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August 13, 2020

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Headlines from August 13, 2020

Israel and United Arab Emirates Strike Major Diplomatic Agreement

By Peter Baker, Isabel Kershner, David D. Kirkpatrick and Ronen Bergman

President Trump announced that Israel and the United Arab Emirates would establish “full normalization of relations” and that in exchange Israel would forgo for now “declaring sovereignty” over occupied West Bank territory.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 12, 2020, covering August 13, 2020.

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    Album cover for Folklore by Taylor Swift

    Folklore

    Taylor Swift

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    1
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    2
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    Album cover for Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon by Pop Smoke

    Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon

    Pop Smoke

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
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    5
  3. 3
    Album cover for Legends Never Die by Juice WRLD

    Legends Never Die

    Juice WRLD

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    Peak
    1
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    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Hamilton: An American Musical by Original Broadway Cast

    Hamilton: An American Musical

    Original Broadway Cast

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    5
    Peak
    2
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    254
  5. 5
    Album cover for My Turn by Lil Baby

    My Turn

    Lil Baby

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
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    23

Historical Events

Israel–United Arab Emirates relations

2020Israel–United Arab Emirates relations are formally established.[†]

Diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates trace their origins to the early days of the Oslo Accords, where Israeli and Emirati diplomats had contact with each other in the 1990s in Washington, D.C. The first diplomatic facility between the two countries opened in 2015, when Israel opened an official diplomatic mission in Abu Dhabi to the International Renewable Energy Agency.

Historical Context for August 13, 2020

In 2020, the world population was approximately 7,887,001,292 people[†]