Headlines for August 16, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5NCXH)
- Taliban Takes Control of Afghanistan After 2 Decades of U.S. Occupation
- Haiti's Earthquake Death Toll Soars to 1,300 as Tropical Storm Barrels Toward Stricken Island
- U.S. Hospitalizations Are Younger Than Ever; Dallas Schools Defy High Court Ruling on Mask Mandate
- Canada's Trudeau Calls Snap Election, Seeking Mandate and Legislative Majority
- Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin Steps Down Amid Criticism of Pandemic Response
- Grenade Attack Kills 12 People in Karachi, Pakistan
- Fuel Tank Blast in Lebanon Kills at Least 28 People
- Nicaraguan Police Raid Offices of La Prensa, Arrest Editor Critical of President Ortega
- Israeli Soldiers Raid Jenin Refugee Camp, Fatally Shoot Four Palestinians
- Ivory Coast Records First Case of Ebola in 25 Years
- Zambia Opposition Leader Wins Presidential Election in Landslide
- Shell to Pay $111 Million for Nigeria Oil Spills in 1970s
- Record Heat Drives Unrelenting Wildfires in Western United States
- Death Toll in Turkey Floods Hits 70, with Dozens Still Missing
- Biden Administration to Boost SNAP Food Benefits by 25%
- NY Assembly Suspends Impeachment Investigation into Disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo