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China sees highest daily coronavirus cases in current outbreak +++ U.S. Senate leader moves to end debate on $1 trillion infrastructure bill +++ Exclusive: U.S. starts flying migrant families into Mexico far from border +++ Biden pledges 'no strings' Pacific pandemic support +++ Apple to check iCloud photo uploads for child abuse images +++ A cautionary tale': Louisiana doctors face a different COVID-19 surge +++ Olympics: Two Belarus officials stripped of Games accreditation, sent home +++ St. Vincent PM injured at protest, bleeding from injury +++ Victoria enters sixth pandemic lockdown as Australia widens restrictions +++ Britain to invest 5 million stg in climate resilience research +++ Haiti requests U.N. commission to probe president's killing +++ U.S. senators to reintroduce bill targeting Cambodian officials on rights NY Times
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- Olympics Latest: Poland's Tomala wins 50-kilometer race walk
- Florida governor feuds with White House as COVID cases rise
- What Gov. Andrew Cuomo's accusers felt, in their own words
- End of an era: Barcelona says Messi won't stay with the club
- Long dominated by Russia, rhythmic gymnastics rising in US
- At river where Tigrayan bodies floated, fears of 'many more'
- Northwest heat wave targeted vulnerable, tested climate prep
- US to probe Phoenix police over excessive force allegations
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CNN
- Schumer moves to shut down debate on infrastructure bill in key step toward final vote
- CNN reporter to Mike Lindell: You have 'proof of nothing'
- Washington Football Team bans wearing Native American headdresses and face paint at home games
- Former Oregon school custodian accused of planning 'mass casualty event,' police say
- MyPillow magnate Mike Lindell's latest election conspiracy theory is his most bizarre yet
- Trump PAC offers actual 'Trump cards' for his supporters
- Documents show how far DOJ official went to push election fraud lie
- California becomes first state to mandate all healthcare workers be fully vaccinated against Covid-19
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Buzzfeed News
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- Amanda Kloots’ Memoir Reveals What Really Happened When Her Husband Got COVID-19
- Lil Nas X Opened Up About The “Microaggressions” He Experienced Before Coming Out And The Strain Of Being A Gay Rapper
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Huffington Post
- Senate Democrats’ Plan For The Summer: It’s The Economy, Stupid
- Texas Governor Orders Another Special Session To Pass Restrictive Voting Bill
- Justice Department Announces Sweeping Probe Into Phoenix Police
- Yelp Will Let You Search For Businesses That Require Vaccination
- Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President, Dies At 72
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- Biden Seeks To Boost Fuel Economy To Thwart Trump Rollback
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Axios
- Biden signs bill awarding Congressional Gold Medals to officers who responded to Jan. 6 attack
- Return-to-work plans are on ice after COVID-19 spike
- How the Delta variant ups the stakes in the war against COVID
- Apple debuts plan to detect images of child sexual abuse
- DOJ investigating city of Phoenix and Phoenix police department
- Scoop: Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue cuts donation page for Cuomo
- Civil rights leaders plan voting rights marches in 5 cities to push for federal legislation
- Latinos twice as likely as white people to die from gunfire
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Digg
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Vice
- Turns Out Your DNA Sticks to MDMA Caps. That Could Help Police Track Down Drug Dealers
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- Apple Introduces Parental Control Feature That Scans Messages for Nudity
- Britney Spears’ Dad Tried to Cancel Her Vacation, Lawyer Says
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Medium
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Mother Jones
- In the End, Cuomo Goes Full Trump
- Olympic Hope Shines Through a Surge in COVID and Corruption
- Myanmar Opposition Leader: We Need More Help From Biden to Defeat the Military Junta
- Planting Trees To Fight Climate Change Is Great. Then Again, So Is Eating
- The Untold Story of Purdue Pharma’s Cozy Relationship With the American Medical Association
- The FBI Is Investigating Giuliani’s Attempt to Make a Movie About the Bidens and Ukraine
- Andrew Cuomo Is Relying on an Old, Sexist Lie About Sexual Assault Survivors
- As COVID Breaks Records in Arkansas, Its GOP Governor Regrets Ban on Mask Mandates
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The Guardian
- Tokyo 2020 Olympics: athletics, cycling, modern pentathlon and more
- Virgin Galactic to sell space flight tickets starting at $450,000 a seat
- Eight dead as wildfires continue to rage across southern Europe
- US ranks last in healthcare among 11 wealthiest countries despite spending most
- Unruly and unsafe’ behavior leads FAA to ask for alcohol monitoring at airports
- The labor movement has lost a legend’: union boss Richard Trumka dies at 72
- Russian gay family in controversial ad flee to Spain after threats
- Lionel Messi leaving Barcelona after ‘obstacles’ thwart contract renewal
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Washington Post
- Dixie Fire burns Northern California communities as another fast-growing blaze forces thousands to evacuate
- Vaccine boosters become potent symbol of pandemic inequality
- A $5,800 whisky bottle Japan gave to Mike Pompeo is missing. The State Department is looking for it
- Photos: The Dixie Fire burns Northern California communities
- Bill Gates says he regrets meeting with Jeffrey Epstein: ‘It was a huge mistake’
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Politico
- Garland urges Congress to protect voting rights
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- Cuomo to cooperate with impeachment probe
- Could VPNs help Cubans access the internet under the regime’s nose?
