Stocks climb ahead of tech earnings, central bank calls
The world's main stock markets mostly climbed Monday as investors geared up for the week's crucial run of central bank decisions and tech earnings, while oil prices retreated from a six-month high.
Read moreUS singer Chris Brown avoids jail over London nightclub brawl
American singer Chris Brown avoided jail when sentenced by a UK court Monday after pleading guilty to a public order offence during a 2023 brawl at a London nightclub.
Read morePart of London's Oxford Street pedestrianised 'forever'
A stretch of London's iconic Oxford Street was made traffic-free "forever" starting Monday, as pedestrians took over the country's most famous shopping street, absent of the capital's red double-decker buses and black cabs.
Read moreUS singer Chris Brown avoids jail over UK nightclub brawl
American R&B singer Chris Brown avoided jail when sentenced by a UK court Monday after pleading guilty to a public order offence during a 2023 brawl at a London nightclub.
Read moreCanadian youth seek climate action in landmark trial
Fifteen young Canadians will try to prove the federal government has breached their rights through insufficient action on climate change in a landmark trial that opens Monday in the west coast city of Vancouver.
Read moreMan Utd crisis deepens as Carrick faces axe
Winless in eight games and hovering just above the Premier League relegation zone, struggling Manchester United are facing the prospect of yet another managerial change, with Michael Carrick likely to pay the price.
Read moreTrump blasts Norway over Nobel Peace Prize snub
US President Donald Trump attacked Norway during a campaign rally, calling it a "shit house country," and said that Norwegian immigrants were not welcome in the United States because its Nobel Committee had not awarded him the Peace Prize.
Read moreSerbian student movement eyes power after resounding snap poll victory
Serbia's student-led movement targeted a clear majority on Monday as it prepared to govern after ending 14 years of right-wing populist rule.
Read moreJapan PM vows swift response to wave of cyberattacks
Japan will draft an emergency cybersecurity policy package in response to a sudden recent wave of hacking incidents, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday.
Read moreEala breezes past world number 411 in Tokyo opener
Philippines star Alexandra Eala said "the ball doesn't know what rank you are" after beating world number 411 Mika Stojsavljevic 6-1, 6-2 in her opener in Tokyo on Monday.
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