Germany's Scholz loses confidence vote, triggering early elections
Germany's centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote on Monday after weeks of turmoil, setting Europe's biggest economy on the path to early elections on February 23.
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SoftBank CEO set to announce $100 bn US investment
The head of Japan's SoftBank is set to announce plans on Monday to invest $100 billion in the United States over the next four years, a spokesperson for US President-elect Donald Trump's transition team told AFP.
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Amorim shows teeth as Man Utd boss with 'brutal' Rashford call
Ruben Amorim is celebrating his biggest win since arriving at Manchester United -- with perhaps a hint of relief after making the most "brutal" call of his brief reign so far.
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EU sanctions Chinese firms, N. Korea minister over Ukraine war
The EU on Monday for the first time imposed fully-fledged sanctions, including asset freezes and visa bans, on Chinese firms for supplying Russia's military for the war on Ukraine.
Read morePutin says troops have upper hand in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday hailed his army's accelerating advance in Ukraine and praised 2024 as a "landmark" year in the course of Moscow's military offensive on its Western-backed neighbour.
Read moreUS stocks mostly rise, bitcoin hits new record
Wall Street shares mostly rose Monday ahead of an expected US interest-rate cut later this week while concerns over political battles in Europe and China's struggling economy sent other world markets lower.
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Bosnia hits hottest year on record in 2024: meteorologists
After a scorching drought emptied one of Bosnia's largest lakes, the Balkan country is set to mark its hottest year on record in 2024, its Institute of Meteorology said Monday.
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Rival football fans show diversity of Georgia's pro-EU protest movement
Supporters of rival football teams have come together alongside artists, intellectuals and the internally displaced in Tbilisi as Georgian protesters celebrate their diversity in the unity of their opposition to the government, which they accuse of authoritarian drift.
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The last days of a Ukrainian ghost town within Russia's grasp
The pack of stray dogs -- thin and rain-soaked -- yelped in fear at the roar of incoming Russian artillery fire that echoed off abandoned Soviet-era buildings and an Orthodox church in frontline Pokrovsk.
Read moreAssad says Syria in hands of 'terrorists'
Ousted president Bashar al-Assad broke his silence Monday after fleeing Syria, saying in a statement that he only left once Damascus had fallen and denounced the country's new leaders as "terrorists".
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