JPMorgan buys First Republic after regulators seize control
US financial authorities seized California's troubled First Republic Bank on Monday and sold it to JPMorgan Chase, hoping to bring to a close a two-month banking crisis that has spooked the financial system.
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UN holds Afghanistan crisis talks without Taliban
The Taliban authorities will be absent from UN-led talks on Afghanistan that open Monday in Qatar, as a government spokesman rejects linking international engagement with women's rights in the crisis-stricken country.
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Italy cuts anti-poverty subsidies as critics slam 'provocation'
Italy's right-wing government on Monday rolled back anti-poverty subsidies introduced four years ago that helped some four million people last year, as critics denounced a "provocation" on the international May Day labour holiday.
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UN says Sudan near 'breaking point' as battles flare despite truce
Gun battles and explosions again rocked Sudan's capital Monday despite the latest truce formally agreed between the warring parties as the United Nations warned the humanitarian crisis had brought the country near its "breaking point".
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Solo rower launches Europe trek to expose river pollution
An intrepid French traveller embarked on Monday on a solo rowing expedition from Poland to France to shed light on the pollution of waterways of Europe.
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Thousands of Sudanese make perilous trek to safety in Chad
On donkeys or horses, by cart or by foot, hundreds of Sudanese, most of them women and children, each day cross a small, dry stream to find safety in neighbouring Chad.
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Medvedev squeezes past friend Shevchenko in Madrid
World number three Daniil Medvedev edged out his friend and Russian compatriot Alexander Shevchenko 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 on Monday to reach the Madrid Open fourth round.
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Biden, Marcos to discuss countering Beijing in S.China Sea
Moves to check Beijing's aggressive expansion into the trade routes and strategic islands of the South China Sea will headline talks Monday between President Joe Biden and his Philippines counterpart Ferdinand Marcos at the White House.
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Belgian bar owner 'pinching himself' at Brecel World Championship final
The owner of the bar where World Championship finalist Luca Brecel started the sport said he was "pinching himself" with the Belgian leading by a frame before the title match resumes on Monday.
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Madrid's Ancelotti backs Antetokounmpo "no failure" cry
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti praised NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo on Monday for his insistence there was "no failure in sports" last week.
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