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The Daily Beast
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CBS
- California to mandate COVID vaccines for health care workers
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- Concern grows over spread of Delta variant in the U.S
- Mexican government sues gun manufacturers over flow of guns into Mexico
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CNBC
- Olympic track and field legend Carl Lewis slams system that’s failing relay athletes
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NPR
- Coast Guard Confirms 6 People Died In The Crash Of A Sightseeing Plane In Alaska
- CNN Fires Three Employees For Coming To Work Unvaccinated
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- Lionel Messi Will Leave FC Barcelona, The Club Says
- N.J. Governor Rants At A Crowd Protesting COVID Vaccines, Calling Them 'Knuckleheads'
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- City of L.A. shuts down Lincoln Heights night market after complaints
- California healthcare workers must be vaccinated by end of September under new health order
- We've lost everything': Survivors reeling as downtown Greenville leveled by Dixie fire
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- Court ruling final: Newsom may blame recall on 'Republicans and Trump supporters'
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Salon
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- Trump urges supporters to buy misspelled "membership" cards with image resembling Nazi logo
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- Lauren Boebert says her late-night Capitol mystery tour was "totally legit." Except it wasn't
- South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem returns to ride at Sturgis motorcycle rally during major COVID spike
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Euronews
- Mikhail Khodorkovsky-backed media outlets close after Russia shutdown, citing safety fears
- Lionel Messi: Barcelona says football star will not extend his stay with the Spanish club
- Ndrangheta boss Domenico Paviglianiti arrested by Spanish and Italian police in Madrid
- French move to require a COVID pass to access restaurants is approved by constitutional council
- Therapy dogs bring joy to kids at Chile hospital
- Clashes at Beirut protest on blast anniversary
- Wildfires in Sardinia damage 500 beehives and 30 million bees
- EU defends sending diplomat to inauguration of Ebrahim Raisi in Iran
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Newsweek
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Southerners May Shoot Vaccination Volunteers
- Matt Gaetz Says Vaccine 'Makes Sense,' Was 'Smart Decision' For Parents
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The Intercept
- Nancy Pelosi’s Surprise Flip on Student Debt Cancellation Came After Urging From Billionaire Power Couple
- Pentagon Wrongly Admitted Killing 21 Civilians in Iraq and Syria
- Major Tea Party Group Was Backed by Salsa Billionaire and Other Wealthy Donors, Hacked Documents Reveal
- Infrastructure Bill Could Enable Government to Track Drivers’ Travel Data
- Mass Resignations at Scientific Journal Over Ethically Fraught China Genetics Papers
- Wall Street Investors Press Corporate Landlords on Eviction Plan
- Austin Police Decline to Investigate Complaints in Protest of Reform Attorneys
- The Problem Isn't Just Cuomo, It's the System That Made Him
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Drudge Report
- Moderna makes billions; stock doubles..
