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At least 69 people have been killed in flooding and landslides that hit cities across Iran, Iran's Crisis Management Organization said on Sunday. http://dlvr.it/SVpZh6

Austrian leaders appealed for national unity after a doctor who faced death threats from anti-vaccination activists and coronavirus pandemic conspiracy theorists took her own life. http://dlvr.it/SVpGFx

Russian government officials requested that a former colonel from the country's domestic spy agency who was convicted of murder in Germany last year be included in the US' proposed swap of a notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, multiple sources familiar with the discussions told CNN. http://dlvr.it/SVnWkp

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to launch yet another military incursion into northeast Syria. http://dlvr.it/SVkVPP

It was a project always destined to go up in a puff of smoke, at least part of it. And now British artist Damien Hirst has announced he will burn thousands of his paintings at his London gallery as part of his year-long NFT project, baldly titled "The Currency." http://dlvr.it/SVk2Ss

In simulated scenes, a hostile enemy attempts to seize control of a key waterway close to the Taiwanese capital. Attacking from sea and air, the invading forces target the mouth of the Tamsui River on the island's northern coast -- a strategic estuary that provides direct access to the center of Taipei. http://dlvr.it/SVdmcr

Countries across Asia are on high alert for monkeypox, screening travelers and scrambling teams of medics, as they report their first cases of the virus, now identified as a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO). http://dlvr.it/SVb0lC

At least 36 people have died and about 50 others have been hospitalized in western India after drinking contaminated alcohol, according to police. http://dlvr.it/SVZV8M

I have reinstated the alarm clock. An overlooked mechanism in today's technologically-synced, your-phone-does-everything world, it tells the time, it wakes you up, it is decentralized from a phone. It is marvelous. http://dlvr.it/SVZ4L1

From a multi-day trek tracing the routes of a Japanese poet, to a classic clamber in the Argentinian Lake District, there are thousands of incredible trails that allow us to get up close to nature. http://dlvr.it/SVXMZ9

It's been almost 20 years since Concorde flew for the final time. http://dlvr.it/SVWrhf

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added six destinations to its "high" risk category for travel on Monday. http://dlvr.it/SVVfwj

Once regarded as the sole democracy to have emerged from the mass protests of the Arab Spring in 2011, Tunisia is today voting on a newly minted constitution that analysts fear could be the final nail in the coffin of its democratic era. http://dlvr.it/SVVP6h

Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard won his first Tour de France title in Paris on the famed Champs-Élysées Sunday. http://dlvr.it/SVTlhp

Severe heat warnings were issued for almost 70 Chinese cities, where temperatures were expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) Monday, according to the China Meteorological Administration. http://dlvr.it/SVSnpL

One of the two American citizens who recently died in the Donbas region of Ukraine has been identified as Luke Lucyszyn, his mother told CNN. http://dlvr.it/SVRxHy

Rescuers in the Bahamas have found the bodies of 17 Haitian migrants thought to have died after their vessel capsized in rough seas during a "suspected human smuggling operation," the country's leader said. http://dlvr.it/SVRfyH

Pope Francis departed Rome on Sunday for a week-long trip to Edmonton, Canada, where he's set to apologize for the Catholic Church's role in the abuse of Canadian Indigenous children in residential schools. http://dlvr.it/SVRRQr

Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders in the country have been given domestic Covid-19 vaccines, the ruling Communist party said in a rare disclosure aimed at stimulating China's booster program. http://dlvr.it/SVQz5J

The two candidates jostling to become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom are making big promises about rescuing the country's economy. It won't be an easy task. http://dlvr.it/SVQ4mY

In a bold attempt to get inflation under control, the European Central Bank on Thursday announced it would hike its key interest rate by a half percentage point. http://dlvr.it/SVPcV6

Malaysian authorities have seized a massive haul of trafficked animal parts, including elephant tusks, rhino horns, pangolin scales and tiger bones worth around 80 million ringgit ($17.9 million). http://dlvr.it/SV7Kf5

Ukrainian soldier Stepan Kaplunov, 31, was desperate to avoid capture because he is actually a Russian citizen and former Russian soldier. He has been fighting on the front lines against his own country since 2014 to help prevent Putin "reviving USSR 2.0." CNN's Scott McLean meets him in a rehab center in Kyiv after a tank shell exploded next to him. http://dlvr.it/SV7KYg

More than 50 US and Japanese warplanes flew over waters near Japan this week as the two allies put on a show of force amid rising tensions in the region with China and Russia. http://dlvr.it/STx1h3

Eight-time champion Germany qualified for the quarterfinals of the Women's Euro 2022 with a 2-0 victory over Spain on Tuesday. http://dlvr.it/STq5Qc

A Hong Kong court on Tuesday sentenced a veteran activist to nine months in jail under a colonial-era sedition law for planning to protest against the Beijing Winter Olympics earlier this year. http://dlvr.it/STq5L0

