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Hong Kong paralyzed by flash flooding after heaviest rainfall since 1884 (www.cnn.com)

Record-breaking rainfall paralyzed much of Hong Kong on Friday, with flash flooding submerging metro stations and trapping drivers on roads, as authorities suspended schools and urged the public to seek safe shelter....

Ukraine says it has identified a Russian commander accused of Bucha atrocities (www.cnn.com)

Nobel Foundation reverses decision to invite Russia to prize ceremony following backlash (www.cnn.com)

The Nobel Foundation has U-turned on a controversial decision to invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to the Nobel Prize award ceremony after facing widespread criticism....

Exclusive: Smuggler with ties to ISIS helped migrants enter US from Mexico, raising alarm bells across government (www.cnn.com)

The FBI is investigating more than a dozen Uzbek nationals allowed into the US after they sought asylum at the southern border with Mexico earlier this year, a scramble set off when US intelligence officials found that the migrants traveled with the help of a smuggler with ties to ISIS, according to multiple US officials....

Man in jail for allegedly holding woman captive in makeshift dungeon caught trying to escape cell (www.cnn.com)

The Oregon man arrested for allegedly holding a woman captive in a makeshift cinder block dungeon was caught trying to escape jail, officials said....

Russian and Chinese warships sail close to Japanese islands on eve of Biden's trilateral summit (www.cnn.com)

Japan expressed “grave concern” after Chinese and Russian warships sailed close to its southern islands on Thursday, just a day before its leader is expected to discuss rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific at a summit with counterparts from South Korea and the United States.

Invasive yellow-legged hornet, which ‘poses a threat to honeybees,’ detected in the wild for the first time in the United States (www.cnn.com)

The first live specimen of a yellow-legged hornet, which “poses a threat to honeybees and other pollinators,” has been detected in the wild in the United States, according to a release from the Georgia Department of Agriculture....

Maui's emergency management chief resigns, citing health reasons, a week after start of deadly wildfires | CNN (www.cnn.com)

The death toll from the Maui wildfires has climbed to 99. Here's what we know about the deadliest US fire in over a century (www.cnn.com)

As of Monday afternoon, officials confirmed 99 people have died, up from the previous count of 96. Hawaii Gov. Josh Green told CNN Monday the death toll would likely increase “very significantly” and could double over the next 10 days.

Biden says he plans to travel to Vietnam 'shortly' (www.cnn.com)

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that he plans to soon visit Vietnam in an effort “to change our relationship,” with the Southeast Asian nation.

Over 120 million people in Eastern US are at risk for severe storms that could bring large hail and damaging winds (www.cnn.com)

A potent storm system is moving east after battering the Ohio River Valley Sunday and increasing the risk for severe weather Monday across a large area of the country to the east of the Mississippi River....

Drought-stricken Mexico is turning to a controversial technology to make it rain | CNN (www.cnn.com)

Melting ice reveals remains of climber lost on glacier 37 years ago (www.cnn.com)

The remains of a German mountain climber who went missing 37 years ago while hiking along a glacier near Switzerland’s iconic Matterhorn have been recovered, as melting glaciers lead to the re-emergence of bodies and objects thought to be long lost.

magma gravity well Indian Ocean (www.cnn.com)

the scale of this reminds me how tenuous our existence remains. alt source: boingboing.net/…/theres-a-gravity-hole-in-the-ind…

The Gilgo Beach killings suspect's wife unknowingly helped in his arrest. She's now filed for divorce. (www.cnn.com)

A train derailment outside Philadelphia leads to precautionary evacuations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (www.cnn.com)

Tesla builds its first Cybertruck four years after unveiling prototype (www.cnn.com)

Tesla finally built its first Cybertruck, the company tweeted Saturday, two years behind schedule.

Grandmother of teen killed in police stop calls for calm, as France sees sixth night of protest | CNN (www.cnn.com)

Australian firm sues Twitter for $665,000 for not paying bills (www.cnn.com)

Twitter, also known as X Corp, no longer has a media relations office. Reuters could not immediately reach Twitter’s Australia office.

21,000 Wagner mercenaries killed in Ukraine and 'world wants to kill' Putin, Zelensky says | CNN (www.cnn.com)

US citizen detained on drug charges in Moscow identified as rock band manager Travis Leake (www.cnn.com)

US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine (www.cnn.com)

176 gravestones at 2 Jewish cemeteries vandalized, FBI investigating | CNN (www.cnn.com)

Nearly 180 gravestones at two Jewish cemeteries in Cincinnati have been vandalized, according to the Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati and the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati....

US blasts ‘aggressive’ China over South China Sea collision with Philippine ship (www.cnn.com)

The United States on Monday condemned China over a collision with the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, the latest in a series of increasingly fraught confrontations that have raised the potential of a flashpoint for global conflict in the vital waterway....