The Most Significant World Events of 2021
Gabriel Davidson, Reporter
January 13, 2022
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The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference is held, with countries “utterly failing” to meet expectations.
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Joe Biden is inaugurated as President of the United States.
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Kabul falls to Taliban, U.S. evacuates country.
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Worldwide consumer product shortages burden the globe predominantly due to the effects of COVID on supply chains.
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The Suez Canal is blocked by the Ever Given cargo ship, having a major impact on international trade while wedged in the canal.
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The U.S. Capitol building is stormed by rioters in an attempt to overturn the 2020 U.S. elections.
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Russia warns NATO against Western involvement and troop deployment in Ukraine as Russian troops amassed on the country’s border.
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The Delta variant of COVID is named and circulates through out the globe.
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Myanmar undergoes a military coup d’etat, declaring a 1 year state of emergency.
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Jouvenel Moïse, President of Haiti, is assasinated.