US police search for motive in Lunar New Year shooting
California police searched Monday for what compelled a 72-year-old man of Asian descent to shoot dead 10 people as they celebrated Lunar New Year at a dance hall in the Los Angeles suburbs.
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Stock markets rise on improving US rates outlook
Stock markets headed higher Monday as investors eyed less aggressive US interest rate hikes this year with inflation starting to cool from sky-high levels.
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EU imposes new sanctions on Iran over protest crackdown
The EU on Monday placed 37 more Iranian officials and entities on an asset-freeze and visa-ban blacklist over Tehran's bloody crackdown on protesters.
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Owen Farrell wants England to lead way on rugby safety
Owen Farrell, who completed a ban for a dangerous tackle just in time for the Six Nations, wants England to lead the way in making rugby safer.
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Beirut blast probe resumes after 13 months: judicial source
The Lebanese judge investigating the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast has resumed his work, a judicial official said Monday, after a 13-month suspension due to political pressure.
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Dupont says France up against it to defend Six Nations title
France captain Antoine Dupont said on Monday that defending their Six Nations title and achieving a second successive Grand Slam will be tough.
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Spotify to cut some 600 staff as tech woes spread
Swedish music streaming giant Spotify said Monday it was cutting six percent of its roughly 10,000 employees in the latest cost-cutting announcement among technology companies.
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Poland ups pressure to send German-made tanks to Ukraine
Poland said Monday it would seek Berlin's permission to send German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine, but was prepared to do so without approval as Kyiv presses its allies for heavy weaponry.
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France 'still deeply sexist', report finds
Sexism remains at an "alarming" level in France with many young men judging discriminatory or violent behaviour against women to be acceptable, a report published Monday found.
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Pakistan nationwide power outage continues into night
A massive power breakdown across Pakistan continued after night fell on Monday, affecting most of the country's 220 million residents, including in the mega cities of Karachi and Lahore.
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