The Women’s World Cup expanded to 32 teams this year. Has the quality suffered? A record 32 countries are participating in this year’s Women’s World Cup – up from 24. When FIFA announced the increase in 2019, people were worried the quality of the soccer tournament would suffer. Read more on NPR

A Honduras mayor gambled on a plan for her town. She got 80 guitars … and a lot more Mayor Suyapa Jaqueline Trejo wanted music education for the youth of Macuelizo and a better quality of life for her town. Her municipality was strapped for cash. So she came up with a novel idea. Read…

Cambodia’s leader Hun Sen is set to win an election again after opposition suppressed Sunday in Cambodia’s general election in which longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party is all but assured a landslide victory thanks to the effective suppression any real opposition. Read more on NPR

Polls are open in Spain in an election that could herald a return of the right Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called the early election after his Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party and its far-left partner, Unidas Podemos, took a beating in local and regional elections in May. Read more on NPR

Heavy flooding in Afghanistan has killed at least 12 people and left dozens missing Government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Sunday that around 40 people are missing after the flash flooding late Saturday night in the Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province, west of Kabul. Read more on NPR

A Russian strike on Ukraine’s Odesa has killed one and badly damaged a cathedral Russia struck the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa again on Sunday, keeping up a barrage of attacks that has damaged critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine in the past week. Read more on NPR

2,000 people have been evacuated as a wildfire rages on the Greek island of Rhodes A wildfire burning on the Greek island of Rhodes for a fifth day has forced authorities to order an evacuation of sites including seaside resorts that are full of tourists. Read more on NPR

Rabbits have overrun a suburban Florida community. Volunteers hop to the rescue Two years after a resident allegedly let loose lionhead rabbits, the fluffy animals now outnumber the homes in the Jenada Isle neighborhood. The bunny invasion has left some locals hopping mad. Read more on NPR

An Afghan teen makes it to the U.S., but his family is left behind in Kabul As Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021, a teenager got separated from his family at the airport and wound up on a plane without them. He’s been living on his own in the U.S. Read more on NPR