Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon announced that all teachers, staff members and volunteers in the state's elementary and secondary schools would have to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

The World Health Organization's Africa director said the introduction of booster shots in some wealthy nations threatened vaccination efforts on the continent, where only 2 percent of the population is fully vaccinated.

Hurricane Grace weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall Thursday morning south of Cancun, and could possibly return to hurricane strength as it moves toward mainland Mexico.

Maj. Gen. William Taylor said on Thursday that over 5,000 troops were on the ground at Kabul's airport to maintain order and that approximately 7,000 people have been evacuated on flights since Aug. 14.

Four student union leaders at the University of Hong Kong were arrested on Wednesday after they had held a moment of silence for a man who stabbed a police officer and then killed himself.

Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general, said on Wednesday that the White House coronavirus response team planned to begin offering booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines in September, pending F.D.A. approval.

Pope Francis created a video encouraging followers around the world to get a coronavirus vaccine, citing the sacrifice as an act of love to stop the spread of the disease and protect the world's vulnerable.

The Taliban faced off against protestors in the northeastern city of Jalalabad. Taliban soldiers fired shots into the crowd and beat protesters and journalists.

Authorities issued evacuation orders as the Dixie Fire, the second-largest in California's recorded history, burned toward the city of Susanville in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's spokesman, said there would not be reprisals against foreign nationals under Taliban rule and that women would be allowed to work 'in accordance with Shariah law.'