NK7vF7bi
— TIME (@TIME) January 2, 2021
Here's what's behind Americans' uneasy relationship with vaccines https://t.co/T3HiaMRQlR pic.twitter.com/jEf1zPz4hs
— TIME (@TIME) January 3, 2021
"I’m in a high-risk group for COVID-19. How do I get vaccinated early?" https://t.co/Iz7Jyikfbg
— TIME (@TIME) January 3, 2021
Portraits of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s favorite collars and the stories behind them https://t.co/8LTtg5a7p1
— TIME (@TIME) January 2, 2021
The pandemic could have hurt country music. Instead, the genre is booming https://t.co/prNWaKTD2Z
— TIME (@TIME) January 3, 2021
Why Amsterdam's red light district may not survive the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/KBU5HWXTp6
— TIME (@TIME) January 2, 2021
Reasons to be excited about 2021 abound, and among them is a literary landscape packed with promise.
Here, the 21 most anticipated books of 2021 https://t.co/yqMB2yPYwY
— TIME (@TIME) January 2, 2021
In a year defined by grim reality, we look to artists to help us understand—and escape.
TIME celebrates captivating and essential works of literature with a list of the 100 best fantasy books of all time https://t.co/pv6aFLi0GC
— TIME (@TIME) January 1, 2021
Here are 100 titles to consider as you're drafting that 2021 reading list https://t.co/m3noSAlWNz
— TIME (@TIME) January 1, 2021
The 5 books Bill Gates found helpful and inspiring this year https://t.co/jgGwrnuTcg
— TIME (@TIME) December 31, 2020
What the Freemasons taught the world about the power of secrecy https://t.co/XUikRPdDqU
— TIME (@TIME) January 1, 2021
Lessons from the 1918 influenza pandemic on how to celebrate the holidays amid COVID-19 https://t.co/Jf8Dcu2nN6
— TIME (@TIME) December 31, 2020
Why the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a widespread existential crisishttps://t.co/6ZsKu6VuhT
— TIME (@TIME) December 31, 2020
How 2020 will go down in the history books, according to historians https://t.co/kZ54Cg2pwC
— TIME (@TIME) December 31, 2020
In a new report on school reopening, @BudgetModel estimates the national average cost of COVID-19 infection is $27,230—about 5x more than the flu.
Read #PWBM cost-benefit analysis of COVID expenses vs. impact on students' future earnings in Philadelphia: https://t.co/LcgTn1MLtl pic.twitter.com/CkMiYd15bU
— Wharton School (@Wharton) December 29, 2020
Millions of U.S. consumers, looking to stretch their dollars and avoid taking on new credit-card debt during the coronavirus pandemic, flocked in recent months to “buy now, pay later” offers from companies like Affirm, Afterpay and Klarna https://t.co/DjrDnmLAEr
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 30, 2020
Defying expectations, investors piled into initial public offerings at a record rate in 2020, and few expect the euphoria to wear off soon https://t.co/SGzSeAI3Hk
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 30, 2020
More than 140 doctoral programs at dozens of universities don’t plan to admit new students for fall 2021—a historic disruption in graduate studies https://t.co/LeoLv7EX9c
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 30, 2020
The week between Christmas and New Year’s is usually the best for eateries in New York City, but this New Year's Eve concludes a disappointing holiday season at the end of a difficult year https://t.co/WUHbxHrRYq
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 30, 2020
AstraZeneca and Oxford University have won U.K. approval of their Covid-19 vaccine but still need to convince regulators elsewhere that missteps in the partners' collaboration are behind them https://t.co/gDFaetjiOk
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 31, 2020
Grocery-delivery service Instacart once seemed like the perfect partner for supermarkets looking to break into e-commerce, but after several years together, some grocers are starting to question the relationship https://t.co/Qxmgl1K7zi
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 31, 2020
Tribune Publishing's biggest shareholder, Alden Global, is seeking to buy the newspaper chain, people familiar with the matter said https://t.co/TQFnunHzlJ
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 31, 2020
One COVID-19 patient is dying every 10 minutes in Los Angeles County as officials fear post-Christmas surge https://t.co/SunCjDaE7c
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 26, 2020
A large group of mostly maskless people gathered Tuesday to protest a likely extension of Los Angeles County's stay-at-home order as California battles the raging COVID-19 surge. The demonstrators, lead by actor Kirk Cameron, sang various Christmas carols https://t.co/D06i1iEj8I pic.twitter.com/vckhWywn36
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 23, 2020
California becomes first state to top 2 million COVID-19 cases https://t.co/C5RsxmuhWF
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 24, 2020
