The organisers of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics said on Monday they were investigating why medals are breaking after competitors, including gold medallist skier Breezy Johnson, said they were falling apart.
Japanese world champion Kokomo Murase clinched Olympic gold in the women's big air competition on Monday as two-time champion Anna Gasser was dethroned.
Japanese world champion Kokomo Murase clinched Olympic gold in the women's big air competition on Monday as two-time champion Anna Gasser was dethroned.
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Venezuelan Nobel peace laureate Maria Corina Machado said Monday that armed government agents had "kidnapped" a close ally — hours after he was released from prison and demanded democratic elections.
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- UK king voices 'concern' as police probe ex-prince Andrew over Epstein
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- Epstein affair triggers crisis of trust in Norway
South Africa inflicted a 57-run thrashing on Canada in Ahmedabad on Monday, as the 2024 runners-up opened their latest T20 World Cup campaign with a dominant performance with bat and ball.
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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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Messaging platform Discord announced Monday it will implement enhanced safety features for teenage users globally, including facial recognition, joining a wave of social media companies rolling out age verification systems.
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More than 10,000 striking New York nurses reached a deal with their hospital employers that will increase salaries by more than 12 percent over three years, the nursing union said Monday.
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Economy
Havana's streets were eerily quiet Monday as emergency measures to conserve Cuba's fast-dwindling fuel supplies kicked in to counteract the paralyzing effects of economic pressure from US President Donald Trump.
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EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Monday backed a push to favour European firms over foreign rivals in "strategic" fields, ahead of a leaders' meeting on boosting the bloc's competitiveness.
A simple brain-training exercise could reduce people's risk of developing dementia by 25 percent, a study said Monday, but with outside researchers expressing caution in interpreting the results.
Next time you're considering consulting Dr ChatGPT, perhaps think again.
Senior UK ministers rallied around embattled premier Keir Starmer on Monday after a prominent ally dealt a blow to his authority by demanding he quit for embroiling the British government in the Epstein scandal.
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Economy
Iran stepped up its crackdown on Monday after recent protests, with more arrests, while holding the door open to Washington for further nuclear negotiations.
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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, helping sentiment across Asia after a strong Wall Street finish ahead of the weekend.
The EU executive on Monday told Meta to give rival chatbots access to WhatsApp after an antitrust probe found the US giant to be in breach of the bloc's competition rules.
Japanese stocks surged to a record high Monday following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's election win, while healthy gains across the rest of Asia and Europe tracked a rally on Wall Street.
February 09, 2026
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- South Africa pile up 213-4 against Canada in T20 World Cup
- Gu's hopes of Olympic triple gold dashed, Vonn still in hospital
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- Tokyo stocks strike record high after Japanese premier wins vote
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