Kobe Bryant's widow won't have to undergo psychiatric testing for her lawsuit over graphic photos of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, her 13-year-old daughter and others, a federal judge ruled Monday.
More than 100 global leaders have pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by $19 billion US in public and private funds to invest in protecting and restoring forests.
Millionaire real estate scion Robert Durst was indicted Monday on a murder charge in the death of his first wife, Kathie Durst, who disappeared nearly four decades ago, prosecutors said.
Global leaders have gathered at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP26, to discuss urgent action to combat a rapidly warming world. Here are some memorable quotes from heads of state and government and others who are giving speeches Monday, the second day of the two-week conference in Glasgow.
A high-rise building under construction in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos collapsed on Monday, trapping several workers under a pile of concrete rubble, witnesses said.
Bikini-style uniforms will no longer be mandated for female beach handball players following protests by players and European lawmakers.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened the global climate summit known as COP26 Monday, saying the world is strapped to a "doomsday device."
New York woke up on Monday to its first full workday under Mayor Bill de Blasio's order that all city workers be vaccinated for COVID-19, with many police officers and firefighters still refusing the shot and one labour leader calling the mandate a recipe for disaster.
Jes Staley, the chief executive of British bank Barclays, stepped down Monday following a report by U.K. regulators into his past links with the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The global death toll from COVID-19 topped five million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health-care systems.
Delayed by the pandemic for a year, the 26th UN Conference of the Parties (COP26) began in Glasgow Sunday. Though the chances of success have been described by the British hosts as "touch and go", many still hope for a breakthrough to limit the impacts of climate change.
In 2007, Mohammed Nabi Wardak, then 18, started work as an interpreter for Canadian Forces in Afghanistan. Now, he is homeless and jobless in Greece, after fleeing his homeland due to threats from the Taliban. He says he's been trying for years to navigate Canada's bureaucracy.
