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Bezos and Biden spar on Twitter over corporate taxes and inflation

Biden has often accused Amazon, the ecommerce giant that Bezos founded and led for nearly a quarter-century, of failing to pay its fair share in taxes

Elisabeth Borne appointed France's new PM, second woman to hold post

Elisabeth Borne was appointed France's new prime minister on Monday to become the second woman to hold the post in the country.

McDonald's to sell its Russian business after more than three decades

Without naming a prospective Russian buyer, McDonald's said on Monday that it would seek one to hire its workers and pay them until the sale closes.

Sweden ends neutrality, joins Finland to seek NATO berth as Putin complains

Russian President says expansion of military infrastructure onto Nordic territory 'will of course give rise to our reaction in response'.

Wall Street opens modestly lower, continuing a losing streak; S&P down 0.6%

Last week, US benchmarks logged their sixth straight weekly drop, the longest such streak since 2011

Official US death toll from Covid surpasses 1 mn, highest for a country

The real number of lives lost to Covid, either directly or indirectly, as a result the disruption of the health care system in the world's richest country, is believed to be far higher

Shanghai says lockdown to ease as Coronavirus spread slows down

Most of Shanghai has stopped the spread of the coronavirus in the community and fewer than 1 million people remain under strict lockdown, authorities said Monday, as the city moves toward reopening

Covid outbreak surges in North Korea, Kim Jong Un slams pandemic response

State media didn't specify how many of the fever cases were confirmed as COVID-19. Among the 50 fatalities, North Korea officially identified only one as a COVID-19 case so far.

Boris Johnson says UK will act on Northern Ireland rules if EU won't

Voters in Northern Ireland elected a new Assembly this month, in a vote that saw Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein win the most seats

China says economy reviving as stringent anti-virus curbs ease in Shanghai

About half of the 9,000 biggest industrial enterprises in Shanghai are back at work after controls that shut down most of the city starting in late March eased

PSG star Kylian Mbappe wins French league's best player award for 3rd time

Mbappe is the league's top scorer with 25 goals for the French champion and has netted 36 in all competitions

Serie A Title wait nearly over for Milan after 2-0 win over Atalanta

The Rossoneri could even have clinched the title on Sunday but defending champion and fierce rival Inter Milan won 3-1 at relegation-threatened Cagliari to keep its fading title hopes alive

Penalty save denies City victory, keeps EPL title race alive in final week

There's still plenty of life in this absorbing title race after Mahrez had a penalty saved in the 86th minute, leaving City to settle for a 2-2 draw at West Ham on Sunday

Werder Bremen joins Schalke back in Bundesliga; playoff for Hamburg

Werder Bremen secured promotion back to the Bundesliga along with Schalke thanks to a 2-0 win over Jahn Regensburg in Germany's second division.

1 dead after gunman shoots at multiple people at California church: Police

Police say churchgoers detained the gunman who shot multiple people Sunday at a California church, calling their intervention an act of "exceptional heroism and bravery"

New Zealand sets $357 mn to help pay for cleaner cars to reduce emissions

The plan represents a step toward the pledges the nation made under the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change and New Zealand's stated goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050

New York's Buffalo shooter targeted Black neighbourhood: Official

The 18-year-old who fatally shot 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket with the intent of killing as many Black people as possible, officials said Sunday

Biden urges unity to stem racial hate after Buffalo supermarket shooting

A white gunman in military gear attacked shoppers and workers at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday, killing 10 people

Blow to German Chancellor as conservatives win key state with 35.7% votes

Figures published by public broadcaster WDR forecast the Christian Democrats making small gains in the North Rhine-Westphalia state election to take 35.7 per cent of the vote

Independent probe points to Israeli fire in Al Jazeera journalist's death

Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American and a 25-year veteran of the satellite channel, was killed last Wednesday while covering an Israeli military raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank