Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan has been dropped from officiating at the World Cup after being barred from entering the United States, world football's governing body FIFA said on Monday.
Brazil said Monday it was temporarily suspending use of the world's first single-dose dengue vaccine following two suspicious deaths.
Tech stocks drove global equity markets on Monday, with steep selling last week having a knock-on effect in Asia but attracting US investors to buy the dip, while oil prices rose moderately after Iran and Israel exchanged strikes against one another despite a purported ceasefire.
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As governments around the world struggle with ways to reverse plunging birth rates, new US studies suggest they have ignored a key culprit -- the smartphone.
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The incoming COP31 negotiations president told AFP on Monday the Middle East war underscored the need to "get off fossil fuels" and rejected criticism the UN climate summit was losing relevance.
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Wayve, a British startup specialised in artificial intelligence for self-driving vehicles, said Monday it was ready to launch its robotaxi service with Uber in London as early as this summer.
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Pope Leo XIV on Monday promised victims of sexual violence by Catholic clergy that the Church would make "additional efforts" to change during a meeting in Madrid, the Vatican said.
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Iran and Israel said on Monday that hostilities between them had halted, after the two countries exchanged strikes that threatened to reignite the Middle East war.
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Liverpool cult hero Divock Origi has announced his retirement from football at the age of 31.
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French Polynesia has announced it will expand the size of its fully shielded natural reserves inside what is already the world's largest marine protected area in the far South Pacific.
New York's fabled Madison Square Garden will go into virtual lockdown Monday as police throw a tight security cordon around the venue where President Donald Trump is attending game three of the NBA Finals with his hometown Knicks.
Recreational boating activity in Monegasque waters surged during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend, reaching nearly six times the level observed the previous week, the maritime tracking website MarineTraffic reported on Monday.
Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan, set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals, was denied entry to the United States, a sports ministry official told AFP on Monday.
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Former Italy international Fabio Grosso, who resigned as coach of Sassuolo last week, has signed a two-year contract with Fiorentina, the Serie A club announced on Monday.
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Denmark's Anthon Charmig broke clear on the final climb of the long second stage of the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes on Monday to claim the biggest win of his career.
France international Ibrahima Konate has agreed a four-year deal with Real Madrid after leaving Liverpool, a source close to the negotiations told AFP on Monday.
The head of the World Health Organization visited Uganda on Monday and praised its efforts to limit the spread of an Ebola outbreak from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the southern Philippines on Monday killed at least 35 people, according to provincial authorities, after toppling buildings and sparking tsunami warnings across the region.
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