Ice is seen in Lake Erie as a major New Year's storm impacts millions of Americans, bringing ice, heavy snow and torrential rain across some parts of the country. https://t.co/YfLl2FVmO9 pic.twitter.com/RPJbZux5Ng
— ABC News (@ABC) January 2, 2021
USGS footage shows Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano turning over its lava lake crust. https://t.co/iAZkK8F5u1 pic.twitter.com/EFrTTWdoPZ
— ABC News (@ABC) January 2, 2021
VOLCANIC ACTIVITY: USGS footage shows Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spewing molten rock into lava lake as eruption within Halema’uma’u crater continues. https://t.co/TXMotUK5ST pic.twitter.com/kJouLdr1y4
— ABC News (@ABC) December 31, 2020
Stunning timelapse footage shows the cold moon—the final full moon of 2020—rising over Brooklyn, New York. https://t.co/nkmvCIdPG6 pic.twitter.com/mqXOjL0ioD
— ABC News (@ABC) December 31, 2020
2020 was a long year—but it also had some real cute animals. A look back: https://t.co/oKJ9zypb7z pic.twitter.com/lntuA1nrKK
— ABC News (@ABC) January 1, 2021
SNOW DAY: A resident in Canada captured her two 20-year-old horses, Dante and Sunshine, enjoying the snow. https://t.co/8h1ravZN16 pic.twitter.com/zZKPQFPmKm
— ABC News (@ABC) January 3, 2021
SURPRISE APPEARANCE: Koala wanders onto Australian beach and delights onlookers. https://t.co/1dHCvaIhJX pic.twitter.com/P552xlKlOR
— ABC News (@ABC) January 2, 2021
WELCOME TO THE WORLD: A Belgium zoo had more than just a new year to celebrate, as an adorable baby bonobo was born on New Year's Day. https://t.co/txXTzfGPeX pic.twitter.com/X57sbdcgTu
— ABC News (@ABC) January 2, 2021
HAPPY NEW YEAR: Fireworks and celebrations ring in 2021 around the world. https://t.co/esYbugfq0S pic.twitter.com/o5VROfn90B
— ABC News (@ABC) January 2, 2021
HAPPY NEW YEAR, NEW ZEALAND: A fireworks display in Auckland rings in 2021. https://t.co/orGke3hod6 pic.twitter.com/740WBZP5h3
— ABC News (@ABC) January 1, 2021
Athens, Greece, rings in the new year with a dazzling fireworks display. https://t.co/XY7rfChNP8 pic.twitter.com/BksGEDbCtt
— ABC News (@ABC) January 1, 2021
Dubai, United Arab Emirates counts down to the new year and welcomes 2021 with a dramatic fireworks display. https://t.co/i2r2CEqdnN pic.twitter.com/Dygr2OeqzL
— ABC News (@ABC) January 1, 2021
Revelers in Berlin set off fireworks to welcome 2021 despite partial ban amid COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/esYbugfq0S pic.twitter.com/I2WkynkPZ1
— ABC News (@ABC) January 1, 2021
The Kremlin clock strikes midnight, as fireworks burst above Moscow, Russia, to welcome the new year. https://t.co/3UT4CUlkiQ pic.twitter.com/VnDr4iAGIE
— ABC News (@ABC) January 1, 2021
"It's back to the normal state of life as before." https://t.co/Wu825hbTBB
— ABC News (@ABC) January 1, 2021
RELAXING REPTILES: A spa in Egypt is offering a massage treatment that uses live snakes instead of human hands to relax customers. https://t.co/4hk5sqNXtH pic.twitter.com/qMhNByTVGP
— ABC News (@ABC) December 31, 2020
Election experts broke down some of the alternatives and their risks. https://t.co/K3uqdrmJR7
— ABC News (@ABC) January 2, 2021
Pres. Donald Trump’s extraordinary election challenge over his defeat by Pres.-elect Joe Biden is splitting the Republican Party. https://t.co/HaFc9v9yQb
— ABC News (@ABC) January 2, 2021
5 important global stories you may have missed in 2020. https://t.co/ewbZnjXhuC
— ABC News (@ABC) January 2, 2021
“I will not be participating in a project to overturn the election,” Republican Sen. Ben Sasse wrote. He said he wanted to explain “why I have been urging my colleagues also to reject this dangerous ploy.” https://t.co/7MO0pAeHFf
— ABC News (@ABC) January 2, 2021
COVID-19 is a highly transmissible disease, but evidence shows that small indoor gatherings and households are where the novel coronavirus is spreading the fastest. https://t.co/6rJaYImP0B
— ABC News (@ABC) January 1, 2021
2020: Looking back at how the COVID-19 pandemic controlled the year https://t.co/Eu3cNuoj9r
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) December 30, 2020
Sen. Mitch McConnell effectively shuts door on $2,000 stimulus checks, says Senate is "not going to be bullied" https://t.co/Aidr6KU2ne
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) December 30, 2020
Trump's presidency is reflected in a broad range of numbers representing everything from the U.S. death toll during the pandemic to the miles of "big, beautiful wall" along the border to the tens of thousands of tweets he sent during 4 years in office. https://t.co/Q8ehlvjJk8 pic.twitter.com/3RUcAlJSWP
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) December 31, 2020
25,000 tweets and counting: President Trump's legacy, by the numbers https://t.co/Vvx6hjUKG8
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) December 30, 2020
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