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President Emmanuel Macron announced "record" foreign investments of 93 billion euros ($108 billion) at an international conference Monday, including for AI and data centres, staking his "credibility" on their implementation at the summit's final edition under his leadership.

Anthony Joshua said Monday he would not celebrate that a deal has finally been struck for a heavyweight clash with rival Tyson Fury until after he won.

US President Donald Trump said Iran talks were moving at a "rapid pace" despite the negotiations to end the Mideast war appearing in deep trouble on Monday, with Iran's Revolutionary Guards warning of new fronts.

The UN Security Council was to hold an emergency meeting on the war in Lebanon, as Israel pounded the country and pressed its deepest offensive into Lebanese territory in two decades on Monday.

The International Labour Organization, the UN's labour agency, has scrapped the appointment of Trump administration official Sheng Li as its deputy director-general over Washington's failure to pay its dues.

US President Donald Trump said Monday that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to stop fighting, adding that Iran talks were moving rapidly after seeming to be on the rocks over Israel's Lebanon offensive.

French club Monaco on Monday confirmed that Belgian coach Sebastien Pocognoli has been sacked after just under eight months in the job.

Fourth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime despatched Alejandro Tabilo 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 on Monday to reach the French Open quarter-finals for the first time.

Four-time Grand Slam champions Aryna Sabalenka and Naomi Osaka will go head-to-head in the first French Open women's night match in three years on Monday, after Matteo Berrettini reached his first major quarter-final in four years.

AI giant Anthropic, the maker of the Claude chatbot, announced Monday that it had filed confidentially for an initial public offering (IPO), as Silicon Valley AI companies look to raise the enormous sums needed to fuel the sector's rapid expansion.

Matteo Berrettini stormed into his first Grand Slam quarter-final in four years with an impressive straight-sets victory over Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the French Open last 16 on Monday.

Colombian left-wing presidential hopeful Ivan Cepeda on Monday accused his hard-right rival Abelardo de la Espriella of "stealing" the national football jersey, which has become a symbol of support for the pro-Trump frontrunner.

American tennis great Serena Williams is to return to the professional circuit when she competes in the doubles at Queen's Club later this month at the age of 44.

Negotiations to end the Mideast war appeared in deep trouble on Monday, with Iran's Revolutionary Guards threatening to open new fronts in the conflict hours after the US and Iran exchanged overnight strikes.

The New York Times publisher on Monday slammed artificial intelligence companies for "brazen theft of intellectual property", warning they threaten the future of journalism during a speech at the World News Media Congress in the French city of Marseille.

Manchester City midfielder Rodri said on Monday he will wait until after the World Cup to address his future, amid reports linking him with a move to Real Madrid.

Spanish club Villarreal announced on Monday the appointment of Inigo Perez as coach on a three-year contract, following the departure of Marcelino Garcia Toral.

If he were no longer physically able to play Scrabble, 86-year-old Tan Jin Chor said he would "shut the lights and call it a day", but his love of the word game has kept the veteran verbophile competing.

Flavio Cobolli said he made the mistake of "thinking" before he steadied on Monday and clawed into the French Open quarter-finals, beating Zachary Svajda 6-2, 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/5).

A Czech court said on Monday it had decided to extradite a German neo-Nazi provocateur accused of abusing Germany's gender laws to serve a sentence in a women's prison.

As the French Open breaks a recent tradition by scheduling a woman's match for the prime-time evening slot Monday, tournament director Amelie Mauresmo suggested five-set men's matches were always more likely to take the marquee slot.

Serena Williams confirmed her return to tennis after an absence of nearly four years on Monday, with the American great set to play women's doubles at Queen's club later this month.

Serena Williams will make her return to competitive tennis in the women's doubles at Queen's later this month, tournament organisers announced on Monday.

Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska extended her remarkable run at the French Open by cruising into the quarter-finals with a straight-sets win over Diane Parry on Monday.

Several non-profit organisations announced Monday they are ramping up efforts to rapidly develop a vaccine for the rare strain of Ebola driving a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Negotiations to end the Mideast war appeared in deep trouble on Monday, as Iranian news agency Tasnim reported Tehran had suspended dialogue with mediators in protest against Israel's expanding Lebanon offensive.

US rapper Travis Scott angered fans in Istanbul after a performance that barely lasted 20 minutes, with the audience booing as he left the stage early Monday, footage on social media showed.

Israel said Monday it would once again target Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold mostly spared heavy attacks since April, as it stages its deepest incursion into Lebanon in two decades.

An ex-Syrian general and a former senior Syrian police officer pleaded not guilty on Monday to torturing opponents of ousted president Bashar al-Assad as their trial started in Vienna.

Oil prices jumped and equities slid on Monday as Middle East peace talks stumbled and tensions mounted between Iran and the Unites States.

A giant statue of football superstar Lionel Messi was taken down in India on Monday after it was spotted swaying dangerously in the wind, authorities said.

World Cup-bound South Africa departed for Mexico on Monday, a day later than planned after visa delays that were heavily criticised at home, including by the government.