Montpellier axe coach Gasset as Ligue 1 relegation looms
Montpellier axed coach Jean-Louis Gasset on Monday after five months in the job as a run of nine straight defeats leaves the club bottom of Ligue 1 and facing relegation.
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US 'turns a blind eye', says American-Palestinian after son killed by Israel
American-Palestinian Muhammad Rabee feels abandoned by the United States, he told AFP on Monday, a day after Israeli forces killed his 14-year-old son during a family visit in the occupied West Bank.
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France, Egypt, Jordan say Palestinian Authority must head post-war Gaza
The leaders of France, Egypt and Jordan on Monday said the Palestinian Authority must head post-war governance in Gaza.
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Netanyahu meets Trump for tariff and Gaza talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, becoming the first foreign leader to personally plead for a reprieve from stinging US tariffs that have shaken the world.
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Night at the museum: UK's National Gallery offering guest sleepover
A lucky visitor will soon become the first ever to sleep overnight at Britain's National Gallery, after the 200-year-old museum launched a competition on Monday to mark the reopening of a wing housing celebrated European paintings.
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airBaltic CEO 'dismissed' from Latvian airline
Latvian Transport Minister Atis Svinka said on Monday that Riga-based carrier airBaltic had parted ways with its German-born longtime CEO Martin Gauss.
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German police earn their stripes with zebra-loaded van stop
German police officers found themselves face-to-face with two zebras, six monkeys and several other exotic animals after stopping a van on the Dutch border, the force said on Monday.
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'Bloodbath': Spooked Republicans warn Trump over US tariffs
With markets nosediving over Donald Trump's trade war, the protectionist US president is hearing the first rumblings of discontent among his normally steadfast backers in Congress and big business.
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Trump vows huge new China tariffs as markets nosedive
US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened new tariffs of 50 percent on China, ratcheting up a trade war even as a dramatic selloff in global markets gathered pace.
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Belgian prince loses legal quest for social security
An unconventional Belgian prince on Monday lost a legal battle to claim social security benefits on top of his royal allowance, with a court ruling his claim -- the first of its kind in the country's nearly 200-year history -- "unfounded".
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