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Fox News
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- Immigrant landlord slams eviction moratorium for destroying small businesses
- DeBlasio calls on 'narcissist' Cuomo to 'get the hell out of the way' and resign
- CBS has 'moved on' from Cuomo, avoids governor's growing political woes on evening broadcast
- We did it': Crouser's gold a tribute to his fallen grandpa
- Tom Brady calls NFL players 'ignorant' after NFL franchise values rise
- Domenech: The left wants to control your life, and they're using the pandemic to do it
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The Blaze
- Mike Rowe says he regrets what he said publicly about the pandemic lockdown
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- Fully vaccinated GOP Rep. Ralph Norman tests positive for COVID-19
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- Democratic fundraising platform dumps Gov. Cuomo amidst sexual harassment scandal
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- Twitter suspends Allie Beth Stuckey for referring to transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard as 'a man'
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Vox
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Slate
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- One Thing Congress Can Always Agree On: Showering the Military With Money
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Business Insider
- Blue Origin has a new publicity strategy: Posting salty graphics that trash competitors like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic
- Acting Boston Mayor walked back her comparison of COVID-19 vaccine credentials to slavery-era freedom papers
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- Unemployment aid will vanish for 7.5 million workers in September. There's no plan to extend
- Mary Trump says Trump used his infamous 'it is what it is' dismissal when she brought up concerns about her father's burial
- Don't blame the eviction ban for small-time landlords cashing out to Wall Street firms
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The Atlantic
- Announcing the 2021 Atlantic Festival: Virtual Event Expands to Seven Days in September
- How Skateboarding at the Olympics Stayed Rebellious
- Email Is Just Shopping Now
- The Blue Wall of Silence
- Welcome to the Summer of Not Knowing What Summer It Is
- The Playful Amorality of The Suicide Squad
- The Would-Be Savior of Patagonia
- The Diplomats Without a Country
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Time
- Tom Daley Has Unveiled His Olympic Knitting Masterpiece
- Myanmar’s Military Has Weaponized COVID-19. In My Village, We Did Everything We Could to Save Ourselves
- Richard Trumka Has Died. Few Could Match His Clout in Labor Politics
- American Agriculture Almost Ruined My Little English Farm. Now I’m Trying to Save It
- Schools Expected to Leave Virtual Learning Behind in the Fall, but the Delta Variant Is Forcing a Change in Plans
- Clinics Won’t Provide It. Insurers Won’t Cover It. So Will the First Alzheimer’s Drug Make a Difference?
- The World Has Been On Fire For the Past Month. Here’s What It Looks Like
- A New Documentary Reminds Viewers of Barack Obama’s Pure Political Skill
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PBS Newshour
- California to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for health workers
- News Wrap: CDC's new eviction moratorium faces early legal challenge
- Health care workers battle Louisiana's COVID-19 surge, low vaccination rates
- How Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is responding to the delta threat
- Why the White House is pushing for more electric vehicles on the road
- Breaking down the infrastructure bill's impact on climate change
- Remembering Richard Trumka, a giant in the world of labor and unions
- Nationwide restrictions on ballot box access raise alarms for democracy advocates
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Google Business
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- CNN Fires Three Employees For Coming To Work Unvaccinated
- How to Show Proof of Your Covid Vaccine on Your Phone
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- CNN fires 3 employees for coming into office without being vaccinated
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Forbes
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FiveThirtyEight
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FastCompany
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- Anheuser-Busch thinks your dog would like a beer, too
- After the Frontier Airlines debacle, the FAA enlists airports to curb unruly passengers
- Moderna vaccine update: Efficacy timelines, booster shots, delta variant, and more
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- Biden wants half of all auto sales to be electric vehicles by 2030. Is it enough to meet climate goals?
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Smithsonian
- The True Story Behind How Pearls Are Made
- New Study Shows Climate Change May Increase the Spread of Plant Pathogens
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Atlas Obscura
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Scientific American
- Squirrels Use Gymnastics to Navigate Treetop Canopies
- Biden Tightens Vehicle Emissions Standards
- Bird Species Abundances, from Biggest to Smallest
- Vaccine Mandates Are Lawful, Effective and Based on Rock-Solid Science
- Tree by Tree, Scientists Try to Resurrect a Fire-Scarred Forest
- Meet the New Yorkers Mapping the City's Heat Islands
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- The Secret behind Songbirds' Magnetic Migratory Sense
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Outside
- A Surprise Finish—and Silver Medal for the U.S
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- Answers to All the Trail Etiquette Questions You’ve Been Too Afraid to Ask
- 8 RV Road Trips That Will Get You Off the Beaten Path
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TMZ
- Kim Kardashian & Kids Attend Kanye's 'Donda' Event Yet Again
- R. Kelly Submits List of Questions for Potential Jurors in Chicago Case
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Variety
- New Movies to Watch This Week: ‘The Suicide Squad,’ ‘Vivo,’ ‘Annette’
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Rolling Stone
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August 6
Health and environment International relations
- The Pacific Islands Forum opens with U.S. President Joe Biden addressing the summit, after being invited by Fijian President Frank Bainimarama. Biden urged the Federated States of Micronesia to rejoin after it withdrew over disagreements in the election of Henry Puna as the Secretary-General. (RNZ)
August 5
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Boko Haram insurgency
- At least 20 Chadian soldiers are killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants during a routine patrol near Lake Chad. (Reuters)
- Tigray War
