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In the background, the Eiffel Tower and the dome of the Hotel des Invalides can be seen.Photo By Alessandro Grussu | Moment | Getty ImagesLONDON — European stocks were slightly higher on Monday afternoon as markets reacted to the shock resignation of France’s Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu.The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up 0.1% at around 1:55 p.m. London time (8:55 a.m. ET), following five consecutive days of positive returns last week, including hitting an all-time high during Thursday’s session.France’s CAC 40 index fell around 1.3%, paring some of its earlier losses, after Lecornu resigned just weeks after his appointment. The…

Sanae Takaichi listens to a question after visiting the Yasukuni shrine to honour the war dead durig the shrine’s spring festival in Tokyo on April 23, 2015.Toshifumi Kitamura | Afp | Getty ImagesHaving won the presidency of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Sanae Takaichi is on the verge of becoming the country’s first female prime minister.Takaichi, a hardline conservative and close ally of the late Shinzo Abe, said Saturday that she would “work, work, work” to turn “people’s anxieties about their daily lives and the future into hope.”Her rise comes at a time of economic strain at home and tense…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian prosecutors on Monday filed an appeal seeking a longer guaranteed prison term for Erin Patterson, who was sentenced to life for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms but will be eligible for parole after 33 years.Victoria state’s Office of Public Prosecutions said in a statement it had filed the appeal to the Victorian Court of Appeal, claiming the sentence handed to Patterson a month ago was “manifestly inadequate.”Patterson was sentenced to life in prison in September by the Victorian Supreme Court for the murder of three people and the attempted…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The 2025 Nobel Prize announcements start Monday with the medicine prize being announced by a panel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.Officially known as the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the honor has been awarded 115 times to 229 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2024.Last year’s prize was shared by Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches inside cells that help control what the cells do and when they do it.Nobel announcements continue with the physics prize on Tuesday,…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Police in Western Australia have seized guns and revoked or suspended firearms permits from dozens of owners linked to what investigators describe as sovereign citizen ideologies, or views that reject government authority. Officials linked the crackdown on firearms users believed to hold such views to the fatal shooting in August of two police officers in Victoria state, in the country’s east. The suspect in those killings, 56-year-old Dezi Freeman, remains at large, weeks after he is said to have killed two officers visiting his rural property to serve a search warrant.In the years before the…

Key PointsU.S. technology companies are delaying their decisions to lease large data centers in India.New deals for data centers have been on hold for over two months, a source told CNBC.Hyperscalers may revisit their plans within the next three to six months.U.S. technology companies are delaying their decisions to lease large data centers in India, jittery from the recent souring of trade ties between New Delhi and Washington. The orders from Big Tech companies for hyperscalers, or data centers that consume vast amounts of computing power, are “still in the pipeline, but they are holding the pen and saying let me not sign it just yet,”…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Rescuers were scouring India’s northeastern tea-growing hill district of Darjeeling on Monday for those reported missing a day after landslides triggered by heavy downpours killed at least 24 people, officials said.Teams of Indian army personnel and members of the disaster response force were searching for people who are feared trapped under debris, said Udayan Guha, West Bengal state development minister.Downpours and road damage hampered efforts to reach several affected villages, officials said. Television news showed rescue workers using earth movers to clear the debris.Landslides triggered by intense rains destroyed homes and infrastructure and left hundreds of…

SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE – SEPTEMBER 22: George Russell of Great Britain driving the (63) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team W15 leads Charles Leclerc of Monaco driving the (16) Ferrari SF-24 on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on September 22, 2024 in Singapore, Singapore. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)Clive Mason | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Over the weekend, all the world was a stage — in many ways.In Tokyo, Sanae Takaichi took pole position in Japan’s political Grand Prix, becoming the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s first female leader and likely the country’s…

PARIS (AP) — An Egyptian antiquities professor and ex-tourism minister is facing off against a Congolese economist who promoted schooling in refugee camps in a race to become the new director of UNESCO.Whoever wins will inherit a world educational, scientific and cultural body reeling from the Trump administration’s recent decision to pull the United States out, portending a budget shortfall at the agency best known for its World Heritage sites around the globe.UNESCO’s executive board begins voting Monday to recommend either Khaled el-Anani or Firmin Édouard Matoko for the position of director-general. The decision by the board, which represents 58…

The United States men’s national team secured first place in Group E at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup, despite a 2-1 defeat to South Africa in their group-stage finale on Sunday in Rancagua.The USMNT will face Italy next Thursday, Oct. 9, in a Round of 16 matchup.Following South Africa’s victory and France’s 6-0 win over New Caledonia, three teams finished with 6 points in Group E. The U.S. claimed the top spot thanks to a commanding +10 goal differential, narrowly beating South Africa (+5) in second place and France (+4) in third.France now hopes to advance to the knockout stage…