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Football
Soccer-Morocco achieve record FIFA ranking, Senegal rise to 12th
Jan 19 (Reuters) - Morocco have achieved their highest FIFA men's world ranking, rising to eighth, despite losing the Africa Cup of Nations final to Senegal, who climbed to 12th on Monday.
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Football
Soccer-Arteta's Arsenal out to prove a point against Inter in Champions League
MILAN, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Arsenal's only loss in last season's Champions League first phase came at Inter Milan and Mikel Arteta wants his side to show how much they have improved since then when they put their unbeaten record on the line against the same opposition.
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Football
Soccer-Arsenal top Deloitte's Women's Money League for 2025, Chelsea close second
Jan 19 (Reuters) - Arsenal became the highest-earning women's football club in 2025, generating more revenue than any other team according to figures from Deloitte released on Monday.
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Motorsport
Motor racing-Mercedes to be F1's sole safety car supplier after Aston deal ends
LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Mercedes will be Formula One's sole safety and medical car supplier this season after Aston Martin decided not to extend an expired five-year deal to share the role with the German manufacturer.
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World
U.S. dollar ticks down
NEW YORK, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar fell in late trading on Monday.
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Football
Soccer-Guardiola shrugs off derby defeat as Man City focus on Champions League progress
BODO, Norway, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Manchester City have put the weekend defeat by Manchester United behind them, manager Pep Guardiola said on Monday, with the focus on a top-eight finish in the Champions League where his side are in a much better position than last season.
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World
Valentino, Italian haute couture 'emperor' who painted fashion red, dies at 93
ROME, Jan 19 (Reuters) - ROME, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A mix of carmine and scarlet, with a hint of orange - a new hue, inspired by an elderly woman at Barcelona's opera house, whose elegance struck a young Valentino Garavani.
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World
Mercedes-Benz starts production of all-electric version of GLB in Hungary
BUDAPEST, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- German premium automaker Mercedes-Benz on Monday started series production of the all-electric version of its GLB model at its manufacturing plant in Kecskemet, central Hungary, according to Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto.
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World
U.S. tariff costs largely passed to American buyers: German study
BERLIN, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The costs generated by U.S. tariffs are borne almost entirely by American importers and consumers rather than foreign exporters, a German study found on Monday, challenging claims by the U.S. administration that the burden falls overseas.
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World
Spain to hold three-day mourning following deadly train crash
ADAMUZ, Spain, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday announced three days of official mourning following a train crash in southern Spain that has killed at least 40 people.
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World
Italian iconic fashion designer Valentino passes away at 93
ROME, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Renowned Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani, founder of the Valentino brand, passed away at the age of 93 in Rome on Monday, the Foundation of Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti announced.
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World
9 children injured as school transport crashes into tree in S. Africa's KwaZulu-Natal
JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Nine children were injured on Monday afternoon after a vehicle lost control and crashed into a tree in Pinetown, South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal Province, local media reported.
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World
Death toll from Guatemala gang attacks rises to nine police officers
GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The death toll from coordinated gang attacks in Guatemala has risen to nine police officers, an official confirmed on Monday, following a weekend of violence that began with prison riots.
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Golf
Golf-Thitikul, Hull and Ko among those to join women's indoor golf league
Jan 19 (Reuters) - World number one Jeeno Thitikul from Thailand, England's Charley Hull, and three-times major winner Lydia Ko are among the first group of committed LPGA Tour players for the new women's tech-infused indoor team golf league.
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World
Germany to reintroduce EV subsidies for private buyers
BERLIN, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Germany will reintroduce subsidies for private consumers purchasing electric vehicles, the environment ministry announced on Monday, reviving incentives that were halted at the end of 2023.
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Football
Soccer-Problems mount for Tottenham's Frank, but vows to fight on
LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The problems continue to mount for embattled Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank with the Dane having only 11 outfield players available for Tuesday's crucial Champions League clash with Borussia Dortmund, but he says he will keep fighting.
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World
Russia's budget deficit around 2.6 pct of GDP in 2025: finance ministry
MOSCOW, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Russia's federal budget recorded a deficit of 5.65 trillion rubles (about 72.1 billion U.S. dollars), or around 2.6 percent of GDP, in 2025, the Russian Finance Ministry said Monday.
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World
Bulgaria's President Radev resigns amid speculation he will form his own party
SOFIA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev will resign, he said in a speech on Monday, stoking widespread speculation that he will form his own political party to run in upcoming parliamentary elections after the previous government resigned last month.
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World
Top US Catholic cardinals question morality of American foreign policy
Jan 19 (Reuters) - Three U.S. Catholic archbishops on Monday decried the direction of American foreign policy, saying the country's "moral role in confronting evil around the world" was in question and that military action must only be used as an extreme last resort.
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Football
Soccer-Senegal's Afcon celebrations overshadowed by threat of sanctions
RABAT, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Senegal might be celebrating their Africa Cup of Nations victory but will anxiously await possible sanctions for their walk-off during Sunday's final against Morocco.
