Former US President Donald Trump is expected to appear before a specially secured Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday.

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang urged his Japanese counterpart not to "help a villain do evil" by backing the US tech restrictions against Beijing. 

McDonald's, one of the world's largest fast-food chains, will temporarily close all its offices in the US this week.

Finland’s main conservative party has claimed victory in parliamentary elections in a tight three-way race.

In France, Parisians have voted to ban rental electric scooters in the city. Now dumped scooters had also become a significant problem.

French PM Elisabeth Borne has reportedly reprimanded Marlene Schiappa, the secretary of state for giving an interview to the magazine Playboy.