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Qatar Airways unveiled a bid to take a 25 percent stake in troubled airline Virgin Australia on Tuesday, a deal that could shake up Australia's Qantas-dominated market.

A Georgia judge on Monday overturned the southern US state's ban on performing abortions for women who are more than six weeks pregnant.

Officials at 14 ports along the US East and Gulf coasts were making last-minute preparations on Monday for a likely labor strike that could drag on the US economy just ahead of a presidential election.

Bournemouth's record signing Evanilson scored his first goal for the club as the Cherries beat Southampton 3-1 on Monday.

The manslaughter conviction for the armorer on the Alec Baldwin movie "Rust" will stand, a US judge ruled Monday, dismissing her argument that withheld evidence could have changed the jury's verdict.

Chinese stocks surged on Monday after officials unveiled further economic stimulus measures, while Wall Street indices concluded a buoyant quarter with new records.

LeBron James said Monday the historic prospect of playing alongside eldest son Bronny for the Los Angeles Lakers has given him a new lease of life ahead of the upcoming NBA season.

Donald Trump sought to turn a storm that killed more than 100 people and caused destructive flooding across the US southeast into a major presidential election issue Monday, as he hurried to the impact zone and the White House refuted criticism of its emergency response.

The United States is set to see inflation cool further towards policymakers' target, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said Monday, with interest rates likely to come down over time, too.

Israeli forces have launched limited incursions in Lebanon, the United States said Monday, as Israel vowed to keep fighting Hezbollah and sealed part of the border after killing the Iran-backed militants' leader.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said on Monday he would not take Slovan Bratislava lightly in this week's Champions League clash as his squad continues to adjust to life without key midfielder Rodri.

With as much as 80 percent of Brazil under a blanket of smoke from historic wild fires, face masks last used during the coronavirus pandemic are coming out again.

Netflix has lost its bid to throw out a defamation lawsuit filed by the woman who says she was the inspiration for the stalker in the Emmy-winning hit "Baby Reindeer."

Renault are to stop producing Formula One engines from 2026, ending almost half a century of use in Formula One, the French manufacturer's Alpine team announced on Monday.

"Fortnite"-maker Epic Games is suing tech giants Google and Samsung, it announced Monday, accusing them of illegally colluding to block competition on Samsung devices.

Ousmane Dembele was axed from Paris Saint-Germain's squad for Tuesday's Champions League clash against Arsenal because he did not "comply with or respect the expectations of the team", coach Luis Enrique said.

A bulked-up Victor Wembanyama said on Monday leading the San Antonio Spurs back to the playoffs is the "minimum objective" as he prepares for his second season in the NBA.

New York officials said on Monday they were prepared for a likely US dockworkers strike, reassuring consumers that they would not lose access to food and other essential goods.

Outgoing Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday gave the final edition of his marathon morning press conferences jokingly known as "The AMLO Show," which dominated the news landscape.

Families of hostages with British links held by Hamas in Gaza on Monday warned that Israel's escalation of hostilities with Hezbollah could distract from their loved ones being freed.

Humberto Ortega, the dissident brother of Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega, died Monday in a military hospital, the army said.

A storm that caused destructive flooding across the US southeast became a major presidential election issue Monday, as Donald Trump hurried to the impact zone and the White House refuted criticism of its emergency response.

Seven people were killed when gunmen opened fire at an illegal cockfighting venue in gang violence-stricken Ecuador, police said.

Nearly a year of devastating war has left Gaza's 2.4 million people enduring a humanitarian tragedy, with children in the besieged territory the most vulnerable, a UNICEF official told AFP in an interview.

The UN Security Council extended on Monday its authorization of the multinational policing mission in crime-ravaged Haiti, but without any call to transform it into a UN peacekeeping mission, as floated by Port-au-Prince.

South African cricket coach Shukri Conrad on Monday named three spin bowlers in a 15-man squad to play two Tests in Bangladesh next month.

Shares in Jeep-maker Stellantis and Britain's Aston Martin tumbled on Monday after both companies joined European rivals in cutting their profit forecasts.

Oasis on Monday announced a North American leg of their reunion tour, after selling out their dates across Britain and Ireland.

Israel warned Monday it would use all its might to hit Hezbollah even after the killing of its leader, as the Iran-backed group said its fighters were ready to face any ground offensive in Lebanon.

Congolese-American basketball great Dikembe Mutombo, renowned as one of the best defensive players in NBA history, has died aged 58, the league announced on Monday.

Eleven lithographs signed by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali sparked an auction battle on Monday after being stored and forgotten in a London garage for about 50 years.

ECB chief Christine Lagarde said Monday that cross-border banking mergers in Europe were "desirable" to boost their competitiveness, despite mounting German opposition to a potential tie-up between Commerzbank and Italy's UniCredit.