King Charles III on Monday voiced "concern" over the actions of his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, after British police said officers were looking into accusations the ex-prince may have passed sensitive reports to the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein.
One of Spain's most respected memory associations on Monday accused the leftist government of flouting its own much-vaunted policy to remove public symbols inherited from Francisco Franco's brutal dictatorship.
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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Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell refused on Monday to answer questions from a congressional panel but said she was prepared to speak if granted clemency by President Donald Trump.
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Brazilian authorities were on Monday working to cut off access to the Rumble video app after it bypassed a ban imposed as part of the country's battle against disinformation.
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US-born Chinese freestyle skier Eileen Gu saw her chance of a historic Winter Olympics golden treble slip away on Monday, while Lindsey Vonn remained in hospital after her Games ended with a broken leg.
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Keir Starmer's position as UK prime minister hit new trouble Monday after the leader of Scottish Labour demanded he quit for embroiling the British government in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
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French President Emmanuel Macron insisted Monday that ripping up unprofitable grape vines was a necessary part of revitalising the flagging wine sector which he promised to defend.
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Sports
China's US-born freeski superstar Eileen Gu said she feels she is "carrying the weight of two countries on my shoulders" after missing out Monday on Olympic gold in the women's slopestyle final.
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Bank of France governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau, who is also a member of the European Central Bank's rate-setting Governing Council, will step down in June, the bank said Monday.
Japanese stocks surged to a record high Monday as investors cheered Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's victory in a snap parliamentary election.
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.
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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Sports
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.
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.
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