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Rome (AFP) – Venice authorities said Monday they would extend a controversial ticket policy for day-trippers in 2025, reporting that last year’s trial scheme had “slightly” reduced crowds.

New York (AFP) – McDonald’s reported a dip in profits Monday as it contended with lingering effects from a US food poisoning outbreak that depressed sales in its home market.

Lille (France) (AFP) – Authorities have arrested six people after the bodies of two migrants were found on a northern France beach following a failed bid to cross the Channel and reach Britain, French prosecutors said Monday.

Saalbach (Austria) (AFP) – Mikaela Shiffrin will not defend her giant slalom title at the World Ski Championships this week.

Guatemala City (AFP) – At least 55 people were killed in Guatemala on Monday when a bus crashed through a guard rail and plunged into a ravine, authorities said, one of the worst road accidents in Latin America in years.

Paris (AFP) – A remote island that is part of France’s French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the Indian Ocean has seen half of its territory hit by a wildfire that has raged since mid-January, forcing the evacuation of scientists and military based there, authorities said.

Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump said Palestinians would have no right of return to Gaza under his US takeover plan, describing his proposal in excerpts of an interview released Monday as a “real estate development for the future.”

Galle (Sri Lanka) (AFP) – Steve Smith and Alex Carey powered Australia to a formidable 414 all out Saturday in their first innings of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.

Paris (AFP) – In a workshop outside Paris, Celine Lallement stitched hairs into a silicone baby’s skull — the latest creation from a studio specialised in making ultra-realistic infants for the film and TV industries.