French PM ends budget deadlock after no confidence motions beaten
France adopted a 2026 government budget on Monday following months of fraught negotiations after Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived the latest in a string of no-confidence motions.
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Trump cuts India tariffs, says Modi will stop buying Russian oil
US President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with India on Monday, saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to stop buying Russian oil over the war in Ukraine.
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Borthwick backs Itoje to get 'big roar' off the bench against Wales
Steve Borthwick backed Maro Itoje to make a "massive impact" when the mourning England captain comes off the bench against Wales in his side's Six Nations opener on Saturday.
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Twenty-one friends from Belgian village win €123mn jackpot
A group of 21 friends from a Belgian village won a 123-million-euro ($145 million) EuroMillions jackpot on Friday, quickly becoming the talk of the town.
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Mateta move to Milan scuppered by medical concerns: source
Jean-Philippe Mateta's potential deadline-day move to AC Milan from Crystal Palace has fallen through for medical reasons, a source told AFP on Monday, confirming Italian media reports.
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Late-January US snowstorm wasn't historically exceptional: NOAA
Despite its deadly impacts, the recent winter storm that battered much of the United States was not historically exceptional, official data showed Monday.
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Punctuality at Germany's crisis-hit railway slumps
Punctuality at Germany's much-maligned state railway Deutsche Bahn slumped even further in January, the company said Monday, adding to the network's woes.
Read moreGazans begin crossing to Egypt for treatment after partial Rafah reopening
Sick and wounded Gazans began crossing into Egypt to seek medical treatment on Monday after Israel permitted a limited reopening of the Palestinian territory's Rafah border post.
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Halt to MSF work will be 'catastrophic' for people of Gaza: MSF chief
Israel's ban on Doctors Without Borders' humanitarian operation in Gaza spells deeper catastrophe for the Palestinian territory's people, the head of the medical charity told AFP on Monday.
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Italian biathlete Passler suspended after pre-Olympics doping test
Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler has failed a doping test and was on Monday provisionally suspended from competing at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
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