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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