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A US federal judge on Monday cancelled the planned trial of US aviation giant Boeing over crashes of its 737 MAX aircraft that left nearly 350 people dead.

Australian Open champion Madison Keys said "it's never too late" to reach career highs after achieving another impressive feat in a landmark season by reaching the Roland Garros quarter-finals on Monday.

France's world number 361 Lois Boisson shocked US third seed Jessica Pegula in a thrilling three-set battle on Monday to keep her childhood "dream" of winning the French Open alive.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum hit back Monday at criticism of her country's unprecedented election of judges, after most voters skipped a ballot that her opponents called a farce.

French prosecutors Monday were probing a terror motive after a man who had posted racist videos shot dead his Tunisian neighbour and badly wounded a Turkish man in the south of the country.

Germany's former foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected president of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly on Monday, despite strong opposition from Russia.

A huge plume of ash, gas and rock spewed forth on Monday from Italy's Mount Etna as authorities warned people to steer clear of Europe's largest active volcano.

The new German government's policy of turning asylum seekers away at its borders is illegal, a court ruled Monday, dealing a blow to one of conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz's flagship measures.

Novak Djokovic eased into a record-breaking 19th Roland Garros quarter-final with a comfortable straight-sets victory over Cameron Norrie on Monday.

The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, the Swiss Insurance Association said Monday.

Oil prices surged Monday over renewed concerns about Russia's war in Ukraine and relief over OPEC+ production, while stock markets mostly slid as US-China trade tensions resurfaced.

Greenpeace activists on Monday stole a wax figure of President Emmanuel Macron from a Paris museum and placed it in front of the Russian embassy as part of a protest against French economic ties with Moscow in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine.

Kenyan human rights campaigner Boniface Mwangi broke down in tears Monday as he recounted brutal treatment including "sexual torture" at the hands of Tanzanian security forces which he said left him broken.

Ukraine and Russia agreed another large-scale prisoner exchange at talks in Istanbul on Monday, but failed to make a breakthrough on an immediate halt to the fighting.

The new German government's policy of turning asylum seekers away at its borders is illegal, a court ruled Monday, dealing a blow to one of conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz's flagship measures.

Poland's election of pro-Trump nationalist Karol Nawrocki will likely undermine the country's pro-EU government and increase political tensions to the point that early elections could be held, analysts said on Monday.

The Milky Way may not have a catastrophic collision with another huge galaxy as has been predicted, computer simulations revealed Monday, giving our home galaxy a coin-flip chance of avoiding destruction.

Mirra Andreeva believes she has finally grown up as a player as the Russian teenager got the better of regular practice partner Daria Kasatkina on Monday to reach the French Open quarter-finals for a second consecutive year.

France's Senate on Monday debated a bill to regulate the influx of environmentally unfriendly, low-quality clothes into the country, many from China.

Coco Gauff reached a fifth successive French Open quarter-final on Monday as the world number two brushed Russian 20th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova aside 6-0, 7-5.

Iran said Monday it will not accept a nuclear agreement that deprives it of what it called "peaceful activities", a reference to uranium enrichment, as it pressed the United States for guarantees it would drop sanctions.

Alexander Zverev said on Monday he is ready to face the "best in the world" after setting up a possible French Open quarter-final against Novak Djokovic.

Attackers targeted a Malian army base on Monday and fired shells at the airport in the northern city of Timbuktu where heavy gunfire was heard, security and local officials and residents said.

French world number 361 Lois Boisson sent shockwaves through Roland Garros on Monday by knocking out third seed Jessica Pegula to become the first home quarter-finalist since 2017, with Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreeva also reaching the last eight.

Nationalist Karol Nawrocki's victory in Poland's presidential election deals a major blow to pro-EU premier Donald Tusk and looks set to rattle Brussels.

The UK experienced its warmest spring on record -- and its driest in more than 50 years -- the country's official weather service said on Monday.

France's 361st-ranked Lois Boisson shocked US third seed Jessica Pegula in a thrilling three-set battle to reach the French Open quarter-finals on Monday.

Oil prices surged Monday over renewed concerns about Russia's war in Ukraine and relief over OPEC+ production, while stock markets mostly slumped as US-China trade tensions resurfaced.

Greenpeace activists on Monday stole a wax figure of French President Emmanuel Macron from a Paris museum and placed it in front of the Russian embassy as part of a pro-Ukraine protest.

Russia and Ukraine on Monday swapped plans for ending their three-year war during talks in Istanbul aiming to find a way out of Europe's largest conflict since World War II.

France's 361st-ranked Lois Boisson shocked US third seed Jessica Pegula in three sets to reach the French Open quarter-finals on Monday.

Congolese prolific scorer Fiston Mayele, Croatian coach Krunoslav Jurcic and Emirati businessman Salem al Shamsi played key roles as Pyramids became the fourth Egyptian club to be crowned African champions.