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Bangladesh loses bid to move its T20 World Cup cricket games from India to Sri Lanka 01/21/2026 09:12am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Bangladesh's request to move its T20 World Cup games from India to Sri Lanka has been turned down by the International Cricket Council. The ICC's board of directors met Wednesday and world cricket's governing body said afterward that its security assessments indi Marine Le Pen admits 'mistake' in EU embezzlement trial as she fights to save political career 01/21/2026 09:08am • PARIS (AP) ��� French far-right leader Marine Le Pen acknowledged ���a mistake��� on Wednesday at an appeals trial hearing in Paris that could derail her presidential ambitions, but firmly denied accusations she was at the center of a fraudulent system to siphon off European Union funds. Le Pen, 57, Man who assassinated former Japanese prime minister gets life in prison 01/21/2026 09:05am • TOKYO (AP) ��� A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment on Wednesday. The case has revealed decades of cozy ties between Japan���s governing party and a controversial South Korean church. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, earlier Germany arrests woman accused of supplying war-related information to Russian agent 01/21/2026 08:56am • BERLIN (AP) ��� German authorities on Wednesday arrested a woman accused of supplying information related to Russia's war in Ukraine to a Russian intelligence agent and helping to get him access to political events in Berlin, prosecutors said. The German-Ukrainian dual citizen, identified only as Il Community Trust Bancorp: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/21/2026 08:47am • PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� Community Trust Bancorp Inc. (CTBI) on Wednesday reported net income of $27.3 million in its fourth quarter. The bank, based in Pikeville, Kentucky, said it had earnings of $1.51 per share. The bank holding company for Community Trust Bank posted reven Record crowds witness Sabalenka, Alcaraz, Gauff and Zverev advance at Australian Open 01/21/2026 08:37am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Another day, another record crowd. Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz advanced in straight sets Wednesday and the No. 3 seeds ��� Coco Gauff and Alexander Zverev ��� also progressed to the third round of the Australian Open. The combined numbers for day and n Kristen Bell returning as host to SAG's Actor Awards 01/21/2026 08:30am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Kristen Bell is returning as host of the Screen Actors Guild's Actor Awards for a third time. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the union that presents the annual awards, announced Wednesday that Bell will emcee the March 1 awards, for EU lawmakers vote to hold up Mercosur trade agreement over legal concerns 01/21/2026 08:19am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� European Union lawmakers on Wednesday voted to hold up ratification of a major free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries over concerns about the legality of the deal. In a vote in Strasbourg, France, lawmakers narrowly approved sending the EU-Mercosur Prologis: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/21/2026 08:17am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Prologis Inc. (PLD) on Wednesday reported a key measure of profitability in its fourth quarter. The results matched Wall Street expectations. The real estate investment trust, based in San Francisco, said it had funds from operations of $1.38 billion, or South Korea's former prime minister jailed for 23 years in martial law case 01/21/2026 08:00am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� A South Korean court ruled Wednesday that the ill-fated imposition of martial law by the then President Yoon Suk Yeol constituted an act of rebellion, as it sentenced his prime minister to 23 years in prison for his involvement. Ex-Prime Minister Han Duck-soo became the Ambush in northwest Nigeria kills 5 soldiers and 1 police officer 01/21/2026 07:52am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� Five soldiers and one police officer have been killed in an ambush in northwest Nigeria, the army said. The attack occurred in Zamfara state on Monday, army spokesman David Adewusi said in a statement on Tuesday. Authorities didn���t release details about who was responsible City Holding: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/21/2026 07:41am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� City Holding Co. (CHCO) on Wednesday reported net income of $31.6 million in its fourth quarter. The bank, based in Charleston, West Virginia, said it had earnings of $2.18 per share. The bank holding company for City National Bank of West Virgin Ally Financial: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/21/2026 07:38am • DETROIT (AP) ��� DETROIT (AP) ��� Ally Financial Inc. (ALLY) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $327 million. The Detroit-based company said it had profit of 95 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $1.09 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expec Leonardo da Vinci's legacy lights up the Milan Cortina Olympics with two cauldrons 01/21/2026 07:33am • MILAN (AP) ��� Two Olympic cauldrons for the Milan Cortina Games will pay homage to Leonardo da Vinci. ���For the first time in the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, two cauldrons (in Milan and Cortina d���Ampezzo) will be lit and extinguished simultaneously in two different locations,��� EU lawmakers vote to block Mercosur trade agreement over legal concerns 01/21/2026 07:25am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� EU lawmakers vote to block Mercosur trade agreement over legal concerns.