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ESTEPONA, Spain (Reuters) – A wildfire has forced the evacuation of more than 900 people from around the southern Spanish resort of Estepona, local authorities said on Thursday.

MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s medicines agency AIFA said on Thursday it had approved the use of a third dose of COVID-19 vaccines for vulnerable groups of the population.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – United States President Joe Biden on Thursday took aim at vaccine resistance in America, announcing policies requiring most federal employees to get COVID-19 vaccines and pushing large employers to have their workers vaccinated or tested weekly.

(Reuters) – Foreign countries greeted the makeup of the new government in Afghanistan with caution and dismay yesterday after the Taliban appointed hardline veteran figures to top positions, including several with a U.S.

TANGERANG, Indonesia, (Reuters) – A fire killed 41 inmates in an overcrowded prison block in Indonesia’s Banten province today, a government minister said, injuring scores more in a blaze that police said may have been caused by an electrical fault.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele stepped in yesterday to manage the fraught roll-out of a payments app that underpins the nation’s adoption of bitcoin as legal tender, and called on users to report any problems on his Twitter feed.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – The continued spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spawned a Greek alphabet of variants – a naming system used by the World Health Organization (WHO) to track concerning new mutations of the virus that causes COVID-19.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Capitol Police is increasing security in preparation for potential violence at a Sept.

TANGERANG, Indonesia, (Reuters) – A fire killed 41 inmates in an overcrowded prison block in Indonesia’s Banten province on Wednesday, a government minister said, injuring scores more in a blaze that police said may have been caused by an electrical fault.

COPENHAGEN,  (Reuters) – The world’s largest plant that sucks carbon dioxide directly from the air and deposits it underground is due to start operating on Wednesday, the company behind the nascent green technology said.

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro slammed the country’s Supreme Court and cast doubt on the integrity of next year’s elections yesterday as his supporters rallied in major cities at a time of heightened tensions in Latin America’s largest democracy.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled yesterday that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, a major victory for advocates of women’s health and human rights, just as parts of the United States enact tougher laws against the practice.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden yesterday toured sites of deadly floods in the Northeast and said Hurricane Ida demonstrated the ravages of climate change as he pressed for investments to boost infrastructure and fight global warming.

LAGOS, (Reuters) – The government of a state in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta region has said it would collect value added tax (VAT) in its territory rather than leaving it for a federal agency, a move that threatens the way the nation’s wealth is shared out.

(Reuters) – The Taliban drew from its inner high echelons to fill top posts in Afghanistan’s new government yesterday, including an associate of the Islamist militant movement’s founder as premier and a wanted man on a U.S.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador today became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, although it suffered teething problems when the government had to unplug a digital wallet to cope with demand.

BARCELONA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – On the heels of last month’s warning from the U.N.

(Reuters) – The Taliban claimed victory yesterday in the last part of Afghanistan still holding out against their rule, declaring that the capture of the Panjshir valley completed their takeover of the country and they would unveil a new government soon.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard said yesterday it was investigating nearly 350 reports of oil spills in and along the U.S.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil prepared for Independence Day demonstrations today by supporters of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who has called for a show of support for his attacks on the country’s Supreme Court that are rattling Latin America’s largest democracy.