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The countdown to Xi Jinping's expected coronation has officially started. http://dlvr.it/SXXWj1

The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards got underway Sunday evening, with stars including Lizzo and Blackpink stepping out onto the red carpet for the big night. http://dlvr.it/SXX2Y1

The Solomon Islands has suspended entry into its waters for foreign navy ships pending adoption of a new process for approval of port visits, the Prime Minister's office said on Tuesday, in a bid to better police its exclusive economic zones. http://dlvr.it/SXTL4Q

A Miss England finalist has become the first ever beauty queen to compete without wearing any makeup in the pageant's nearly century-long history. http://dlvr.it/SXSrFT

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his main election rival and and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva traded insults Sunday during a charged election debate which also saw Bolsonaro launching a deeply personal attack on a journalist who questioned his response to the coronavirus pandemic. http://dlvr.it/SXQGq6

When it comes to fashion, street style has as much cachet as runway style -- in fact, there are dozens of blogs and Instagram accounts dedicated to chronicling the best streetwear looks. http://dlvr.it/SXPpbC

Severe rains and flooding have killed at least 1,033 people, including 348 children, and left 1,527 more injured in Pakistan since mid-June, officials said on Sunday. http://dlvr.it/SXMrCd

A month-long meeting on nuclear disarmament ended in failure at the United Nations Friday night when Russia refused to accept the final draft of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. http://dlvr.it/SXKSXX

Oscar-winning actor Nicole Kidman caught the Internet's attention this week with a new shoot for Perfect Magazine. http://dlvr.it/SXGgwk

Across China, farmers are struggling to save their livestock and crops, as huge parts of the country bake under a record-breaking heat wave that has lasted more than two months. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout takes a look at the toll on farmers and local residents.. http://dlvr.it/SXGGyw

China has unveiled 19 new measures to shore up its economy and "secure drinking water" supply as the country continues to struggle with its worst heatwave in 60 years and rigid Covld lockdowns. http://dlvr.it/SXFPw3

People on the frontlines of Europe's gas crisis are scrambling to get solar panels for their homes and businesses as they confront a "perfect storm" that's sending energy prices to record levels. http://dlvr.it/SXDYky

Two weeks after North Korea declared victory over the coronavirus, the country has reported four suspected cases in a province near its border with China. http://dlvr.it/SXD26v

It's been four years since a committee of United Nations experts called attention to "credible reports" that more than 1 million Uyghur and other Muslim minority peoples were interned in extrajudicial camps in Xinjiang in northwestern China for "re-education" and indoctrination. http://dlvr.it/SXC6XC

Pakistan rejected India's closure of the incident of the firing of a supersonic missile into Pakistani territory on March 9, and reiterated its demand for a joint probe, according to a statement Wednesday from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. http://dlvr.it/SXC6PS

Bubbling cauldrons of noodle soup, flaky flatbreads, kaleidoscopic desserts -- when it comes to street food, Asia delivers big on variety and flavor. http://dlvr.it/SX9sRf

President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in Syria on Tuesday, a little over a week after a number of rockets struck near a military base in northeastern Syria housing US troops. http://dlvr.it/SX9P3W

The wood-walled conference room has a sterile quality, and the men in muted suits seated around the wide central table are eerily alike, as if duplicated. But this photograph of a high-level corporate meeting has one outlier -- a woman with short, curled hair seated on the far left. She lines up perfectly with the group's symmetry, but she's conspicuous in her jewel-toned blue dress, her bare legs visible below the hem. http://dlvr.it/SX8sXf

India's Supreme Court will hold a hearing on a petition challenging the release last week of 11 Hindu men convicted of the gang rape of a pregnant Muslim woman during Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002 in the western state of Gujarat. http://dlvr.it/SX7xzp

Tullio Masoni makes some of the most exclusive wine in the world, but he doesn't want you to drink it. http://dlvr.it/SX7fG5

The person most likely to replace Boris Johnson as leader of Britain's governing Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the UK is a political chameleon who has gone from radical abolitionist to flag-bearer of the Euroskeptic, Conservative right.  http://dlvr.it/SWbmDc

One person died Saturday and 17 have been injured, three of them seriously, after a stage collapsed at a music festival near Valencia, Spain, according to local officials. http://dlvr.it/SWZ7bp

A man rescued from the rubble of a collapsed tunnel in Rome has been accused of digging it as part of an elaborate movie-like plot to rob a bank. http://dlvr.it/SWYnyP

More surveillance is needed of a new virus detected in dozens of people in eastern China that may not cause the next pandemic but suggests just how easily viruses can travel unnoticed from animals to humans, scientists say. http://dlvr.it/SWYSnh

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Large swaths of England have officially descended into drought, authorities announced Friday, following several months of low rainfall and relentless waves of extreme heat. http://dlvr.it/SWWKMX

Hong Kong has recorded its sharpest annual drop in population, with experts blaming the decline on strict Covid control measures and a political crackdown that have taken the shine off a financial hub long advertised as "Asia's world city." http://dlvr.it/SWVkPX

