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Sometimes it feels like it's Elon Musk's world and we just live in it.

Sometimes there are pretty valid reasons for leaving right after sex.

The United States on Monday charged two Europeans with conspiring with an American cryptocurrency expert who is in prison for helping North Korea circumvent US sanctions over its nuclear program.

Australia's Neil Robertson made a 147 maximum break during his World Snooker Championship match against Jack Lisowski on Monday.

Elon Musk, the world's richest man, struck a deal Monday to buy Twitter for $44 billion, capping a saga complete with hostile takeover threats before delivering him personal control of one of the most influential social media platforms on the planet.

Three failed tilts at top office would be enough to end the careers of many politicians. But not, it seems, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who is already preparing for legislative elections and possibly even another crack at the presidency in five years.

A Turkish court on Monday sentenced leading intellectual and rights campaigner Osman Kavala to life in prison on hugely controversial coup plot charges that had already seen him locked up without a conviction for more than four years.

Lawyers for Amber Heard ended their cross-examination on Monday of Johnny Depp at his defamation trial against his former wife by playing recordings of heated arguments between the couple.

Carlo Ancelotti said on Monday that Real Madrid's glittering history in the Champions League gives them an advantage when they face Manchester City in the first leg of the semi-finals on Tuesday.

One in four children in Latin America and the Caribbean does not have vaccine protection against three potentially deadly diseases, a UN report said Monday, warning of plummeting inoculation rates.

Coca-Cola reported a jump in quarterly profits Monday in results showing the soda giant was able to implement price hikes with little sign of consumer pushback.

Dillian Whyte has accused Tyson Fury of "dirty" tactics during the WBC heavyweight champion's victory at Wembley on Saturday.

Three businessmen and a former NASA astronaut splashed down Monday off the Florida coast after spending two weeks aboard the International Space Station in a landmark mission for the commercial sector.

The United States believes Kyiv can win the war against Russia if it has the "right equipment", Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said Monday, as strikes on railway infrastructure in central Ukraine killed at least five.

A US judge held former president Donald Trump in contempt of court Monday for failing to turn over documents related to an investigation of possible fraud in the Trump family's business dealings.

A pop-up urban port for delivery drones -- and one day, potentially flying taxis -- launched Monday in Britain, lifting a box of prosecco for a brief celebratory test flight hailed as groundbreaking.

Saint-Etienne must play their last home game of the Ligue 1 season behind closed doors after crowd trouble marred Saturday's loss to Monaco that kept them in the relegation play-off place.

A Turkish court Monday sentenced leading intellectual and rights campaigner Osman Kavala to life in jail on highly controversial coup plot charges that had already seen him locked up without a conviction for more than four years.

Three businessmen and a former NASA astronaut are set to splash down Monday off the Florida coast after spending two weeks aboard the International Space Station.

Stock markets and oil prices slumped Monday on growing concern that lockdowns in China aimed at fighting a worsening Covid outbreak could further harm a world economy battling decades-high inflation.

Sometimes there are pretty valid reasons for leaving right after sex.

An unknown, severe strain of hepatitis has been identified in nearly 170 children across 11 countries in recent weeks, with at least one child dying of the mysterious disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Britain's press regulator on Monday said it had received a slew of complaints over a newspaper article likening a leading woman opposition MP to the femme fatale character in "Basic Instinct".

Pep Guardiola admits Manchester City cannot compete with Real Madrid's European pedigree but says they can write a new chapter in the club's history in their Champions League semi-final against the Spanish giants.

Twitter shares rose Monday following reports the company is poised to accept Elon Musk's takeover offer, a dramatic shift after the board organized a "poison pill" to ward off the billionaire entrepreneur's hostile buyout bid.

Since the war began two months ago, Alina, Alex, Daniel, Kiril and Lilia, all aged between eight and 14, have been sleeping in an underground car park in Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine.

Hundreds of Singaporeans held a candlelight vigil on Monday to protest the looming execution of two Malaysians convicted of drug offences, as the United Nations urged the city-state to spare them.

A French nun who recently celebrated her 118th birthday with her traditional port-and-chocolate cocktail is now the world's oldest known person, following the death announced Monday of a Japanese woman one year her senior.

The United States believes Kyiv can win the war against Russia if it has the "right equipment", Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said Monday, as strikes on railway infrastructure in the central Ukraine killed at least five.

Stock markets and oil prices slumped Monday on growing concern that lockdowns in China aimed at fighting a worsening Covid outbreak could further harm a world economy battling decades-high inflation.

The British government confirmed on Monday that it would create an independent football regulator to ensure the financial sustainability of the game despite objections from the Premier League.

Pope Francis urged Sri Lankan authorities on Monday to reveal who was behind the country's 2019 Easter bombings in an attack the island's Catholics suspect was a plot to propel President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to power.