Sixteen people are dead and eight wounded after three bombs explodes in Balad, Mogadishu and Dinsoor. The attacks are claimed by Al-Shabaab. The deadliest attack is in Balad, which result in 14 soldiers killed.
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January 27, 2021 (Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
The European Aviation Safety Agency clears the Boeing 737 MAX passenger airliner to return to service in European Union airspace.
A short squeeze causes GameStop stock to increase tremendously after Reddit users predicted a hedge fund closure over the last week.
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
New Jersey confirms their first death from the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a person who had "significant underlying conditions."
Alabama confirms their first three cases of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in two children and an adult from Montgomery and Jefferson counties.
Mexico reports a record 27,944 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to over 1.8 million.
Indonesia reports a record 387 deaths and 10,974 recoveries in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide totals to 28,855 deaths and 831,330 recoveries.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launches a vaccination programme in Bangladesh using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
Myanmar begins a vaccination programme using the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Healthcare workers are the first people to be vaccinated.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli launches a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in Nepal beginning with 430,000 frontline and healthcare workers.
North Macedonia reports their first case of the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a person with no known travel history who recovered on January 22.
Prime Minister Erna Solberg announces the closure of all borders for non-essential travel beginning January 29 in an attempt to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants into Norway.
Prime Minister Robert Abela announces the imposition of new measures to stop the curve: restaurants, kiosks and snack bars must remain closed for the entire month of February from 11:00 pm to 6:00 am, bars are completely closed, recommends that schools postpone the two days of school holidays for Carnival.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces the introduction of 10-day hotel quarantine for travellers from 30 high-risk countries, including Brazil, Portugal, South Africa, and all South American nations due to spread of variants of SARS-CoV-2.
South Africa approves a vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca for emergency use in the country.
Chile's health regulator approves a vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca for emergency use in the country.
Law and crime
One of the fourteen men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer pleads guilty in a federal court and agrees to testify against his co-defendants. His sentencing is scheduled for July 8.
In the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, 100 Hindu activists attack a prayer gathering in the Catholic media center.
Politics and elections
Democrats in the United States Senate introduce a bill that would make Washington, D.C. the 51st state.
In accordance with decommunization laws, the last statue of Vladimir Lenin in the country (excluding territories currently annexed by Russia or occupied by separatists) is demolished in Odesa Oblast.
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