January 31 – Nguyễn Phú Trọng is re-elected for a third five-year term as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.January 29 – COVID-19 pandemic: The European Union invokes Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol following a row over COVID-19 vaccine supplies before reversing the decision.January 27 – A near-total ban on abortion comes into effect in Poland.January 26 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeds 100 million worldwide.January 24 – 2021 Portuguese presidential election: Incumbent president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is reelected.January 22 – The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first legally binding international agreement comprehensively to prohibit nuclear weapons, comes into effect.Harris becomes the first Black, South Asian and female Vice President. January 20 – Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are inaugurated as the 46th and 49th President and Vice President of the United States.COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 passes 2 million.Sisoulith is elected for a five-year term as top leader in Laos. The Lao People's Revolutionary Party elects Thongloun Sisoulith as its new General Secretary, replacing retiring chief Bounnhang Vorachith.Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled since 1986, wins reelection. January 14 – The 2021 Ugandan general election is held.
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