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Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts, who led the Eagles into last season's Super Bowl, became the NFL's highest-paid player on Monday after agreeing to a five-year contract extension worth $255 million.

The leaders who brokered peace in Northern Ireland urged on Monday today's main pro-UK party to forge compromise anew and unlock power-sharing, 25 years on from their historic deal.

Brazil defender Dani Alves was back in court Monday to testify before the judge investigating a rape allegation made by a woman in Barcelona for which he has been remanded in custody.

Frank Lampard has defended Todd Boehly's "passion" after the Chelsea co-owner reportedly told his players the season has been "embarrassing" in an attempt to fire them up for Tuesday's Champions League clash against Real Madrid.

As is the norm for people their age, the members of Generation Z's first all-female sierreno group met online, sliding into each other's DMs in the hopes of making music.

US law enforcement officials are pleading for residents to come forward with information on a weekend shooting that devastated a small Alabama town, leaving four people dead and 28 injured at a teen's birthday party.

Defending champion Evans Chebet powered to back-to-back victories in the Boston Marathon on Monday as Eliud Kipchoge's quest to add to his collection of major marathon titles ended in disappointment.

Former South Africa winger Bryan Habana said on Monday he is "not surprised" about Springboks head coach Jacques Nienaber's upcoming departure after this year's Rugby World Cup.

European and US stocks moved little Monday as investors awaited more company earnings and worried that central banks may keep raising interest rates for longer than expected.

Ukraine's foreign minister cast doubts Monday on efforts to bring about peace in his country's war with Russia, saying during a visit to Iraq that Moscow "wants war".

Two years ago, Paul's teacher noticed that the 10-year-old boy could no longer see anything on the board at the front of the class.

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy vowed Monday that the US House would not approve a "no-strings attached" debt limit increase, adopting a hard line ahead of budget negotiations with President Joe Biden.

A frozen valve forced a postponement on Monday of the first test flight of SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond.

His off-screen life may have been full of tumultuous relationships and scandal, but controversial French film icon Alain Delon says his successful career was "due to women and for women" in a new book about his life.

Move over Coronation Chicken, there's a new culinary concoction with UK royal approval for the crowning of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla -- "Coronation Quiche".

Under a fortnight ago, Chelsea owner Todd Boehly picked up the phone and called Blues great Frank Lampard to return to the club and try to steady the ship.

As one of South Africa's most famous doctors, Nandipha Magudumana is used to being the talk of the town -- but these days, it's on suspicion that she helped her lover, a convicted murderer, escape from jail by burning someone else's body.

A defamation trial related to falsehoods about the 2020 US presidential election aired on Fox News was delayed Monday as the network reportedly sought to settle with vote machine maker Dominion.

Stock markets traded mixed Monday over concerns that central banks may have to wait longer than expected to end their policy of raising interest rates.

SpaceX on Monday postponed the first test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars and beyond.

The US senator who brokered peace in Northern Ireland in 1998 on Monday urged today's feuding political leaders to forge a new compromise as a lesson to the world.

Air France and plane manufacturer Airbus were acquitted Monday over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight after a French court ruled their errors could not be proven as the disaster's cause.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta insisted Monday his club never tried to cheat amid investigations into payments made to a former refereeing chief.

Sadeera Samarawickrama and Dinesh Chandimal hit unbeaten centuries before Prabath Jayasuriya claimed a five-for as Sri Lanka put visitors Ireland to the sword on the second day of the first Test in Galle on Monday.

Former biathlon boss Anders Besseberg was charged with "aggravated corruption" in Norway on Monday for allegedly covering up Russian doping cases in exchange for favours including prostitutes and hunting parties.

Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who became the face of endless military rule in Sudan with his 2021 coup, is now locked in battle with his second-in-command.

Russia on Monday sentenced Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in a "strict regime" penal colony on treason and other charges for criticising the Ukraine offensive.

Feared Sudanese paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo went from a militia chief in war-torn Darfur to the country's second-in-command -- to now battling the regular army for control of the country.

Hundreds of Bangladeshi Muslims gathered on an open field in Dhaka on Monday to pray for rain after the metropolis of 20 million people recorded its hottest day in almost 60 years.

Barcelona "have not committed any crime" or tried to "obtain some type of sporting advantage," the club's president Joan Laporta said Monday amid investigations into payments made to a former refereeing chief.

Stock markets traded mixed Monday as last week's optimism gave way to renewed worries that central banks may have to wait longer than expected to end their policy of raising interest rates.

For G7 diplomats meeting in the Japanese resort town of Karuizawa, unity was the name of the game on Monday, with ministers lining up to insist there is no daylight between them on China policy.