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China and Japan, uneasy neighbors in East Asia, are at odds again 01/08/2026 10:05am • BEIJING (AP) — They’re at it again. China and Japan — frenemies, trading partners and uneasy neighbors with a tortured, bloody history they still struggle to navigate — are freshly at each other’s rhetorical throats as 2026 begins. And it’s over the same sticking points that have kept t Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Jan. 9 - Jan. 15 01/08/2026 10:05am • Jan. 9 1942 — Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer with four seconds left in the first round at Madison Square Garden in New York to retain the world heavyweight title. 1977 — Oakland wins their first NFL Championship and the Minnesota Vikings drop their fourth Super Bowl as the Raiders post a 32-14 Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Jan. 9 - Jan. 15 01/08/2026 10:00am • Jan. 13 1962 — Wilt Chamberlain scores an NBA regulation-game record 73 points to lead the Philadelphia Warriors to a 135-117 triumph over the Chicago Packers. 1971 — Lenny Wilkens of the Seattle Supersonics, at 33, becomes the oldest All-Star MVP as he scores 21 points to give the West a 108-10 New pipe organ signals rebirth for Episcopal parish after fire, flood and ‘plague’ 01/08/2026 09:39am • NEW YORK (RNS) — The organ arrived from Utah on a warm August morning. Greeted by holy water, incense and slide whistles, it came in a 53-foot-long truck that was double-parked on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The Church of the Epiphany’s priests clambered up on the truck’s loading dock, toss Apple Card switches hands but no immediate changes for users 01/08/2026 09:09am • The Apple Card, known for its intuitive features and other perks for consumers, will now be issued by JPMorgan but Apple says nothing will change for users. The handover to JP Morgan brings together companies that play an increasingly large role in the way people pay for everything from utility bil Dortmund and Frankfurt under pressure as they kick off Bundesliga return 01/08/2026 09:06am • DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — The Bundesliga is back. And so is the pressure for Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt. As they meet on Friday to kick off the league’s return from its two-and-a-half-week break, host Frankfurt needs to sort out the leaky defense sinking its Bundesliga and Cham Hawks agree to trade high-scoring guard Trae Young to Wizards, AP source says 01/08/2026 08:21am • Trae Young's tenure in Atlanta is over, with the Hawks agreeing to trade the high-scoring and frequently criticized guard to the Washington Wizards for a package including veteran CJ McCollum, a person with knowledge of the move said Wednesday night. Corey Kispert is also headed from Washington to A What to know about the latest tensions in Yemen and the parties involved 01/08/2026 08:04am • Yemen is threatening to fracture even further, exposing a growing rift between Middle East powers Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The latest friction is among members of the Saudi-led coalition based in Yemen’s south that for years has been fighting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels based in Former Premier League referee Coote given suspended prison sentence for indecent image 01/08/2026 07:49am • NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Former Premier League referee David Coote was given a suspended prison sentence on Thursday for having a sexual video of a minor on his laptop. Coote previously pleaded guilty to making an indecent moving image of a child of the most serious kind, Britain's Press Associa Olympic medalist Ledeux missing Milan Cortina due to concussion effects since March 01/08/2026 06:26am • PARIS (AP) — Olympic big air medalist Tess Ledeux has withdrawn from the Milan Cortina Winter Games next month, saying she has not sufficiently recovered from a concussion. The French freestyle skier, who was second to Eileen Gu at the Beijing Olympics four years ago, has not competed since a cras Top-ranked Sabalenka calls season schedule 'insane,' plans to skip tournaments to avoid burnout 01/08/2026 06:05am • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka describes the tennis schedule as “insane” and said she'll risk fines in order to skip tournaments to avoid injuries or burnout. For all those concerns, though, the world's top-ranked woman is happy to have as much competition as possible before the se China to probe Meta's acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus 01/08/2026 05:52am • HONG KONG (AP) — China said on Thursday it would assess and investigate Meta’s acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus, in a move highlighting its technology rivalry with the U.S.. Meta announced last week it was buying Manus, which is Singapore-based with Chinese roots, as the Cali Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer will retire after 60 years in elected office 01/08/2026 05:40am • Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer will be retiring from the U.S. House of Representatives at the end of his term, multiple sources reported Wednesday evening. Hoyer, who served for years in party leadership and helped steer Democrats through some of their most significant legislative victories, will deli Rubio plans to meet with Danish officials next week to talk about US interest in Greenland 01/08/2026 03:35am • U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over Greenland, the strategic Arctic island that is a self-governing territory of Denmark. Since the capture of former Venezuelan leader Nico US seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures and sales worldwide 01/08/2026 02:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday sought to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing a pair of sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announcing plans to relax some sanctions so the U.S. can oversee the sale of Venezuela’s petroleum worldwide. T