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CNN's Coy Wire sits down with swimming legend Michael Phelps about the mental health of athletes amidst the pandemic and life as an Olympics spectator now he has retired.

Valea -Trestieni (Moldova) (AFP) – A growing cohort of farmers in Moldova are fuelling an ambitious resurgence of lavender oil, whose cultivation had collapsed along with the Soviet Union.

Parts of the South and the Northwest will see hot temperatures today as monsoon rains continue in the Southwest. CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the latest.

People protest shortly after Tunisian President Kais Saied announced the suspension of parliament and dismissal of Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi following a day of protests against the ruling party, who condemned the move as a "coup d'etat".

In a CNN exclusive, Noor Wali Mehsud, the leader of Pakistan's Tehrik-i-Taliban, discusses the group's relationship with Afghanistan's Taliban in his first television interview. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says anti-lockdown protesters are "selfish" for breaking social distancing rules. In the meantime, Hanoi, Vietnam, is under lockdown to try to contain a spike in new cases there. And in Indonesia, restrictions have been extended by a week.

Zhengzhou (China) (AFP) – Vehicles are seen in a pile up on a motorway after record rainfall caused deadly floods in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou.

CNN's Pamela Brown looks at former Trump White House press secretary Sarah Sanders' delayed support of the coronavirus vaccines even as Sanders blames President Biden, Democrats and Dr. Fauci, among others, for vaccine hesitancy.

Dr. Michael Bolding made an emotional plea for people in Arkansas to get the Covid-19 vaccine. He speaks with CNN's Pamela Brown about what it has been like treating unvaccinated patients as cases surge.

At least nine people are dead and another three are injured after a landslide in northern India sent rocks careening down a mountain near the Sangla Valley.