Portal:Current events/2021 February 6

February 6, 2021 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Internal conflict in Myanmar
- An ambush on a convoy by suspected MNDAA insurgents in Shan State, Myanmar, kills nine civilians and three policemen, and injures 13 others. (ANI News)
Tigray War
- The United Nations says that the Ethiopian government is blocking aid from going to 2.3 million people in non-government-controlled rural areas in Tigray who are in dire need of assistance. (VOA)
War in Afghanistan
- A bombing targeting a Hindu shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, kills three people. Attacks against Hindu and Sikh minorities increased in the country in the last years, mainly by Islamic State militants. (Gandhara)

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

Eleven people are dead and three others have been rescued after their wooden boat overturns in a lake in Susong County, in east China's Anhui province. (Sina)
Four skiers are killed and four others are injured in an avalanche in Millcreek Canyon, Utah, United States. (KSTU-TV)

Health and environment

International relations

Immigration policy of the Joe Biden administration
- U.S. President Joe Biden suspends and initiates the process to terminate the Trump-era "Asylum Cooperative" agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. (Reuters)
The leaders of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Kiribati, and the Marshall Islands will meet on Monday to discuss leaving the Pacific Islands Forum after Marshallese candidate Gerald Zackios was not chosen as Secretary-General. Palau had earlier announced that it was leaving the forum. (RNZ)
Moussa Faki is re-elected as Chairperson of the African Union Commission. (AFP via Al-Ahram)

Law and crime

COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in California
  - Governor Gavin Newsom issues revised COVID-19 mitigation guidelines for churches after the U.S. Supreme Court lifts the state's ban on indoor worship in areas hardest hit by the pandemic. The new guidelines limit indoor services to 25 percent of the church's capacity in hard-hit areas and restricts indoor singing and chanting. (ABC News)
2021 Myanmar coup d'état
- An Australian economic advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi reveals that he has been detained by the Tatmadaw. He is the first foreign national confirmed to be in the custody of Myanmar's military. (AFP via The Star)
After a juggler is shot dead by a Carabinero, several protests are held in Panguipulli, southern Chile. The protests escalate into riots and several buildings, including the city hall, are burned. (The New York Times)
Egypt frees Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein after four years in detention. He had been held on charges of spreading false news, joining a banned group and receiving foreign funds. (VOA)

Politics and elections

French religious sister Nathalie Becquart is named by Pope Francis one of the Undersecretaries of the Synod of Bishops, becoming the first woman to reach that office and having a right to vote in the Synod. (CNN)

Science and technology

Censorship in Myanmar, aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
- The military junta shuts down the country's internet with a near-total blackout in effect amid growing protests against the coup. (BBC News)

Sports