A Palestinian man, attempting to stab two soldiers at a road junction near Nablus in the West Bank, is shot and killed by an Israeli commander.
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January 26, 2021 (Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
The Caribbean Public Health Agency reports the presence of B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Barbados.
The Wisconsin State Senate votes to repeal the statewide mask mandate imposed by Governor Tony Evers.
President Joe Biden orders an additional 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to be distributed by the end of August.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff receive their second doses of Moderna’s vaccine at the National Institutes of Health center in Bethesda.
A record 10,868 recoveries are reported in the past 24 hours.
Thailand reports a record of 959 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, including 914 cases in Samut Sakhon reported yesterday evening, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 14,646.
The United Arab Emirates reports a record 3,601 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 285,147.
Uzbekistan lifts its restrictions aimed to combat the spread of COVID-19 and announces that concert halls will be allowed to reopen at 50% capacity.
The government extends the Level 5 lockdown restrictions until March 5. They also agree to impose a 14-day mandatory hotel quarantine for all travellers without negative COVID-19 test results as well as all travellers from Brazil and South Africa.
Portugal reports a record 291 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 11,012.
The United Kingdom surpasses 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, Brazil, India, and Mexico.
The Minister of National Defense of Colombia, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, dies after contracting COVID-19.
President Francisco Sagasti announces a total lockdown in the capital Lima and nine other regions following a significant increase in COVID-19 cases.
The number of worldwide confirmed COVID-19 cases surpasses 100 million.
The highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza is reported in two backyard hobby grey crowned cranes in Central Italy, who are killed along with ten healthy birds to prevent spread.
The Cayetano Heredia University says that a volunteer in the local trial of a coronavirus vaccine produced by China's Sinopharm Group has died from COVID-19-related pneumonia. The university said that the volunteer had received the placebo.
Law and crime
Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Michael R. Sherwin announces that 400 suspects have been identified and 135 people have been charged in connection to the storming of the United States Capitol.
Samyukt Kisan Morcha protestors storm the Red Fort in Delhi, clashing with police. One protestor is killed and more than 80 police officers are injured. Protest leaders blame the violence on "rogue elements", and say they will continue to dispute the government's agriculture acts.
Acting United States Attorney General Monty Wilkinson announces that President Biden has rescinded the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy, which led to the separation of over 3,000 migrant families on the Mexico–United States border.
Colombian businessman Alex Saab, an affiliate of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro who is charged in the United States for alleged money laundering, is placed under house arrest in Cape Verde.
Politics and elections
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigns amid a political crisis over the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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