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• Powerful 6.6-magnitude quake rocks Colombia, geological agency says

  The Colombian geological service put the magnitude of the quake at 6.6 while its American counterpart USGS put it at 7.4.

• 'Chess player' Iran says Hormuz stays shut until US pays up

  Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson shot back that Iranians had "shown they are professional chess players" after Trump said he was "low-keying it" and likened talks with Tehran to a chess game.

• Saudi factory fire kills 16 Bangladeshis, Dhaka announces

  Bangladesh's foreign ministry reported "the tragic deaths of 16 Bangladeshi nationals in a fire at a sofa manufacturing factory in Riyadh" in its Monday statement.

• UEFA, AFC, CONCACAF target embattled Infantino in damning open letter

  The open letter criticised Infantino’s judgment and called on FIFA to apologise for poor leadership rather than miscommunication amid its failed attempt to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors.

• Days of heavy rain leave at least 13 dead in Philippines, rescuers say

  The Philippines is the first major landmass facing the Pacific cyclone belt and the archipelago is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year.

• Firefighters battle wildfire in eastern Spain's Castellón

  More than 300 firefighters and 21 aircraft are battling a wildfire in Tírig, eastern Spain, which has burned 810 hectares since breaking out on Friday.

• Hundreds join Copenhagen kayak parade in support of Greenland

  Hundreds of kayakers paddled through Copenhagen harbour on Sunday waving Greenlandic flags, marking the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples in a show of solidarity with Greenland.

• Six Colombian rebels killed in 'message' by President Abelardo de la Espriella's new government

  The six killed by Colombian forces on Sunday include four members of a splinter faction of the former FARC guerrilla group, as well as, two members of the Gulf Clan, Colombia's main drug cartel, in Antioquia department in the northwest.

• Costumed paddleboarders float down Moscow river in carnival

  Hundreds of costumed paddleboarders floated down Moscow's Yauza river on Sunday for an annual stand-up paddleboard carnival, cheered on by live bands and crowds on the bridges above.

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