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Ukraine's Olga Kharlan may have missed out on the individual Olympic gold medal she craved but she said her bronze in Monday's sabre final was "really special", dedicating it to her war-torn country.

Thomas Ceccon said he fulfilled a childhood "dream" by giving Italy their second swimming gold of the Paris Olympics with a thrilling victory in the men's 100m backstroke on Monday.

A stock market rally lost its legs Monday as investors looked ahead to key interest-rate decisions this week in the United States and elsewhere.

Carlos Alcaraz shrugged off an injury scare to reach the last 16 of the Olympic singles tennis on Monday and said he will fight to be "100 percent" for doubles with Rafael Nadal.

An attacker with a knife killed two children and wounded 11 other people, including six youths in critical condition, at a dance class in northern England on Monday, police said.

The United States captured bronze in the men's gymnastics team final at the Paris Games on Monday, ending a 16-year Olympic medal drought thanks to a bounce-back performance from Brody Malone.

Canada's 17-year-old swimming sensation Summer McIntosh won her first Olympic gold on Monday while Novak Djokovic triumphed over Rafael Nadal in the latest chapter of their epic tennis rivalry.

Billionaire X owner Elon Musk was facing criticism Monday for sharing a deepfake video featuring US Vice President Kamala Harris, which tech campaigners said violated the platform's own policies.

Protests erupted in Venezuela's capital Monday as the regime deflected charges it had rigged an election win for President Nicolas Maduro that the opposition has disputed and many in the international community have questioned.

The clatter and clang of people banging pots and pans from their windows echoed through the streets of Caracas on Monday as people expressed despair after an election they claimed was stolen by President Nicolas Maduro.

Protests erupted in parts of Caracas Monday against the re-election victory claimed by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro but disputed by the opposition and questioned internationally, AFP journalists observed.

Novak Djokovic crushed Rafael Nadal 6-1, 6-4 in their blockbuster Olympics clash on Monday as the two titans met for the 60th and possibly final time.

Carlos Alcaraz shrugged off an injury scare to defeat Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands to reach the last 16 of the Olympic Games tennis tournament on Monday.

Daiki Hashimoto conjured up some late magic to help Japan win Olympic men's team gymnastics gold on Monday as arch-rivals China stumbled with the title within their grasp.

Two children have been killed and nine more injured, six critically, in a knife attack at a dance class in northern England on Monday, police said.

Daiki Hashimoto conjured up some late magic to help Japan win Olympic men's team gymnastics gold on Monday as arch-rivals China crumbled with the title within their grasp.

Venezuela's regime upped the ante Monday as it defended itself against claims of election rigging, alleging it was the target of an attempted "coup" and linking the opposition leader to a bid to "adulterate" the results.

England coach Brendon McCullum believes an overhauled Test side have developed a "harder feel" after launching their home season with a comprehensive 3-0 series rout of the West Indies.

After a deadly strike on civilians in the annexed Golan Heights, Israel has threatened retaliation against Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, accusing it of perpetrating the attack with an Iranian-made Falaq-1 rocket -- part of its wide-ranging arsenal.

An attacker wielding a knife wounded at least eight people in northern England on Monday, reportedly including children, with police saying they had arrested a 17-year-old male.

A thundering performance by thrash metal band Gojira at the Olympics opening ceremony shows how much the demonic-sounding genre has entered the pop culture mainstream.

Canada appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday over the decision to dock them six points in the on-going women's Paris Olympic football over a spying scandal.

Japan's Yuto Horigome landed the highest-scoring trick of the men's street skateboarding competition in Monday's final round to retain his Olympic crown.

Arsenal have signed Italy defender Riccardo Calafiori from Bologna on what the Premier League club said on Monday was a "long-term contract".

Fast food giant McDonald's vowed Monday to win back consumers with better value offerings after it reported a rare sales decline that the company partly attributed to an exodus of inflation-weary low-income consumers.

Novak Djokovic said he hoped he would get more chances to play Rafael Nadal after beating his old rival in the second round of the Olympics on Monday.

Britain's Labour finance minister Rachel Reeves declared Monday that the public finances face an extra £22-billion hole inherited from the previous Conservative administration and warned of "difficult decisions" ahead to cut spending or hike taxes.

Novak Djokovic overcame a gritty Rafael Nadal comeback Monday in probably the last chapter of their epic tennis rivalry at the Paris Olympics, as Australia's Ariarne Titmus bids for a second gold in the pool.

Scottie Scheffler is hoping to crown a brilliant season with a "special" gold medal as the golf world number one prepares to tee off at his first Olympics.

A rally on stock markets lost its legs Monday as investors looked ahead to key interest-rate decisions this week in the United States and elsewhere.

Simone Biles appears to be at the peak of her powers as she leads the United States on a redemption mission in the women's gymnastics team final on Tuesday at the Paris Olympics.

The Israeli military said Monday nine soldiers were being held in a case of suspected abuse of a detainee at a facility known to be holding Palestinians arrested from Gaza during the war.