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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.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador has bought its first 200 bitcoins, President Nayib Bukele said yesterday, an announcement that sent the price of the cryptocurrency rising one day before the country formally adopts it as legal tender alongside the U.S.

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden declared that a major disaster exists in New Jersey, days after Hurricane Ida caused intense flooding that killed dozens in the U.S.

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

CONAKRY,  (Reuters) – Special forces soldiers appeared yesterday to have ousted Guinea’s long-serving president, telling the nation they had dissolved its government and constitution and closed its land and air borders.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Ida’s death toll continued to rise yesterday, with many in the U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives Republican said his party does not deserve to win majorities in congressional elections next year if it pushes lies and conspiracy theories, saying that it “desperately needs to tell the truth.”

MUZAFFARNAGAR, India, (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of farmers gathered in India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh today, the biggest rally yet in a months-long series of demonstrations to press Narendra Modi’s government to repeal three new agricultural laws.