French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Monday that a state of emergency could be imposed "if needed", while adding that curfews were a better solution to the crisis over violent protests.
The world's top climate scientists will reconvene at the earliest opportunity, the panel's chair said on Monday, after member states failed to agree when to release its crucial new findings on global heating.
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama accused protesters of crossing a "red line" Monday after a police station was set ablaze during anti-government demonstrations.
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Microsoft confirmed Monday that it has pulled out of a UK AI data centre deal with British start-up Nscale, in a blow to the country's artificial intelligence ambitions.
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Australia is boosting its undersea warfare capability by equipping its Ghost Shark autonomous submarine with "swarms" of aerial drones and sea mines, its defence ministry said Monday.
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China's economy grew slightly more than expected in the third quarter, but Monday's figures still came in at the lower end of the government's full-year target, as the global energy shock and weak domestic demand counter surging exports.
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On his terrace overlooking the forest in eastern Pennsylvania, Ed Negra lays out four letters. All are from a developer promising a $10,000 check to each household once its data center is running.
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Asian stocks mostly fell Monday as traders tracked a tech-heavy selloff on Wall Street that was fuelled by growing worries over the AI investment boom.
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In a US city once known for its steel industry, workers enjoy family outings beside retired, rust-streaked blast furnaces.
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China's economy grew slightly more than expected in the third quarter, but Monday's figures still came in at the lower end of the government's full-year target, as the global energy shock and weak domestic demand counter surging exports.
Firing off personal attacks, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro held an acrimonious first debate Sunday, a week before a tight presidential election runoff.
One preaches love and reconciliation. The other champions confrontation and unyielding conservatism. Both invoke Christianity as they battle for a US Senate seat in Texas that could help determine control of Congress.
Britain's Met Office says this year's El Nino is "unprecedented." Japan's weather agency has called it the strongest ever observed. US forecasters say it still trails the biggest events in its record books.
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The sea, facing a favela in Brazil's northeastern city of Salvador, serves as a backdrop for the last photograph Vilma Alves de Oliveira has with her son, who she claims was killed by police three years ago.
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Juan Mayorga smiled as a stingray glided across his computer screen, moving gracefully over the seabed near Portugal's Desertas Islands, part of the Madeira archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean.
A bumblebee-like insect that was last seen in France 150 years ago was spotted again in the Paris region in 2025.
French phenomenon Victor Wembanyama, knocking on the door almost since his arrival in the NBA three years ago, is poised for the ultimate breakout season with the San Antonio Spurs.
Nearly 200 nations are gathering in Armenia on Monday for critical negotiations as governments come under pressure to salvage a landmark nature pact whose goals are slipping out of reach.
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