Headlines for June 21, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5KAZM)
- More Transmissible Delta Variant Becoming Dominant, Threatening COVID Recovery
- Cuba's Soberana 02 Vaccine Offers Hope as COVID Surges in Latin America, Brazil Tops 500,000 Deaths
- Japan, Uganda Impose New Measures Amid Mounting COVID Cases
- Hard-Line Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi Wins Iranian Presidency as Nuclear Deal Talks Continue
- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to Meet with Biden Amid Surging Violence and Taliban Advance
- MSF Warns Access Urgently Needed to Bring Aid to Syria's Idlib Region
- Authorities Uncover Likely Remains of Missing Indigenous Activist 3 Weeks After Disappearance
- Ethiopia Holds Twice-Delayed Elections Amid Conflict and Hunger Crisis
- U.N. Resolution Condemns Coup in Burma, Stops Short of Calling for Arms Embargo As Crisis Deepens
- Over 82 Million People Were Forcibly Displaced in 2020
- Two Guantanamo Prisoners Granted Release After 17 Years in Captivity Without Charge
- Georgia GOP Secretary of State to Purge Over 100,000 from Voter Rolls
- Seven Killed, Dozens Injured in Mass Shootings Across U.S.
- Portland Riot Police Quit Unit En Masse After Officer Indicted for Assaulting Protester
- 13 Killed as Tropical Storm Slams Southeastern U.S.
- Hugs Not Walls: Separated Families Briefly Reunite at U.S.-Mexico Border