WORLD HIGHLIGHTS

►Spain

MADRID Two people have been killed in an explosion in the town of Orio in northern Spain, EFE news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the Basque regional security department.

►Argentina BUENOS

AIRES Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said on Tuesday she will not run for president in the elections scheduled for October.

►Mexico MEXICO

CITY A Canadian tourist was killed in Puerto Escondido, a relaxed beach town popular with surfers in the Mexican state of Oaxaca this week, local authorities said on Tuesday, a day after another tourist was killed in an attack in the popular holiday region.

►Lesotho MASERU

A night curfew took effect in Lesotho on Tuesday, as authorities hope that curtailing movement will help curb gun violence in the small southern African kingdom, the move comes days after a prominent radio journalist was shot dead in a killing that shocked the nation.

►Brazil BRASILIA

Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro rejected on Tuesday accusations of tampering with his COVID-19 vaccination records, a document reviewed by Reuters showed, as local authorities investigate the former far-right leader and some of his allies.

►US

NORTH CAROLINA

North Carolina Republican lawmakers overrode a veto by the state's Democratic governor to enact a law on Tuesday that cuts the window for most abortions in the southern state from 20 to 12 weeks.

►Malawi LILONGWE

A baby died and 23 people are missing after a hippopotamus hit a boat travelling on Malawi's Shire River, authorities said on Tuesday. AGENCIES