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Donald Trump says the US was looking "very strongly" at the case of a lab technician who died at a research centre in Siberia.

Trade blockages in the Persian Gulf have reminded the world that there are forces as great as or greater than technology and globalization.

The country’s consumer watchdog has said only that “an employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Region” contracted pneumonia. Rumors and unconfirmed reports sounded a more ominous note.

Nobel Prizes 2026: What to Know and more — today's news signal.

The recipients of the six awards in science, literature, economics and peace work will be announced this week.

The tech scion has given his combination of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount a new name: Skydance. Now he must make tough decisions about news, movies, streaming, sports and debt.

The growing use of walk-and-talk social videos can be traced to Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign for mayor of New York City. But not all candidates are naturals on camera.

If no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October.

Dad discovers he has cancer after he was accidentally kicked in the testicles.

Dutch champion Gina Saarberg took the coveted Golden Spurtle, while Australian champion maestro Rob Reid won the Speciality Porridge category at the finals in the Scottish Highlands.

What to know about Brazil's election pitting Lula against Flávio Bolsonaro and more — today's news signal.

Tipped workers in Arizona have benefited from the G.O.P.’s big tax cut. But they face economic stress from other Republican policies.

In a life of achievement and disgrace, he wrote best-selling novels with themes he knew intimately: ambition, self-promotion, misbehavior and scandal.

The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.

In the first large gathering on campus since revelations about sexual assault allegations, students and faculty members convened outside an administration building that had been the target of vandalism overnight.

Strikes on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia came as the region’s exporters were getting more oil to the world market.

What happened in Mangala, where residents were left with little outside support, helps explain how this outbreak became the worst seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The musician received five Oscar nominations, and soundtracked dozens of memorable nature films.

Brazil is fertile ground for authoritarian politics, no matter who wins this election.

Labour MPs and the European Greens have demanded clarity from the Green Party over a "Zionism is racism" motion.

The Conservatives said their plan would protect the UK at a time when Nato allies have warned of Russian drone incursions.

Also, consider these 100 big unanswered questions. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday it had removed the B1 bombers from the base in England back to their home stations in America.

The powerful anesthetic has gained popularity as a party drug, including among a certain social set on the university’s campus.