South African Van Wyk becomes most capped African footballer
Janine van Wyk became the most capped African footballer on Monday after making a 185th appearance for South Africa in a 2-0 African Women's Cup of Nations qualifying win over Burkina Faso.
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Controversial carbon credits flood COP28, yet still no rules
The COP28 climate talks have been flooded with announcements hyping controversial carbon credits before rules for them have been hammered out, with environmental groups fearing "greenwashing" on a massive scale.
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Spotify cuts around 1,500 jobs as growth slows
Music streaming giant Spotify said Monday it would reduce its number of employees by around 17 percent in a bid to cut costs amid "dramatically" slower economic growth.
Read moreCOP28's under-fire UAE chair says 'we respect' climate science
The Emirati head of the UN climate conference insisted on Monday that he respects climate science after he came under fire over a leaked video in which he questioned the science on fossil fuels.
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Wales back North signs for Provence Rugby from next season
Wales winger George North will join French second division team Provence Rugby on a two-year contract from next year, the ProD2 club announced Monday.
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Hard to bear: UK's only pandas return to China
The UK's only giant pandas left Edinburgh for China on Monday after spending 12 cubless years in the Scottish capital.
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African players in Europe: Ghana trio among the goals
Ghana internationals starred in Europe at the weekend with Antoine Semenyo and Mohammed Kudus scoring in the Premier League and Inaki Williams in La Liga.
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'I did not kill Narumi:' Chilean appeals against murder conviction
A Chilean man insisted on Monday he did not kill his Japanese ex-girlfriend Narumi Kurosaki in 2016, at the start of his appeal against his murder conviction in a French court.
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Israeli ground forces move into southern Gaza
Dozens of Israeli tanks rolled into southern Gaza on Monday, witnesses said, despite global concern over mounting civilian deaths and fears the war on Hamas will spread elsewhere in the Middle East.
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'Failure' in psychiatric care of Paris attacker: minister
There was a clear failure in the psychiatric care of the radicalised Islamist suffering from mental troubles who stabbed a German tourist to death in central Paris at the weekend before being arrested, France's interior minister said Monday.
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