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The Argentina defender admitted a charge of “failing to leave the field of play promptly and/or behaving in a confrontat Rapper Fetty Wap released from prison early in drug trafficking case 01/09/2026 12:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Fetty Wap has been released from a federal prison to home confinement after serving just over half a six-year sentence for his role in a New York-based drug trafficking scheme. The federal Bureau of Prisons said the “Trap Queen” rapper, whose legal name is Willie Maxwell Separatist group in southern Yemen announces dissolution after its leader flees to the UAE 01/09/2026 11:19am • CAIRO (AP) — Yemen's main separatist group and its institutions will be dismantled effective Friday, the group's secretary-general said, following weeks of unrest in areas of southern Yemen and a day after its leader fled to the United Arab Emirates. Abdulrahman Jalal al-Sebaihi said the Southern Two top-division soccer games in Germany called off amid heavy snow 01/09/2026 10:52am • Two top-division German soccer games were called off Friday as heavy snow made stadiums unsafe. St. Pauli's Bundesliga game Saturday against Leipzig was postponed as the city of Hamburg in northern Germany struggled with heavy snow, and more was expected. Hours later, the league confirmed that Werd Italy's Meloni rules out US military move on Greenland and urges stronger NATO role in Arctic 01/09/2026 10:42am • ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said on Friday she didn’t believe the United States would resort to military force to seize control of Greenland, urging a stronger role for NATO in the Arctic region to address U.S. security concerns. Speaking during a traditional New Year press confer China, Russia and Iran join South Africa for naval drills as tensions run high 01/09/2026 10:26am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Chinese, Russian and Iranian warships launched a week of naval drills with host South Africa off the Cape Town coast Friday as geopolitical tensions run high over the United States' intervention in Venezuela and its move to seize tankers carrying Venezuelan oil. The Winter storm slams UK and France as cold snap spreads across Europe 01/09/2026 10:25am • LONDON (AP) — Thousands of homes and businesses across northern France and southern England were without power Friday morning and residents faced widespread travel delays after a storm swept in off the Atlantic, bringing high winds, rain and snow to the region. The low-pressure system, named Storm