Israel will take part in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest on May 12 in Vienna, according to the draw on Monday, as five countries are staying away this year over Israel's participation.
Xabi Alonso's reign as Real Madrid coach lasted less than eight months as the Spaniard agreed a deal to depart from the Spanish giants on Monday.
Former Federal Reserve chiefs sharply criticized on Monday a US criminal probe into current chair Jerome Powell, calling it an "unprecedented attempt" to undermine the central bank's independence.
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Paramount Skydance said Monday that it filed a lawsuit against Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD) as it presses an unwelcomed bid to buy the CNN-parent company.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Michael Carrick is in pole position to be named as Manchester United's interim manager until the end of the season, according to media reports on Monday.
Iranian authorities on Monday sought to regain control of the streets with mass nationwide rallies in the wake of protests on a scale unprecedented in recent years, as alarm grew over a deadly crackdown.
Saood Variawa led a South African one-two in the eighth stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on Monday ahead of Toyota team-mate Henk Lategan.
The co-owner of a Swiss bar which went up in flames during New Year celebrations has been placed in preventive detention for three months, a regional court said on Monday.
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Heathrow Airport said Monday it welcomed more than 84 million travellers last year, a record high amount for the London hub which is set to undergo a major expansion.
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Georgia's former prime minister Irakli Garibashvili was jailed for five years Monday on money laundering charges, the prosecutor's office said, the latest in a sweeping shake-up of the country's ruling party as critics accuse it of drifting into Moscow's orbit.
Three days after Sergiy Smolyak was ripped apart in a Russian drone attack, his granddaughter -- wearing a pink winter snowsuit -- sat in silence before his open coffin in a golden-domed cathedral in Kyiv.
A French historian has been banned from travelling to Israel after he criticised Israeli military operations in the besieged Gaza Strip, he said on Monday.
India and Germany are looking to boost defence industry cooperation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday after hosting Chancellor Friedrich Merz in his home state of Gujarat.
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