Headlines for August 19, 2024
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#6Q31Y)
- DNC Kicks Off as Progressives and Uncommitted Delegates Demand Harris Take Action on Gaza Genocide
- Gazans Hold Out Little Hope as Blinken Pushes for Ceasefire in Tel Aviv
- Israeli Soldiers Attack Deir al-Balah, Wiping Out Families, Children, Another U.N. Worker
- First Case of Polio Identified in Gaza in 10-Month-Old Baby
- Israeli Relatives of Hamas Hostages Rally in Tel Aviv Ahead of Blinken Visit
- Israel Attacks Southern Lebanon, Killing 10 Civilians from Syria
- Cholera Outbreak Adds to Misery of Displacement and Starvation in Sudan War as Peace Talks Falter
- Kamala Harris Lays Out Economic Policy Agenda, Vows to Lower Medical, Housing and Child Care Costs
- Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Taps Historian Butch Ware as Running Mate
- Philippines Reports Mpox Case in Patient Who Had Not Traveled Abroad
- Protesters Demand "Not Another Bomb" on Gaza in Marches Across the Globe
- Colombia Bans Coal Exports to Israel over Genocide
- Belarus Threatens Kyiv over Border Troops as Ukraine Pushes Further into Russia's Kursk
- Dominican Pres. Abinader Starts 2nd Term After Enacting Hard-Line Immigration Policy Against Haitians
- X to Shutter Operations in Brazil Amid Legal Challenges over Hate Speech, Misinformation
- Bangladesh's Interim Leader Muhammad Yunus Vows to Help Rohingya Refugees Who Fled Burma
- SCOTUS Allows GOP-Led States to Continue Blocking Expansion of Title IX