- The Tigray Defense Forces capture the town of Lalibela in the Amhara Region. (National Post)
- The Colombian government announces that they have foiled an assassination attempt against President Iván Duque by FARC dissidents. (Europapress)
- 2021 California wildfires
- The Dixie Fire destroys most of Greenville, California, including large portions of its historic downtown area. (Al Jazeera)
- 2021 Turkish wildfires
- Hundreds of workers and residents are evacuated as a wildfire nears a coal-powered power plant in Muğla Province, Turkey. More than 36,000 people have been evacuated in the province, as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declares the wildfires to be the worst in Turkey's history. (Reuters)
- Thousands of firefighters and water-bombing aircraft are deployed as wildfires continue to spread across Italy amid an unprecedented heat wave caused by a heat dome event over southeast Europe. Hundreds of people are evacuated on Sardinia and Sicily, with Sardinian President Christian Solinas describing the situation as an "unprecedented disaster". (VOA)
- People in the Greek capital of Athens are told to remain indoors due to smoke from wildfires burning on the outskirts of the city. More than 500 firefighters are fighting a wildfire on Mount Parnitha, while the suburb of Varympompi is evacuated. (EU Reporter)
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
- COVID-19 vaccination in Malaysia
- The Malaysian Ministry of Health grants a conditional approval for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. (CNA)
- Malaysia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 20,596 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.2 million. (Malay Mail)
- COVID-19 vaccination in Malaysia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
- Japan reports a record 15,263 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including a record 5,042 cases in Tokyo, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 987,163. (NHK) (Associated Press)
- The Japanese government announces the expansion of the quasi-state of emergency to eight prefectures from August 8 to August 31. (The Mainichi)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan
- Kazakhstan reports a record 7,792 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 610,744 (KAZINFORM)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
- Thailand reports a record for the second consecutive day of 20,920 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 693,305. (Bangkok Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan
- Uzbekistan reports a record 951 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 133,852 (AKIPress)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Finland
- Finland restricts the operating hours in Southwest Finland, Pirkanmaa, Kymenlaakso, and the Helsinki metropolitan area to until 10 p.m. for bars and until 11 p.m. for restaurants and also bans karaoke and indoor dancing beginning on August 8 due to the worsening situation in those regions. The government also announces that vaccination of children between the ages of 12 and 15 will begin next week. (Yle)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
- The Italian government announces that the usage of a "Green Pass" will be mandatory for teachers and university students to enter educational institutions and will also be mandatory for use in long-haul air, rail, ferry, and intercity bus services beginning on September 1. (Swiss Info)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Finland
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec
- The province of Quebec announces that it will implement vaccine passports. (CBC)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- The state of Victoria enters a lockdown for the sixth time since the beginning of the pandemic, joining New South Wales and Queensland, after a currently unexplained increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. (ABC News Australia)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Chile, COVID-19 vaccination in Chile
- The Chilean government announces that they will begin administering booster doses for those who have received the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine beginning on August 11 for people over the age of 55 using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and in September for people under the age of 55 using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in order to protect the population from the Delta variant. (Bloomberg)
- International aid related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Spain donates 7.5 million vaccines to Latin American countries, with the first countries to receive these vaccines being Peru, Paraguay and Guatemala. (La Nación)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in France, COVID-19 vaccination in France
- The French Constitutional Council approves most of the controversial measures that would begin on August 9 which include requiring health passes to enter restaurants, cafés, some shopping centres, and use some types of public transportation. The council also approves the vaccine mandate for healthcare workers and other health professionals, in which they must present proof that they have received at least one dose of the vaccine beginning on September 15 and must present proof of full vaccination beginning on October 15. However, judges considered the mandatory 10-day quarantine to be a violation of aspects of French liberties. (Euronews)
- Hong Kong national security law
- LGBT organizations and Amnesty International ask Hong Kong to release detained activist Jimmy Sham, who has been repeatedly denied bail since his arrest in February. Amnesty says that Sham has been held in prison "simply for speaking out for his community and LGBTQIA+ rights in Hong Kong". These organizations also warned of Sham's upcoming trial along with 46 others where he could face many more years in prison for "subversion". (Star Observer)
- 2021 Ghana gay arrests
- A court in Ghana drops a case against 21 LGBT activists who were arrested in May. The 16 women and five men were arrested at a hotel in the Volta Region for an alleged unlawful assembly, of which the court said that there was not enough evidence to prove the charges. The other charges were dismissed, as promoting LGBT rights is not a crime in Ghana. (Reuters)
- Six members of a paramilitary force in Sudan are sentenced to death for their involvement in the killing of six people during a 2019 protest in El-Obeid. (Al Jazeera)
- Venezuelan presidential crisis
- President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador announces that the country would host talks between the Venezuelan government of Nicolás Maduro and the opposition. (Reuters)
- 2021 Iranian presidential election
- Hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi is sworn-in as the eighth President of Iran after being approved by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Raisi has promised to end US sanctions and work for the vital oil sector of Iran, which has been affected by the sanctions. (DW)
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