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Three missing employees of Canadian miner found dead in Mexico

Three missing employees of Canadian miner found dead in Mexico

Three of the 10 employees of a Canadian mining company who were kidnapped two weeks ago in Mexico's violence-plagued Sinaloa state have been found dead, Mexico's Mining Chamber said Monday.

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Meta, Google face jury in landmark US addiction trial

Meta, Google face jury in landmark US addiction trial

Meta and Google-owned YouTube were vilified Monday for "engineering addiction" as a landmark social media trial began in earnest in a California court.

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Winter Olympics organisers investigate reports of damaged medals

Winter Olympics organisers investigate reports of damaged medals

The organisers of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics said on Monday they were investigating why medals are breaking after competitors, including gold medallist skier Breezy Johnson, said they were falling apart.

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Japan's Murase clinches Olympic big air gold as Gasser is toppled

Japan's Murase clinches Olympic big air gold as Gasser is toppled

Japanese world champion Kokomo Murase clinched Olympic gold in the women's big air competition on Monday as two-time champion Anna Gasser was dethroned.

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Japan's Murase clinches Olympic big air gold

Japan's Murase clinches Olympic big air gold

Japanese world champion Kokomo Murase clinched Olympic gold in the women's big air competition on Monday as two-time champion Anna Gasser was dethroned.

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Pakistan to play India at T20 World Cup after boycott called off

Pakistan to play India at T20 World Cup after boycott called off

Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the country's cricket team to play India in the T20 World Cup on February 15 in Colombo, ending a week-long stand-off.

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Spanish NGO says govt flouting own Franco memory law

Spanish NGO says govt flouting own Franco memory law

One of Spain's most respected memory associations on Monday accused the leftist government of flouting its own much-vaunted policy to remove public symbols inherited from Francisco Franco's brutal dictatorship.

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What next for Vonn after painful end to Olympic dream?

What next for Vonn after painful end to Olympic dream?

Lindsey Vonn's hopes of claiming the fourth Olympic medal of her career vanished at the first attempt on Sunday after a brutal crash in the Milan-Cortina downhill final which left her with a broken leg.

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Main trial begins in landmark US addiction case against Meta, YouTube

Main trial begins in landmark US addiction case against Meta, YouTube

A landmark social media trial began in earnest on Monday that could establish a legal precedent on whether Meta or YouTube deliberately designed their platforms to lead to addiction in children.

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South Africa open T20 World Cup campaign with Canada thrashing

South Africa open T20 World Cup campaign with Canada thrashing

South Africa inflicted a 57-run thrashing on Canada in Ahmedabad on Monday, as the 2024 runners-up opened their latest T20 World Cup campaign with a dominant performance with bat and ball.

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