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Hurricane Beryl brought devastating winds and heavy rain to several Caribbean islands on Monday as the earliest-ever Category 4 storm churned westward.

Three-time Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori was in the dock Monday for the start of her trial on graft charges that could land her 30 years in prison.

Paris's trailblazing drag cabaret Chez Michou on Monday announced its closure for financial reasons, bringing an end to a risque fixture of the French capital's nightlife that inspired a Hollywood film.

France have battled their way to the Euro 2024 quarter-finals despite a misfiring attack that once again failed to click in Monday's tense 1-0 win against Belgium.

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and world number one Jannik Sinner reached the Wimbledon second round on Monday as Australian Open winner Aryna Sabalenka withdrew with an injury.

Quincy Wilson, at age 16, could become the youngest American male athletics competitor to appear at an Olympics as a member of the 4x400m relay pool at Paris.

Albanians will mark two days of national mourning for Ismail Kadare, their "greatest cultural monument", after the acclaimed novelist -- tipped several times for the Nobel literature prize -- died of a heart attack at a Tirana hospital aged 88 on Monday.

French authorities detained Monday two leading arthouse film directors, Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, for questioning over accusations of sexual abuse, as a renewed #MeToo reckoning rocks France's film industry.

Jannik Sinner overcame a mid-match wobble to see off the challenge of Germany's Yannick Hanfmann in his Wimbledon opener on Monday but said he would have to raise his game.

Paul George is joining the Philadelphia 76ers and Klay Thompson is heading to the Dallas Mavericks, multiple US reports said Monday as NBA free-agency got into full swing.

France coach Didier Deschamps praised his team after Monday's 1-0 win over Belgium which took them into the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 and insisted their ongoing success was not something that should be taken for granted.

Domenico Tedesco was left ruing Belgium's luck on Monday after Jan Vertonghen's late own goal ended their Euro 2024 campaign and sent France into the quarter-finals.

Eritrean Biniam Girmay dedicated his stage three win at the Tour de France on Monday to "the continent of Africa" as Richard Carapaz took the overall race lead in Turin.

France's Euro 2024 star Jules Kounde called on voters in the country to block the far-right National Rally party from winning a majority in the snap parliamentary elections, ahead of the second round of voting next weekend.

Israel's army yet again ordered the evacuation of parts of southern Gaza on Monday following a rare rocket barrage claimed by militant group Islamic Jihad.

Taliban authorities were told women must be included in public life, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said on Monday as she defended a decision to sideline civil society groups at official talks in Doha.

Owners of the NBA champion Boston Celtics announced they were putting the club up for sale on Monday, two weeks after capturing the team's record 18th NBA championship.

Coco Gauff breezed into the Wimbledon second round on Monday with a straight-sets victory over US compatriot Caroline Dolehide after seeing two potential semi-final rivals exit the tournament.

The Nashville Predators grabbed talented scorers Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault in NHL free agency deals on Monday.

The key risk to the Paris Games from the political uncertainty gripping France is public disturbances that could impact the already stretched security services, a former International Olympic Committee executive told AFP on Monday.

With all eyes on Mark Cavendish's chase for a historic Tour de France stage win on Monday, Biniam Girmay instead wrote Eritrea into the record books.

Eritrean Biniam Girmay dedicated his stage three win at the Tour de France on Monday to "the continent of Africa" as Richard Carapaz took the overall race lead in Turin.

Jan Vertonghen's late own goal took France into the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 on Monday as they edged Belgium 1-0 in a tense tie in Duesseldorf.

The death toll from multiple suicide bombings in the northeastern Nigerian town of Gwoza over the weekend has risen to 32, the country's vice president Kashim Shettima said Monday.

England's Richard Bland parred the fourth extra hole to defeat Japan's Hiroyuki Fujita in a playoff on Monday to capture the US Senior Open title.

Emmanuel Macron's centrist camp and a left-wing alliance were on Monday battling to prevent the far right from taking an absolute majority and control of government in a historic first after the French president's gamble on early parliamentary elections backfired.

Manchester United have confirmed the appointment of Dan Ashworth as their new sporting director after reaching an agreement with Newcastle.

Eritrean Biniam Girmay dedicated his stage three win at the Tour de France to "the continent of Africa" as Richard Carapaz took the overall race lead in Turin.

Paul George, a nine-time NBA All-Star forward, has agreed to a four-year deal worth $212 million with the Philadelphia 76ers, according to multiple reports on Monday as free agency began.

Steve Bannon, a prominent right-wing figure in American politics and former senior advisor to Donald Trump, reported to prison Monday to begin a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.

Austria coach Ralf Rangnick said it is not unthinkable his side could stun the continent to win Euro 2024, but is wary of the threat posed by Turkey in Tuesday's last 16 tie.

Two slightly burnt, fat-covered sticks discovered inside an Australian cave are evidence of a healing ritual that was passed down unchanged by more than 500 generations of Indigenous people over the last 12,000 years, according to new research.