sep 17, 2020 - China and COVID-19

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France, Germany, and the United Kingdom issue a joint note verbale to the United Nations rejecting China's claims to the South China Sea, and supporting the ruling in Philippines v. China that said the historic rights per the nine-dash line ran counter to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. However the statement says that on "territorial sovereignty" they "take no position."
COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 30 million worldwide.

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