LISBON, Portugal (AFP) — Portugal’s Algarve tourist region  was the latest to be hit by violent forest fires Thursday, prompting the evacuation of a luxury hotel and three hamlets, officials said. Backed by water-dropping aircraft, over 2,700 firefighters were trying to bring under control some 100 blazes nationwide despite a respite from the intense heat which has gripped the country in recent days. About 50 tourists, including many British nationals, were evacuated from a hotel […]