Global stocks markets brush off Trump tariffs
Global stock markets rose on Monday, as traders appeared to shrug off US President Donald Trump's latest tariffs announcement surrounding levies on steel and aluminium.
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Venice extends tourist tax for 2025
Venice authorities said Monday they would extend a controversial ticket policy for day-trippers in 2025, reporting that last year's trial scheme had "slightly" reduced crowds.
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McDonald's profits dented by food poisoning outbreak
McDonald's reported a dip in profits Monday as it contended with lingering effects from a US food poisoning outbreak that depressed sales in its home market.
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Six arrested after migrants' bodies found on French beach
Authorities have arrested six people after the bodies of two migrants were found on a northern France beach following a failed bid to cross the Channel and reach Britain, French prosecutors said Monday.
Read moreMikaela Shiffrin: World Ski Championships throwback
Mikaela Shiffrin will not defend her giant slalom title at the World Ski Championships this week.
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NY jury hears attacker repeatedly stabbed Salman Rushdie
Prosecutors in the trial of the man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie described to jurors Monday how the "Satanic Verses" author was stabbed repeatedly in a frenzied assault that left him blind in one eye.
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Labour impact and trade windfall on agenda at Paris AI summit
Artificial intelligence (AI) presents vast opportunities if correctly chanelled but is already sharpening gender pay disparities, global leaders told a Paris summit aimed at finding common ground on the technology on Monday.
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At least 51 dead after Guatemala bus plunges into ravine
At least 51 people were killed in Guatemala City on Monday when a bus crashed through a guard rail and plunged into a ravine, rescuers said, one of the worst road accidents in Latin America in years.
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Almost half of remote French island hit by wildfire: official
A remote island that is part of France's French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the Indian Ocean has seen half of its territory hit by a wildfire that has raged since mid-January, forcing the evacuation of scientists and military based there, authorities said.
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Trump: Palestinians have no right of return under Gaza plan
President Donald Trump said Palestinians would have no right of return to Gaza under his US takeover plan, describing his proposal in excerpts of an interview released Monday as a "real estate development for the future."
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