Delivery firm Glovo riders in Spain to become employees
App-based food delivery firm Glovo's freelance riders in Spain will be hired as employees following pressure from the government to give them labour contracts, its German owners Delivery Hero said Monday.
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Georgia pro-EU protesters 'standing firm', president says
Georgia's president said Monday that mass pro-EU protests involving tens of thousands of people showed no sign of stopping after police fired water cannon and tear gas on a fourth night of demonstrations.
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30-strong Japan A-bomb delegation to collect Nobel prize
Japanese atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo said Monday a 30-strong delegation will collect its Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo after a crowd-funding campaign to pay their travel costs.
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India's Bumrah 'one of greatest fast bowlers ever': Australia's Head
India's Jasprit Bumrah will go down as "one of the greatest fast bowlers to play the game", Australia's Travis Head said on Monday, ahead of the day-night Test in Adelaide this week.
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Asian stocks rise after China data, Paris equities and euro sink
Markets rose across Asia on Monday with traders cheered by healthy Chinese data, while the euro and Paris stocks tumbled as a budget standoff in France fuelled concerns about the eurozone's second-biggest economy.
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France's PM risks tumbling in hostile parliament vote
France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces the biggest risk yet of being deposed by a hostile parliament as his government presents Monday a social security financing plan that has the opposition up in arms.
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Cricket legend Bradman's 'baggy green' cap could fetch $260,000
A cap worn by Australia's greatest batsman Don Bradman will be auctioned in Sydney on Tuesday, with the tattered "baggy green" expected to fetch as much as US$260,000.
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Cyclone Fengal toll rises to 20 in South Asia
The death toll from Cyclone Fengal's fierce push through Sri Lanka and southern India reached 20 on Monday as downpours and flooding followed the storm's wake after its winds calmed.
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Philippine president says Russian submarine 'worrisome'
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Monday described as "very worrisome" the presence of a Russian attack submarine off the country's coast in the disputed South China Sea.
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French PM risks tumbling in hostile parliament vote
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces the biggest risk yet of being deposed by a hostile National Assembly as his government presents Monday a social security financing plan that has the opposition up in arms.
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