New York officials have returned 30 cultural artifacts to Cambodia, including a 10th-century Khmer sculptural "masterpiece," after the items were illegally sold to private collectors and a US museum. http://dlvr.it/SWT01c

Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy opened up about her childhood abuse in an exclusive interview with ABC's "Good Morning America." The "iCarly" co-star released a new memoir titled, "I'm Glad My Mom Died." http://dlvr.it/SWSTYt

Paris, Rome, Barcelona... Europe's cities are bucket list destinations, and rightly so. But the continent's small towns are a dream, too, with all the beautiful architecture and much of the culture you'll find in the big hitters, only with fewer crowds to share them with. http://dlvr.it/SWNdZw

The US believes Russian officials have begun training on drones in Iran over the last several weeks, the latest sign that Russia intends to purchase the systems as the war in Ukraine continues. http://dlvr.it/SWMhLY

A Brazilian Judge has ordered that German Consul Uwe Herbert Hahn should be held in custody in connection with the alleged murder of his husband in Rio de Janeiro -- denying defense claims of diplomatic immunity, according to CNN Brasil. http://dlvr.it/SWKvy1

Chile will seek to apply harsh sanctions on those responsible for a huge sinkhole near a copper mine in the country's north, the mining minister said on Monday. http://dlvr.it/SWKMRn

For centuries, medieval castles -- hulking, isolated triumphs of masonry -- have held a special place in the Western imagination, evoking at once a sense of history, fantasy, war and romance. They are the perennial backdrops for period dramas and children's books, travel brochures and fashion spreads. http://dlvr.it/SWJQF3

Netflix has had a terrible 2022. In April, it said it lost subscribers for the first time since 2011. Its stock has tumbled more than 60% so far this year. http://dlvr.it/SWGdRC

The frontrunner to replace Boris Johnson as the United Kingdom's next prime minister has a plan to rescue the country from recession — but many economists aren't too happy about it. http://dlvr.it/SWG5Hm

Chinese forces took part in drills focused on land attacks and long-range airstrikes around Taiwan on Sunday, its military said, on what was expected to be the final day of extensive exercises rolled out in response to a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. http://dlvr.it/SWCnLC

Ukrainian officials and international experts have been warning for months of the risk that fighting poses to a sprawling nuclear power plant on the banks of Dnipro River in southern Ukraine. Earlier this week, the global nuclear watchdog said the situation was becoming increasingly perilous. http://dlvr.it/SWCR1R

Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with remote communities in the impoverished southwestern province of Balochistan among the hardest hit, a government agency said. http://dlvr.it/SW8WZx

South Korea launched its first moon mission on Thursday as its homegrown lunar orbiter took off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a SpaceX rocket. http://dlvr.it/SW5Pzd

Buyers from all around the world have been snapping up dilapidated Italian homes at rock bottom prices over the past few years as numerous depopulated towns and villages attempt to revive their dwindling communities by offering property bargains. http://dlvr.it/SW36St

A young man poses shirtless, jeans hung low around the waist. His hands, which are placed delicately atop his head, accentuate his ribs and the curve of his back as he stares deep into the lens. http://dlvr.it/SW26Tq

Beach volleyball against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, equestrian disciplines in the magnificent Versailles Palace garden, and the Opening Ceremony on the Seine -- France plans to charm visitors from around the world with everything that Paris has to offer during the 2024 Summer Olympics. http://dlvr.it/SW19pF

Two years after then-President Donald Trump said he would ban TikTok in the United States through an executive order, the short-form video platform is once again under scrutiny in Washington. And the underlying issue remains largely the same: TikTok's ties to China through its parent company, Bytedance. http://dlvr.it/SW0L0r

Pakistan's election commission ruled on Tuesday that former Prime Minister Imran Khan's political party received millions of dollars in illegal funds from foreign countries, including the United States, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, and Australia. http://dlvr.it/SVypjD

She's got more than 130,000 followers on Instagram, where she posts photos of her globetrotting adventures. Her makeup is always impeccable, her clothes look straight off the runway. She sings, dances and models -- and none of it is real. http://dlvr.it/SVvTRg

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has urged the Communist Party to "win hearts and minds" of people in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as part of a "national rejuvenation." http://dlvr.it/SVsD8N

Remnants of a massive Chinese rocket that was descending uncontrollably back to Earth reentered the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean at roughly 12:45 p.m. ET Saturday, the US Space Command said on Twitter. http://dlvr.it/SVrk2D

Wild tigers in Nepal have clawed their way back from the brink of extinction. There are now almost three times as many wild tigers in the country as there were in 2009, according to the Nepalese government. http://dlvr.it/SVrjvZ

Former Philippine President Fidel Valdez Ramos, who died on Sunday, was a fighter during wars in Korea and Vietnam and a survivor in the political arena, emerging from a high-ranking security role during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos Sr. to win the vote for the nation's highest office. He was 94. http://dlvr.it/SVrGy4