Headlines for April 29, 2022
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5YPQQ)
- Russia Bombs Kyiv as U.N. Secretary-General Meets Ukrainian President
- European Energy Companies Agree to Pay for Russian Gas in Rubles
- NATO Chief Says Allies Are Prepared to Support Ukraine "For Months and Years"
- Biden Asks Congress for Additional $33 Billion for Weapons and Aid to Ukraine
- U.N. Warns Humans Have Degraded 40% of Earth's Land
- Climate Crisis Threatens Largest Mass Extinction of Marine Mammals in 66 Million Years
- Study Finds Climate Change Drives Animal Migration, Threatening New Viral Outbreaks
- Protesters Demand Pfizer End Pandemic Profiteering and Share Vaccine Technologies
- WHO Warns of Rising Measles Cases After Pandemic Disrupted Vaccinations of Children
- Iran Put 333 People to Death in 2021, a 25% Rise in Capital Punishment
- Oklahoma GOP Approves 6-Week Abortion Ban with $10,000 Bounty for Reporting Violators
- Georgia Gov. Kemp Signs Bills Banning Books, Classroom Discussion of Race, and Trans Athletes
- 19 of Most Profitable U.S. Corporations Pay Little or No Income Tax
- Biden Rules Out Canceling $50,000 of Debt Per Student Borrower
- FDA Proposes Ban on Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars