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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday a trade deal with the United States could happen within days, possibly easing punitive tariffs after months of animosity.

The European Central Bank is expected to hold interest rates steady this week for its third straight meeting, with inflation under control and the long-struggling eurozone economy looking healthier.

A priest attacked after a meeting about democracy with faith leaders, an opposition official's corpse found doused in acid, an ex-ambassador missing from his blood-stained home -- this is the "new normal" in Tanzania, say critics.

Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers handed the Pittsburgh Steelers a second straight defeat in the NFL on Sunday as Aaron Rodgers' first game against his former club fell flat.

Top-seeded Philadelphia Union survived a huge scare before opening their Major League Soccer playoff campaign with a nervy victory over Chicago Fire on Sunday.

Argentine President Javier Milei hailed his party's runaway victory in Sunday's midterm elections as a "turning point" for the country and vowed to charge ahead with his agenda of shrinking the state and deregulating the economy.

US President Donald Trump headed to Japan on Monday, the second leg of an Asia tour, in advance of a meeting with China's Xi Jinping aiming to end the bruising trade war between the world's largest economies.

Ten people go on trial in Paris on Monday for sexist cyber-harassment of Brigitte Macron, in the latest case sparked by unsubstantiated gender claims thrown at the French first lady for years by some in France and beyond.

Washington is in a standoff and the chips are down -- with the government shuttered for weeks, federal workers stuck in limbo and millions who rely on health insurance subsidies scared of losing the shirt off their backs.

Australia's competition watchdog accused Microsoft on Monday of misleading people into paying for its AI assistant Copilot.

Argentina's budget-slashing leader Javier Milei pulled off a stunning win in Sunday's midterm elections, boosting the flagging reform agenda of the US-backed right-winger.

Venezuela on Sunday blasted the arrival in nearby Trinidad and Tobago of a US warship as a dangerous "provocation," amid mounting fears of potential attacks against the Venezuelan mainland.

Rookie Oliver Bearman modestly praised his Haas team's relentless hard work on Sunday after resisting intense pressure and finishing a career-best fourth in the Mexico City Grand Prix.

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Charles Leclerc breathed a sigh of relief after his seventh podium of the season for Ferrari and thanked a late Safety Car intervention for "saving" his second place in the Mexico City Grand Prix.

Injured Australia captain Pat Cummins has been ruled out of the first Ashes Test against England in Perth next month, Cricket Australia said Monday in a statement.

Lando Norris said he plans to continue his policy of being relaxed and focussed on just himself after taking a one-point lead in the Formula One drivers' world championship by winning Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix.

Juan Cruz Mallia ran in three tries as reigning champions Toulouse dominated Toulon 59-24 at home on Sunday to go top of the French Top 14.

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said Sunday it had seized full control of El-Fasher, the last major city in the expansive Darfur region not in its hands, in a potential turning point in the country's unrelenting civil war.

Lando Norris regained the lead in the drivers' world championship for the first time in six months on Sunday when he steered his McLaren to a commanding victory in a breathless Mexico Grand Prix.

The resumption of direct flights between India and China after a five-year suspension was hailed by arriving passengers Monday, a move important both for trade and a symbolic step as Asia's giants cautiously rebuild relations.

Polls closed and vote counting began Sunday in Argentina's pivotal midterm elections, which will determine whether libertarian President Javier Milei can continue his polarizing campaign of downsizing the state.

Lando Norris kept his cool in a chaotic race to dominate the Mexico Grand Prix from pole to flag on Sunday and wrest the drivers' championship race lead from his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri.

Afonso Moreira scored a spectacular last-minute winner to hand Lyon a valuable 2-1 home victory in Ligue 1 against 10-man Strasbourg on Sunday.

Lamine Yamal's words before the Clasico caused more of a stir than his subdued performance on the pitch as Barcelona fell to defeat, and the 18-year-old star can take some valuable lessons moving forward.

The Baltimore Ravens snapped their four-game losing streak with a 30-16 victory over the Chicago Bears in early NFL play on Sunday as the New York Jets bagged their first win of the season in a come-from-behind defeat of the Cincinnati Bengals.

On a Sunday when the San Antonio Spurs paid tribute to long-time coach Gregg Popovich, Victor Wembanyama made sure the unbeaten NBA club celebrated a victory as well.

Mjallby, who clinched their first Swedish title with an away win six days earlier, returned to their village home on Sunday and beat Norrkoping 2-1 in front of their celebrating fans.

Former New York Jets center Nick Mangold has died after suffering complications from kidney disease, the Jets said in a statement on Sunday.

US President Donald Trump heads to Japan on Monday for the second leg of an Asia tour expected to culminate in a meeting with China's Xi Jinping.

Alassane Ouattara looked likely to win a fourth term as Ivory Coast president on Sunday, with early results suggesting a landslide victory in a poll where two of the main hopefuls were barred from standing.