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Top fashion designer John Galliano announced Monday he has withdrawn from a planned exhibition of his work at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, following criticism from donors and political leaders over his past antisemitic remarks.

The Pacific Islands' annual summit opened on Monday with a pointed message that outside partners "do not choose our destination", as five leaders skipped the talks shadowed by China-Taiwan tensions.

A record-setting 25th Grand Slam title looks even further from Novak Djokovic's grasp after the Serb great's brutal first-round exit from the US Open.

French Top 14 president Yann Roubert said on Monday rugby union's inaugural Club World Cup is not guaranteed unless southern hemisphere teams work to accommodate the wishes of their European counterparts.

Turkey's top diplomat stressed Monday the regional defence pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia was not aimed at any particular country and open to others, including Egypt.

Colombia right-back Daniel Munoz will be reunited with manager Oliver Glasner at Nottingham Forest after completing a move from Premier League rivals Crystal Palace on Monday.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed Monday to persist with economic pressure on Iran, saying a turning point could be near as G20 finance leaders opened talks clouded by war and trade tensions.

France winger Bradley Barcola has become Liverpool's second-most expensive signing after joining the Premier League giants from Paris Saint-Germain on Monday.

Fast-fashion giant Shein raised $1.7 billion in its long-awaited Hong Kong initial public offering, valuing the online retailer at around $26.3 billion, the company said Monday.

Donald Trump threatened to hit Iran "hard" after the two foes traded fire for the first time in over a month, while Iran's president warned that more fighting with the US was not in his country's interest.

Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping began talks Monday in Kyrgyzstan, where a dozen other heads of state also gathered for a two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which seeks to be a counterbalance to the West.

Oil prices jumped more than two percent Monday, with the Brent international benchmark rising above $90 a barrel after a fresh flare-up in the US-Iran war.

ChatGPT will have to comply with tougher safety rules after the EU added it Monday to a list of digital services subject to greater legal scrutiny in Europe, a first for an AI chatbot.

France winger Bradley Barcola has become Liverpool's second-most expensive signing after joining the Premier League giants from Paris Saint-Germain on Monday.

Iran's president said Monday that more war with the United States was not in his country's interest after the two sides traded fire for the first time in over a month.

Brazilian winger Allan has joined Manchester City on a five-year deal from Palmeiras for a reported fee of £34 million ($46 million).

The leaders of Russia, China, Turkey, India and Iran were in Kyrgyzstan Monday for a two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which seeks to be a counterbalance to the West.

Storms forecast for Monday could trigger new flash floods in the Grand Canyon, the National Weather Service said as crews looked for around 15 people missing in a flood that claimed at least one life.

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EdWealth (edwealth.ai) today announced the publication of MoneyBench, a benchmark developed by the company to evaluate how AI systems answer personal finance questions. The benchmark compares Ed, EdWealth's AI personal finance coach, with ChatGPT and Gemini on usefulness and factual accuracy.

MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, reports a sharp rise in Spot trading activity on the platform as BTC topped $80,000 and ETH and SOL reached near six-month highs. From August 20 to 22, the average daily Spot trading volume of BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP increased by approximately 299% from the daily average recorded between August 1 and 17. Over the same period, the combined average daily trading volume of ETH, SOL, and XRP exceeded that of BTC. Compared with the BTC-dominated trading structure seen from August 1 to 17, activity on the platform spread noticeably across a broader range of major assets.

Joe Root believes a new batch of Dukes balls are the reason why there have been few big scores in Test cricket in England this season.

Finance leaders from the Group of 20 major economies open talks Monday at a US-hosted gathering, with the Trump administration seeking to escalate economic pressure on Iran amid a renewed exchange of fire with Tehran.

Nepali rescue teams battled difficult terrain, an unpredictable river and treacherous marshland on Monday, the sixth day in their search for survivors and victims of devastating floods.

Derek Thompson, Workato’s VP of EMEA, warns that uncoordinated AI agent deployment is creating enterprise-wide fragmentation similar to past SaaS sprawl. He argues that without a central orchestration layer to enforce governance and security, organizations risk failing to realize return on investment from their AI initiatives.

In a green valley in Normandy, rows of grapevines stretch across slopes where an apple orchard once stood.

South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus has made four predictable changes to the team that started a victory over New Zealand last weekend for the third Test on Saturday.

The tide came in last week carrying thousands of dead sardines onto South Africa's south coast and by dawn, stretches of Gqeberha's shoreline were flecked with silver.

Malaysia's Sarawak state plans cloud seeding operations in early September, officials said Monday, as smoke from fires in neighbouring Indonesia pushes air quality to hazardous levels.

South Korea's women's football federation announced an investigation Monday over allegations a female referee insulted former Chelsea midfielder Ji So-yun during a domestic game by saying she was menstruating.

Leaders from the world's top economies should stand on a Pacific atoll to see the reality of record sea level rise, a top UN official said in Palau on Monday.