Millions of Shanghai residents braved sweltering heat Tuesday to wait in line for compulsory Covid tests, as growing case numbers and the emergence of a highly infectious Omicron subvariant spurred new fears of a return to mass lockdown. http://dlvr.it/STpbzs

A US Navy destroyer sailed near a disputed South China Sea island chain on Wednesday, challenging the restrictions imposed by China and others on transit through the area. http://dlvr.it/STpbx5

On a small group of atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, Kiribati islanders celebrated their Independence Day Tuesday with a President who had skipped the region's first face-to-face meeting in three years. http://dlvr.it/STltT8

Australia's Aboriginal flag will replace the New South Wales state flag on Sydney Harbour Bridge, after officials scrapped a 25 million Australian dollar ($17 million) scheme that would have accommodated both. http://dlvr.it/SThHzK

After going through a divorce and moving home for the 11th time, Barbara Iweins decided to take stock of her life -- and everything in it. http://dlvr.it/SThHx2

Devin, the founder of a cryptocurrency startup based in San Francisco, woke up one day in February to the most bizarre phone call of his life. http://dlvr.it/STgCyj

A Toronto-based filmmaker says she has received a deluge of death threats and abuse from Hindu nationalists in India after she depicted the goddess Kali smoking a cigarette. http://dlvr.it/STcfyY

India risks damaging its reputation among foreign investors with its "frequent investigations" into Chinese companies, Beijing said this week. http://dlvr.it/STYhjY

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe declared the country bankrupt as it suffers its worst financial crisis in decades. Millions are struggling to buy food and fuel while negotiations with the IMF prove 'difficult' due to the country's bankruptcy status. CNN's Vedika Sud reports. http://dlvr.it/STW3Pj

Singapore on Thursday executed two men for drug trafficking, ignoring pleas for mercy from human rights campaigners who fear "a new wave" of hangings in the Asian city state notorious for its strict drugs laws. http://dlvr.it/STVWfQ

A well-known Ukrainian paramedic who was held prisoner by Russian and separatist forces for three months after being captured in the southeastern city of Mariupol has accused her guards of psychological and physical torture during her time in captivity. http://dlvr.it/STV1j0

A group of climate activists who have disrupted major galleries this week to send a message to the UK government have struck again -- this time at the Royal Academy of Art in London. http://dlvr.it/STV1ff

Australian authorities have charged 12 members of a religious group with the alleged murder of an 8-year-old girl, police said in a statement Tuesday. http://dlvr.it/STQrct

South Korea, one of the world's most fossil fuel-reliant economies, is re-embracing nuclear energy, with the government announcing Tuesday it will restart construction on two nuclear reactors and extend the life of those already in operation. http://dlvr.it/STQrYj

The trial in China of a missing Chinese-Canadian tycoon who was abducted from a hotel room in Hong Kong five years ago will take place without consular access, the Canadian Embassy in Beijing told CNN on Tuesday. http://dlvr.it/STML7Y

The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic 60 million euro paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne. http://dlvr.it/STMKnb

Eighteen people were killed and 243 wounded during unrest in Uzbekistan's autonomous province of Karakalpakstan last week, Uzbek authorities said on Monday -- the worst bout of violence in the Central Asian nation in 17 years. http://dlvr.it/STMHSm

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on Myanmar's junta leaders to talk to their opponents amid concerns over escalating violence and deteriorating human rights in the Southeast Asian country. http://dlvr.it/STJmrN

Indian police made fresh arrests at the weekend over the murder of a Hindu tailor in Rajasthan -- a crime that sparked tensions between the Hindu majority and Muslim minority and a clampdown on protests and the internet to prevent them from escalating. http://dlvr.it/STJmpP

A rescue team from mainland China saved a crew member of a ship that broke in half and sank during Typhoon Chaba in the early hours of Monday morning -- just hours after their counterparts in Hong Kong said a "miracle" would be needed to find any more survivors. http://dlvr.it/STJN8F

Carlos Sainz secured his first victory in F1 during a dramatic British Grand Prix on Sunday where Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu survived a huge crash on the first lap. http://dlvr.it/STHdqR

• This Ukrainian athlete convinced his parents to leave Bucha before Russian tanks rolled in, now he's helping save others • Video: Symbol of Ukrainian resistance at center of new dispute http://dlvr.it/STHdnn

North Korea has criticized an agreement between the United States, South Korea and Japan to strengthen military cooperation -- claiming it is part of a US plan to create a military alliance like NATO in the region. http://dlvr.it/STGCy6

Hundreds of people stormed Libya's eastern parliament building in the port city of Tobruk on Friday, according to local media reports, the latest in a string of clashes between groups supporting rivaling leaders. http://dlvr.it/STDKvW