Global stock markets surged on Monday after the U.S. and China agreed to slash their steep tariffs on each other for at least 90 days, tapping the brakes on a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies that had fed fears of a global recession.

The prime minister of junta-ruled Guinea announced a new date of December 2025 for elections, seeking to reassure investors in a speech at an African business forum.

US President Donald Trump says they have achieved a “total reset” in relations with China after both countries agreed to reduce tariffs on each other’s goods for 90 days.

A UN-backed assessment says Gaza’s population of around 2.1 million Palestinians is at “critical risk” of famine and faces “extreme levels of food insecurity” as an Israeli blockade on humanitarian aid continues.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is prepared to meet Vladimir Putin this week, shortly after US President Donald Trump urged him to “immediately” accept the Russian leader’s offer to hold peace talks in Turkey.

Indian software services exporter LTIMindtree bagged a $450 million multi-year deal, its largest ever, the company said on Monday.

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog called on the international community to help with its new plan to distribute aid directly to the people of Gaza and cut out Palestinian group Hamas from the process.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration intends to accept a Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab 747-8 plane as a gift from the Qatari royal family that would be outfitted to serve as Air Force One, according to a source briefed on the matter.

Thirteen people died in a blast during a disposal of expired military ammunition in Indonesia’s West Java on Monday, army officials told local media, the second incident involving expired ammunition in the country in little over a year.

France will respond to Algeria’s “unjustified” decision to expel 15 French officials, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday, as relations between the countries worsened further.

Pope Leo XIV took his first trip outside the Vatican on Saturday, heading about an hour’s drive east of Rome for a visit to a Catholic shrine and stopping on the way back to pay respects at the tomb of his predecessor Francis.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in the Turkish capital Istanbul that he said should be aimed at bringing a durable peace and eliminating the root causes of the war.