Former France, Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain defender Mamadou Sakho announced his retirement on Monday aged 35.
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has generally avoided escalation in the face of Donald Trump's relentless criticism -- but in recent months, the central banker has become a rare figure to publicly resist his attacks.
La Rochelle scrum-half Nolann Le Garrec, who was expected to be back-up to Antoine Dupont for France in the Six Nations, is likely to miss the start of the tournament after announcing on Monday he will be sidelined "for the moment".
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Politics
Washington announced Monday Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado will meet President Donald Trump this week as pressure grew on the interim leadership in Caracas to speed up the release of political prisoners.
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The UK government has paid "substantial" compensation to a Guantanamo detainee who was tortured by the CIA and has been held there without charge for two decades, his lawyer said Monday.
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A violent crackdown on a wave of protests in Iran has killed at least 648 people, a rights group said on Monday, as Iranian authorities sought to regain control of the streets with mass nationwide rallies.
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The dollar mostly fell and gold hit a record high on Monday as investors digested news that the US Justice Department is probing the Federal Reserve, raising fears over the central bank's independence against President Donald Trump's push for lower rates.
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Cuba's leader on Monday reacted defiantly to President Donald Trump's threats to "make a deal" or pay the price in the aftermath of key ally Nicolas Maduro's ouster in a US military raid.
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Technology
Homosexual behaviour in primates has a deep evolutionary basis and is more likely to occur in species that live in harsh environments, are hunted by predators or live in more complex societies, scientists said Monday.
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Venezuela said Monday it had freed dozens more political prisoners as rights groups questioned the numbers and family members clamored for speedier releases after the US military ouster of long-term autocrat Nicolas Maduro.
Some 15,000 nurses went on strike Monday in New York city at three large private hospital groups over pay and conditions.
New Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior said Monday he would love to be at the club for six years or longer as he prepares for a blockbuster League Cup semi-final against Arsenal.
Meta on Monday appointed banker Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chairman, tapping a former member of the Trump administration to help steer the technology giant's massive AI infrastructure expansion.
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Reza Pahlavi, who as a boy was groomed to be the next shah of imperial Iran but has spent nearly five decades in exile, has emerged as a rallying figure in the protests shaking the Islamic republic.
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Venezuela said Monday it had freed dozens more political prisoners as rights groups questioned the numbers and family members clamored for speedier releases after the US military ouster of long-term autocrat Nicolas Maduro.
Kenya's former New York marathon champion Albert Korir was provisionally suspended on Monday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug in the latest hit to the reputation of the country's running programme.
US prosecutors have opened an inquiry into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, prompting a rare rebuke from the central bank chief against escalating pressure from Donald Trump's administration as the president pushes for lower interest rates.
The Russian captain of a cargo ship which hit a tanker in the North Sea off the UK coast triggering a huge fire was in court Monday for his trial charged with manslaughter for the death of a crew member.
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