World roundup: January 27 2021

Stories from the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and more

INTERNATIONAL

Worldometer’s coronavirus figures for January 27:

• 101,411,717 confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide (25,922,177 active, +590,299 since yesterday)

• 2,182,427 reported fatalities (+16,846 since yesterday)

A new United Nations survey suggests that, contrary to conventional political wisdom, there is wide latitude for politicians to take significan…