Messaging platform Discord announced Monday it will implement enhanced safety features for teenage users globally, including facial recognition, joining a wave of social media companies rolling out age verification systems.
More than 10,000 striking New York nurses reached a deal with their hospital employers that will increase salaries by more than 12 percent over three years, the nursing union said Monday.
Havana's streets were eerily quiet Monday as emergency measures to conserve Cuba's fast-dwindling fuel supplies kicked in to counteract the paralyzing effects of economic pressure from US President Donald Trump.
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Venezuelan Nobel peace laureate Maria Corina Machado said Monday that armed government agents had "kidnapped" a close ally — hours after he was released from prison and demanded democratic elections.
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Japanese stocks surged to a record high Monday as investors cheered Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's victory in a snap parliamentary election.
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Erling Haaland said tiredness was no excuse for his poor goalscoring run in 2026 as he demands more of himself to keep Manchester City in the hunt for four trophies.
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An 80-year-old man suspected of being a "weekend sniper" who paid the Bosnian Serb army to shoot civilians during the 1990s siege of Sarajevo was questioned Monday in Milan, media reported.
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Newly-crowned Olympic downhill champion Franjo von Allmen won a second gold of the Winter Games when he partnered Swiss teammate Tanguy Nef to victory in the team combined event in Bormio on Monday.
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It has been less than six months since Kim Meylemans and Nicole Silveira married, but they are not in Italy for a honeymoon; they are competing against each other in the Winter Olympics skeleton.
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Michael Carrick believes judgement on his tenure as Manchester United manager should wait until the end of the season despite a growing clamour for the former midfielder to be handed a longer term deal.
US snowboard superstar Chloe Kim has called for more "love and compassion" in response to President Donald Trump's attack on her Olympic teammate Hunter Hess.
US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Armenia on Monday, before a scheduled trip to Azerbaijan, as Washington seeks to consolidate a peace process between the neighbours.
USA leg-spinner Mohammad Mohsin said Monday that "the pressure will be on Pakistan" when the teams lock horns in the T20 World Cup again, two years after the Americans inflicted a shock defeat on the former champions.
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to stay on as Britain's leader Monday, as another top aide quit and he prepared to face lawmakers furious that his government has become embroiled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
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Swiss freeski star Mathilde Gremaud ended Eileen Gu's hopes of a historic Winter Olympics golden treble on Monday, successfully defending her slopestyle crown at Livigno Snow Park.
Eddie Howe said on Monday he would resign if he felt it was the best thing for Newcastle after a dismal run that has dropped the Magpies down to 12th in the Premier League.
Kaori Sakamoto gave a taste of her stunning form as the Japanese figure skating star outclassed her rivals in the team competition before her bid to complete her collection of Olympic medals with gold.
Lindsey Vonn's hopes of claiming the fourth Olympic medal of her career vanished at the first attempt on Sunday after a brutal crash in the Milan-Cortina downhill final which left her with a broken leg.
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