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Caleb Durbin smashed the deciding solo home run and the Boston Red Sox stretched their win streak to 14 games on Monday by edging Baltimore 6-5.

Australia's veteran bowling trio -- captain Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon have returned from injury and were all on Tuesday named in the Test squad to face Bangladesh next month.

Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham named ex-health minister Wes Streeting as his defence secretary late Monday, the government said, as ministerial appointments ran into the night.

The United States condemned "dangerous and aggressive actions" by China following a clash with the Philippine navy in the South China Sea, as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Manila on Tuesday for a meeting of Southeast Asian nations.

Two hours from the tourist beaches of Bali, slavery is alive and well on the Indonesian island of Sumba, where people are still born into bondage.

When Remco Evenpoel announced in April that he would not race any more until July's Tour de France, eyebrows were raised.

Thousands of fans braved the cold and rain Monday to give a rapturous welcome to the Argentine football squad who landed back home without star Lionel Messi, after their World Cup final loss to Spain.

A top lawmaker from Australia's far-right One Nation party has grabbed headlines after exploding at a misbehaving dog as he was grilled on live TV.

US President Donald Trump signed orders Monday to impose new 50-percent tariffs on many Canadian goods, claiming "discriminatory treatment" by Ottawa against American alcohol, automobile and dairy products.

Most of Argentina's football team landed back home Monday, as thousands of fans waited to welcome them, following their 1-0 loss to Spain in the World Cup final, according to the airport authority.

New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham took power Monday, purging the cabinet of his predecessor's loyalists as he promised a 10-year plan to ease cost-of-living pressures and signalled a tilt to the left.

A US State Department report on Monday accused Cuban spies of infiltrating the highest levels of government in Washington and aiding "left-wing terrorism" on American soil.

US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Monday that it would pay "many times over" for every American soldier killed as a top Iranian leader said the conflict has escalated into a "full-scale war."

Wall Street stocks retreated Monday with early gains fading as the escalating US-Iran conflict lifted oil prices while markets awaited key earnings reports.

New World Cup champions Spain enjoyed a vibrant celebration parade on an open-top bus through the streets of Madrid on Monday evening, with a jubilant crowd of an estimated two million people out to celebrate, according to local authorities.

The Apollo Gallery of Paris's Louvre Museum, where French crown jewels worth 88 million euros were stolen in 2025 in a brazen heist, will reopen to the public on Wednesday.

Four dancers from the Business of Dance mentorship program joined Enola Bedard, Eseniia Mikheeva, the Ghetto Kids and Shakira for the FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show in New York.

New World Cup champions Spain began their celebration parade on an open-top bus through the streets of Madrid on Monday early evening, with a jubilant crowd of over a million people out to celebrate, local authorities told AFP.

Lionel Messi said on Monday that after Argentina's World Cup final loss "the pain is immense and it's going to take a long time for this wound to heal."

With nearly 1,000 active fires and an area as large as Belgium already burned, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his country is facing one of the "most intense" wildfire seasons in its history.

A federal judge in California on Monday ordered Paramount Skydance and Warner Brothers Discovery to temporarily pause their merger while a case brought by multiple states challenging the deal moves forward.

New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham took power Monday, purging the cabinet of his predecessor's loyalists as he promised a 10-year plan to ease cost-of-living pressures and signalled a tilt to the left.

Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, one of the world's most powerful and wealthy crime bosses, was sentenced Monday to life in US prison for co-leading the notorious Sinaloa cartel.

Former Liverpool and England star Kevin Keegan has died aged 75 after battling cancer, his family announced on Monday.

Chess legend Judit Polgar on Monday turned down Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar's offer to help turn the page on the Viktor Orban era as the country's president.

Spain's World Cup winners were hailed by the country's king on Monday in Madrid after returning from the United States with the game's most desired trophy in tow.

Aleksander Ceferin, the head of UEFA, boycotted the World Cup final to show unhappiness with FIFA, British media reported Monday.

Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was sentenced Monday to life in prison by a US court for co-founding and leading the powerful Sinaloa cartel.

A French judge approved the night-time Tour de France anti-doping tests of star riders Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, the public prosecutor's office confirmed to AFP on Monday.

Leasing firm SMBC Aviation Capital ordered 200 new medium-sized aircraft from Boeing and Airbus at the start of the landmark Farnborough Air Show on Monday, the companies said.

Heavy rainfall in Chile has killed five people and destroyed or severely damaged over 1,000 homes, pushing the government to declare a state of emergency on Monday.

As protestors gathered across Ukraine for another demonstration against the ousting of a reformist defence minister, President Volodymyr Zelensky was facing one of the most urgent political crises of the Russian invasion.