President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his suggestion that the U.S. should take over Greenland as leaders from the semi-autonomous Danish territory criticized a planned trip there this week by a high-profile U.S. delegation.

After 38 days in hospital battling double pneumonia almost entirely out of sight, Pope Francis made his first public appearance on Sunday since February 14 and returned to the Vatican.

A Russian missile attack damaged a school and a hospital in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy, wounding at least 74 people including 13 children on Monday as ceasefire talks, opens new tab ploughed on, officials said

Egypt has floated a new proposal aimed at restoring the Gaza ceasefire deal, security sources told Reuters on Monday, as Palestinian health authorities said Israeli strikes had killed at least 65 people in the enclave in the previous 24 hours.

The main rival to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been formally arrested and charged with corruption.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court reinstated Prime Minister Han Duck-soo’s powers on Monday, the latest twist in the country’s recent turbulent politics after his impeachment as acting president nearly three months ago.

A U.S. delegation will seek progress toward a Black Sea ceasefire and a broader cessation of violence in the war in Ukrainewhen it meets for talks with Russian officials on Monday, after discussions with diplomats from Ukraine on Sunday.

Australia is set to deliver a budget deficit this week, snapping two rare years in the black as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese doles out household relief to boost his re-election chances and global risks cloud the economic outlook.

Parisians voted in a referendum to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city’s streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital’s left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump may have had more contacts than the two publicly announced telephone calls over recent months.

Usha Vance, the wife of U.S. Vice President JD Vance, will travel to Greenland as President Donald Trump clings to the idea of a U.S. annexation of the strategic, semi-autonomous Danish territory.

Ukrainian and U.S. delegations discussed proposals to protect energy facilities and critical infrastructure.