Headlines for July 26, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5MKM7)
- France Approves COVID Health Pass; Germany Considers Restrictions for Unvaccinated People
- COVID Cases Skyrocket in Southeast Asia, with Children Making Up 12.5% of Indonesian Death Toll
- Fauci Says U.S. "Going in the Wrong Direction"; St. Louis Reintroduces Indoor Mask Mandate
- 4,000 Homebound Detainees Could Be Sent Back to Prison After Pandemic Emergency Order Lifted
- Tunisia's President Sacks Prime Minister, Suspends Parliament Following Protests
- Afghanistan Sees Record Number of Casualties in 2021; U.S. Could Continue Airstrikes Beyond August
- U.S. Launches Second Drone Strike in Somalia in Under a Week
- Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teen, Injure Hundreds Protesting Illegal West Bank Settlement
- Sierra Leone Abolishes Colonial-Era Death Penalty
- Protests Demand Resignation of Guatemalan President After Firing of Top Anti-Corruption Prosecutor
- Mexico Sends Food and Medical Supplies to Cuba, Condemns U.S. Blockade
- Monsoon Floods Kill 135 People in India
- Dixie and Bootleg Wildfires Rage in West as Another Heat Wave Settles Across Much of U.S.
- Pelosi Adds Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Trump Critic, to House Insurrection Committee
- Mississippi Urges Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade
- Immigrant Communities Rally in NYC to Demand Pathway to Citizenship
- Bob Moses, Civil Rights Leader and Educational Pioneer, Dies at the Age of 86