UK PM Starmer refuses to quit as pressure builds over Epstein
UK premier Keir Starmer insisted he would not "walk away" on Monday after a prominent ally demanded the prime minister quit for embroiling the British government in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
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Three missing employees of Canadian miner found dead in Mexico
Three of the 10 employees of a Canadian mining company who were kidnapped two weeks ago in Mexico's violence-plagued Sinaloa state have been found dead, Mexico's Mining Chamber said Monday.
Read moreMeta, Google face jury in landmark US addiction trial
Meta and Google-owned YouTube were vilified Monday for "engineering addiction" as a landmark social media trial began in earnest in a California court.
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Winter Olympics organisers investigate reports of damaged medals
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.
Read moreVenezuela opposition figure freed, then rearrested after calling for elections
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.
Read moreJapan's Murase clinches Olympic big air gold as Gasser is toppled
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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US athletes using Winter Olympics to express Trump criticism
The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics is in danger of developing into a Cold War between the athletes and US President Donald Trump with several competitors voicing criticism of his administration.
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Japan's Murase clinches Olympic big air gold
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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Pakistan to play India at T20 World Cup after boycott called off
Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the country's cricket team to play India in the T20 World Cup on February 15 in Colombo, ending a week-long stand-off.
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Emergency measures hobble Cuba as fuel supplies dwindle under US pressure
Havana's streets were eerily quiet Monday as emergency measures kicked in to conserve Cuba's fast-dwindling fuel stocks under economic pressure from US President Donald Trump.
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