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Stock markets posted strong gains Monday as investors cheered prospects that the US government shutdown could be nearing an end, after reports said lawmakers had reached a deal to break the record 40-day impasse.

With a spear in hand and red hair rising like fire, the mischievous forest guardian from Brazil's Indigenous folklore, Curupira, is the mascot of this year's UN climate conference in the Amazon.

The Bank of England said Monday it aims to "build trust" in stablecoins in the UK, which would be pegged to the pound under proposed national rules for the cryptocurrency.

China said on Monday it would suspend for one year "special port fees" on US vessels "simultaneously" with Washington's pause on levies targeting Chinese ships, as a fragile trade truce between the superpowers takes shape.

There is no clear link between pregnant women taking the common painkiller paracetamol and autism in their children, despite repeated claims otherwise by Donald Trump, according to the most comprehensive review of the existing evidence published Monday.

European and Asian stock markets rallied Monday as investors cheered prospects that the US government shutdown could be nearing an end, after reports said lawmakers had reached a deal to break the record-breaking 40-day impasse.

China said Monday it would suspend for one year "special port fees" on US vessels "simultaneously" with Washington's pause on levies targeting Chinese ships, as a fragile trade truce between the superpowers continues to take shape.

Severe coastal erosion caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi exposed a centuries-old shipwreck in Vietnam, providing a narrow window to salvage what experts say could be a historically significant find.

China said Monday it would suspend sanctions against US subsidiaries of Hanwha Ocean, one of South Korea's largest shipbuilders, as a fragile trade truce between Washington and Beijing continued to take shape.

She lived a life of luxury that earned her the nickname "goddess of wealth", but Chinese businesswoman Zhimin Qian now faces a long jail sentence after police made the UK's largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure of Bitcoin worth over $6 billion.

Equities rallied Monday on hopes that the US government shutdown could be nearing an end after reports said lawmakers had reached a deal to break the record-breaking 40-day impasse.

In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing -- an activity that many feel compelled to keep secret.

US senators reached a bipartisan deal Sunday that would resume federal funding and end a shutdown which has stretched to a record 40 days and forced many government operations to grind to a halt.

A weakening Typhoon Fung-wong departed the Philippines over the South China Sea on Monday morning, after its driving winds and heavy rain killed at least two people and forced more than a million to evacuate.

Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, was forced Sunday to postpone the anticipated launch of its New Glenn rocket due to unfavorable weather conditions.

"Predator: Badlands," the latest installment in the sci-fi horror franchise that started nearly 40 years ago, devoured the competition at the North American box office, debuting at $40 million, industry estimates showed Sunday.

Air travel in the United States could soon "slow to a trickle," authorities warned Sunday as thousands more flights were cancelled or delayed and passengers faced chaos triggered by the federal government shutdown.

Two cruise ships tower imposingly over a sleepy port in the Brazilian Amazon where some 50,000 people are gathering for a UN climate conference.

More than a million people have been evacuated and at least one person killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines on Sunday before Typhoon Fung-wong's expected landfall on the east coast.

Their lives changed forever on November 13, 2015, when coordinated jihadist attacks killed 130 people in Paris.

Nearly a million people have been evacuated and floodwaters were rising in the Philippines on Sunday before Typhoon Fung-wong's expected late-night landfall on the east coast.

Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, the White Stripes and Soundgarden were among this year's inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, adding their names to the pantheon of music's most esteemed and beloved acts.

Leading wildlife protection experts have urged India to suspend all imports of the world's most endangered species, endorsing long-running concerns by conservationists about mass acquisitions by mega-zoo Vantara.

A Russian attack hit Ukraine's energy infrastructure, killing two people and prompting power cuts in several regions, Ukrainian authorities said Saturday.

Indonesian authorities said Saturday they were investigating a student over their alleged involvement in explosions that wounded nearly 100 people at a school in the capital Jakarta.

Rescue work was suspended and preemptive evacuations began Saturday as Typhoon Fung-wong bore down on the Philippines, days after another storm killed at least 204 people.

The sense of fear is palpable in parts of northern Japan, where some locals have fastened bells to their bags hoping the noise will keep bears away, while signs warn people to be on guard.

Stock markets mostly retreated Friday as the prolonged US government shutdown dragged on investor sentiment, along with worries about an AI bubble dismissed by President Donald Trump.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday said Earth can no longer sustain humanity's dependence on fossil fuels, and without confronting this reality the climate fight will be lost.

James Watson -- the Nobel laureate co-credited with the pivotal discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, but whose career was later tainted by his repeated racist remarks -- has died, his former lab said Friday. He was 97.

More than 1,200 flights were canceled across the United States on Friday after the Trump administration ordered reductions to ease strain on air traffic controllers working without pay amid a federal government shutdown.

Rapper Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards, music's highest honors, with nine, the Recording Academy announced Friday -- fresh off winning five golden gramophones at the last gala.