Brazil's Supreme Court began on Monday hearing testimony from key witnesses in the landmark trial of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of trying to stage a coup.
The CEO of CBS News, one of America's best-known broadcast media outlets, quit Monday citing a "challenging" last few months as the network became embroiled in legal and business tensions with the Trump administration.
The Philadelphia Eagles said on Monday they have signed head coach Nick Sirianni to a multi-year contract extension after guiding the team to last season's Super Bowl crown.
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Securing South Africa's trade ties with the United States will be a key aim of President Cyril Ramaphosa, who Monday began a Washington visit that will feature a meeting with Donald Trump, Ramaphosa's office said.
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The trial of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on charges of planning a coup d'etat will open Monday afternoon as the nation's Supreme Court hears from key witnesses, with the far-right politician potentially facing decades in prison.
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Young Cameroonian voters hoping for change in this year's elections still face the possibility that 92-year-old President Paul Biya could announce a bid to extend his more than four decades in power.
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Two-time former Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard said on Monday he was against this year's race passing through the historic Parisian district of Montmartre.
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Director Tarik Saleh said he decided that, if he was going to address Egyptian politics head-on in his latest film, it needed to include Egypt's current president.
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Akinola Davies Jr -- who has made history by directing Nigeria's first ever film in competition at the Cannes film festival -- lost his father when he was two.
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The decision-making body of the World Health Organization started a weeklong annual meeting on Monday under a budget cloud darkened by the US decision to not pay its WHO membership dues.
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu vowed to keep fighting on Monday as he appeared in court on a treason charge that carries a potential death penalty.
US President Donald Trump said Monday in a rant-filled diatribe about celebrities who backed Kamala Harris that pop diva Beyonce got $11 million for endorsing his campaign rival.
Talking trees powered by AI, drought-resistant crops and sweet potatoes sprouting among flowers -- the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show is facing the future with a focus on innovation and climate-change adaptation.
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A new trend is catching on among bored young male capuchins: kidnapping baby howler monkeys, in what scientists say is the first time animals have been recorded stealing another species' infants for no apparent reason.
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Donald Trump spoke with Russia's Vladimir Putin on Monday as the US president seeks a breakthrough to end the grinding conflict triggered by Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The top United Nations court on Monday sided with Equatorial Guinea in a decades-long dispute with Gabon over three tiny islands in potentially oil-rich waters.
A 37-year-old man was given a suspended two-year jail term Monday for his role in stealing a £4.5 million ($6 million) solid-gold toilet from a stately English home.
With its pristine swimming pool, manicured lawns and lush forest backdrop, Villa Baviera, a German-themed settlement of 122 souls in southern Chile, looks like the perfect holiday getaway.
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