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Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei arrived in Taiwan on Monday to reinforce diplomatic ties with the self-ruled island, on a visit that has drawn China's ire.

Foreign nations pushed on Monday with frantic evacuations of their citizens from chaos-torn Sudan, where heavy fighting raged for a 10th day between forces loyal to two rival generals.

Environmental activists blocked dozens of streets in Berlin on Monday to protest Germany's climate policy, causing widespread transport disruption in the capital.

China said it respected the "sovereign state status" of all ex-Soviet countries on Monday, after Beijing's ambassador to France sparked outrage in Europe by questioning the sovereignty of those nations.

Tens of billions were withdrawn from Credit Suisse in the first three months of 2023, but its profit swelled as the bank's high-risk debts were wiped out in an emergency takeover by UBS.

European stocks opened down on Monday and Asian trade was mixed, with investors mostly treading water ahead of key data releases this week, including earnings results from US tech behemoths.

Experts were on Monday exhuming the remains of the founder of Spain's fascist Falange party from a grandiose basilica, where the body of former dictator Francisco Franco once lay, ahead of their removal to a low-key family grave.

He spent his vast fortune on a 30-year quest to save the rhinoceros.

He spent his vast fortune on a 30-year quest to save the rhinoceros.

Anthony Edwards scored 34 points, including a three-point dagger with 11.5 seconds left, as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Denver Nuggets 114-108 in overtime Sunday to stay alive in the NBA playoffs.

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol flew to Washington Monday for a six-day state visit, as the allies move to bulk up military cooperation over North Korea's expanding nuclear threats.

Australia's National Rugby League is planning a double-header in Las Vegas to launch its 2024 season, alongside a boxing world-title bout and UFC, reports said Monday.

Ibrahim Mohamed turned in his hospital bed to find the patient next to him had died, but fighting that had erupted in Sudan's capital hours earlier meant the body could not be moved.

China has approved a major surge in coal power so far this year, prioritising energy supply over its pledge to reduce emissions from fossil fuels, Greenpeace said Monday.

Isolated at home and alienating allies abroad, French President Emmanuel Macron marks one year since his re-election on Monday pursued by pot-bashing protesters and desperate for new ideas to re-launch his second term.

Nine European countries are holding a summit Monday aimed at scaling up wind power generation in the North Sea, spurred by the fall-out of the Ukraine war and the push for renewables.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis praised Japan's push to bolster its defences as he kicked off an international tour in Tokyo on Monday before a possible presidential run.

At a school in Amman, a Jordanian volunteer opened a book and asked: "Who's excited to hear a story?" -- part of an initiative to get children to find joy in reading.

Foreign countries rushed to evacuate their nationals from Sudan as deadly fighting raged into a second week between forces loyal to two rival generals.

Extreme weather events in Malawi and Pakistan have driven "very sharp" rises in malaria infections and deaths, a global health chief said ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25.

The remains of the founder of Spain's fascist Falange party will be moved Monday from a grandiose basilica, where the body of former dictator Francisco Franco once lay, and transferred to an understated grave.

Japan-based Wallabies winger Marika Koroibete was named Australian rugby union's best player by his peers Monday, winning his second John Eales Medal despite featuring in only nine Tests in 2022.

Asian stocks were mixed on Monday following a muted finish on Wall Street last week, with investors holding their breath ahead of key earnings results from US tech behemoths.

Fabio Cannavaro, John Terry and Tim Cahill are among the former football stars swapping the dressing room for the classroom on a course hoping to put more players in positions of power.

Australia unveiled its biggest military shakeup in decades on Monday, refocusing the armed forces on deterring would-be foes far from its shores.

At a weekend school in the US state of Virginia, language classes serve a dual purpose for young Uyghurs -- cultural preservation, and access to vocabulary to discuss the plight of relatives in China.

About 60 civilians were killed in a village in northern Burkina Faso by men wearing military uniforms, the local prosecutor said late Sunday, announcing an investigation into the latest bloodshed in the insurgency-hit country.

Stephen Curry scored 32 points as the Golden State Warriors held off a ferocious fourth-quarter fightback from the Sacramento Kings to secure a series-leveling 126-125 victory in the NBA playoffs on Sunday.

Among the challenges still facing Fox News after its jaw-dropping settlement of a defamation case is a lawsuit planned by a high-profile disinformation expert, who is crowdfunding her way to court after a firestorm of harassment and abuse.

Peru's former president Alejandro Toledo was jailed on Sunday, hours after arriving back in his homeland following extradition from the United States to face charges of money laundering and corruption during his mandate.

At the Texas Tradition Rodeo in Denton, John Beck gallops his horse Diamond across the arena, leaving a plume of dust in his wake -- one of around 50 cowboys competing in classic events such as barrel-racing, calf-lassoing and bull-riding.

Flying chunks of concrete, twisted metal sheets, craters blasted deep into the ground: the thunderous power of SpaceX's first test flight of Starship -- the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built -- inflicted serious damage on its Texas launch site.