Heat, overcrowding, pushes Italian prison guard union to sue
A prison guard union in Italy's southern Puglia region will ask prosecutors to investigate widespread workplace safety abuses, with temperatures inside overcrowded prisons rising above 50C, in a case the union says is a first, AFP has learned.
Read moreZelensky in UK for first meeting with Burnham
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Britain on Monday to meet Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who used his first bilateral with a foreign leader to underline London's "unwavering support" for Kyiv.
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UK TV comedy star and naturalist Bill Oddie dies at 85
UK television personality Bill Oddie, best known for his role in the TV comedy series "The Goodies" and presenter of nature programmes, has died aged 85, his agent said Monday.
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German creator of 'Body Worlds' anatomy exhibits dead at 81
The German creator of the controversial "Body Worlds" exhibitions of dissected human and animal bodies, Gunther von Hagens, has died at age 81, his family said Monday.
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AstraZeneca profit rises on strong cancer drug sales
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Monday said net profit rose in the second quarter, driven once again by strong growth in sales of its cancer drugs.
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Explosions, red flags: Chinese tourists reenact communist victory
Dressed in Red Army uniforms and waving prop weapons, scores of tourists stormed a mound in southwestern China's Loushan Pass as pyrotechnics lit up the hillside in a reenactment of a historic battle.
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Olympic triathlon champ Beaugrand to sit out European athletics
Olympic triathlon champion Cassandre Beaugrand will not take part in next month's European championships in Birmingham, her agent said Monday.
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Oil prices sink as US and Iran pause strikes
Global stock markets rallied and oil prices tumbled Monday as the United States and Iran paused tit-for-tat strikes, at the start of a week packed with corporate earnings and central bank decisions.
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Spain races to contain blazes before temperatures rise
Spain faces two crucial days to bring raging wildfires under control before weather conditions worsen, authorities said Monday, though they were making some progress and planned to start returning evacuees to certain areas.
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Philippines' Marcos says 'perhaps time to revisit nuclear energy'
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who declared a national energy emergency this year, said Monday that nuclear power might hold answers for a country paying the highest electricity prices in the region.
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