Headlines for October 12, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5QMNM)
- WHO: Climate Change Is "The Single Biggest Health Threat Facing Humanity"
- Heavy Flooding in China Kills 15, Destroys 20,000 Homes
- 135 Arrested in Indigenous Peoples' Day Climate Action Outside White House
- Greenpeace Installs Statue of Boris Johnson Splattered in Oil Outside 10 Downing St.
- Wealthy Nations Denounced for Hoarding COVID-19 Vaccines
- Parliamentary Report: COVID-19 Response Was One of Biggest Public Health Failures in U.K. History
- Gov. Greg Abbott Bans All Entities in Texas from Enforcing Vaccine Mandates
- Iraqi Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr Sees Biggest Gains in Parliamentary Election
- U.N. Urges World Leaders to Address Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan
- Pandora Papers: Ecuador's President Faces Probe over Use of Tax Havens
- Guatemalan Prosecutor in Landmark Rios Montt Trial Is Transferred in Blow to Human Rights
- Honduras: Mayoral Candidate & Daughter of Berta Caceres Targeted Ahead of November Elections
- Trump Pays Tribute to Insurrectionist Shot Dead on Jan. 6
- Raiders Football Coach Resigns over Racist, Sexist and Homophobic Emails
- GLAAD Criticizes Dave Chappelle Special on Netflix over Anti-Trans Jokes
- Sister Megan Rice, Nun Who Broke into Nuclear Weapons Facility, Dies at 91