Argentina and the United States signed off on a $20 billion financial lifeline Monday, hoping to avert economic meltdown and boost President Javier Milei ahead of tough legislative elections.
The Trump administration has redoubled its efforts to bolster a fragile ceasefire in Gaza after a flare-up of violence, with Vice President JD Vance due in Israel on Tuesday hot on the heels of two high-level envoys.
A US appeals court said Monday that President Donald Trump can send National Guard troops to Portland, despite objections from Oregon's governor.
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Scandal-hit Prince Andrew could face more legal woes, his biographer Andrew Lownie told AFP Monday, as the British royal family braces for more damaging revelations in a posthumous memoir written by his accuser Virginia Giuffre.
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Stock markets rose Monday after conciliatory comments from US President Donald Trump at the weekend eased worries about China-US trade tensions.
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Colombia on Monday recalled its ambassador to the United States as a public feud between the nations' leaders heated up with President Donald Trump revoking aid and threatening punishing tariffs, or more.
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The Louvre was closed for a second day Monday as police hunted for thieves who broke in and stole priceless royal jewels in a spectacular daylight robbery.
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UK lawmakers stepped up calls Monday for the government to formally strip Prince Andrew of his titles, as the royal family braced for even more damaging revelations in his accuser Virginia Giuffre's upcoming posthumous memoir.
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The agency responsible for safeguarding the US nuclear stockpile began placing most staff on enforced leave Monday, US media reported, as the government shutdown dragged into a fourth week.
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Ballon d'Or winner Ousmane Dembele was on Monday included in Paris Saint-Germain's squad to face Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League after a six-week injury layoff.
Pope Leo XIV held his first meeting Monday with a group of survivors of sexual abuse by priests, with one participant describing it as a "free-flowing" discussion about what the Church should do.
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick admitted on Monday that he did not want his grandchildren to see him behaving as he did when he was sent off after making an obscene gesture as he celebrated a late winner against Girona.
Two of the United States' top envoys to the Middle East met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after weekend violence threatened to wreck a fragile US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza.
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After three wins in his last five outings, Max Verstappen was hailed as "the boss" after victory at the United States Grand Prix on Sunday, confirming his and Red Bull's renaissance as he seeks to claim a fifth title.
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It was yet another tragedy linked to hooliganism in South American football: A young woman died after shards from a glass bottle thrown during a fight between fans sliced her throat.
Former junior Springbok captain Zachary Porthen earned his first senior South Africa call-up as the world champions' coach Rassie Erasmus on Monday named a 36-man tour squad for next month's internationals.
Ireland wing Mack Hansen has been ruled out of next month's Test against New Zealand in Chicago after aggravating a foot injury, the Irish Rugby Football Union said on Monday.
Shares in France's biggest bank, BNP Paribas, sank more than seven percent in trading on Monday, following a US court verdict late last week finding it liable for atrocities committed in Sudan.
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