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Chinese steel factory officials detained after explosion that leaves 4 dead, 6 missing 01/19/2026 08:16am • BEIJING (AP) — Chinese police have detained those in charge of a steel factory in the Inner Mongolia region after an explosion killed four people and left 84 others hospitalized, state media said. The death toll rose to four during the day Monday as rescuers searched for the missing. State broadca Chaos of Africa Cup final reflects badly on Morocco's prospects as 2030 World Cup co-host 01/19/2026 08:10am • RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s dry run as a 2030 Would Cup co-host could hardly have gone worse with the chaotic end to the Africa Cup of Nations. The final was marred Sunday by fighting between fans and stewards on the field and a walk-off from the Senegal team which felt a grave injustice had Afghan officials say an explosion at a hotel in downtown Kabul has left a number of people killed and injured 01/19/2026 07:47am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials say an explosion at a hotel in downtown Kabul has left a number of people killed and injured. Man and boy critical after 3 shark attacks off Sydney in just over 24 hours 01/19/2026 07:33am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man and boy were critically injured and another boy had his surfboard bitten during three separate shark attacks in Sydney in just over 24 hours, police said on Monday. A surfer in his 20s was bitten on a leg by a shark off North Steyne Beach on the Pacific Ocean coas Philippines discovers new gas deposit near disputed South China Sea 01/19/2026 06:48am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced Monday the discovery of a new natural gas deposit near the disputed South China Sea, which could shield his country from a potential power crisis. The “significant discovery" northwest off Palawan province, close to a Analysis: How Trump’s tariffs become ultimatums 01/19/2026 06:10am • President Donald Trump’s reported warning to European allies over Greenland has injected a new and unsettling variable into trans-Atlantic relations. The threat is not merely economic. It is strategic, coercive, and aimed inward at the alliance itself. Tariffs have long been used as blun China's population falls again as births drop to lowest rate since 1949 communist revolution 01/19/2026 06:03am • BANGKOK (AP) — How do you persuade a population to have more babies after generations of limiting families to just one? A decade after ending China's longtime one-child policy, the country's authorities are pushing a range of ideas and policies to try to encourage more births — tactics that rang Police in South Africa say a school bus crash has killed at least 12 children 01/19/2026 06:02am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Police in South Africa say a school bus crash has killed at least 12 children. Chance Gray's family legacy adds special meaning to Coretta Scott King Classic for Ohio State guard 01/19/2026 06:01am • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Getting a chance to play in the Coretta Scott King Classic has special meaning for Ohio State senior Chance Gray. Her great grandfather Benjamin Hooks worked with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr and was onetime executive director of the NAACP. Gray remembered when she was young hear Transfer QBs Mendoza, Beck headline college football's biggest game and signify broader trend 01/19/2026 06:00am • MIAMI (AP) — For the second straight year, the biggest game in college football will be decided by a quarterback who wasn’t on the roster the year before. Heisman-winning Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza arrived in Bloomington in December 2024 following three years at California. Carson B A look at some of Europe’s deadliest train accidents in recent years 01/19/2026 05:57am • MADRID (AP) — A high-speed train derailment in southern Spain has left at least 39 people dead and injured more than 150, according to authorities. Rail travel in Europe is a common, relatively affordable and convenient way for many Europeans and tourists to travel. Major railway accidents have de Australian Open Results 01/19/2026 05:46am • Monday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: AUD111,500,000 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (AP) _ Results Monday from Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses): Men's Singles First Round Quentin Halys, France, def. Alejandro Tabilo, Chile, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (2) Capital One Arena hosts highest-attended game in US women's hockey history 01/19/2026 05:15am • D.C.'s Capital One Arena marked a milestone Sunday when it recorded the largest in-arena attendance for a professional U.S. women's hockey match. The record-setting crowd of 17,228 attendees came as the arena hosted the Professional Women's Hockey League Takeover Tour game. The anticipated game Kaltounková and Cherkowski score goals, Osborne has 31 saves as Sirens beat Victoire 2-1 01/19/2026 05:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Kristýna Kaltounková and Anne Cherkowski each scored a goal, Kayle Osborne had 31 saves and the New York Sirens beat the Montreal Victoire 2-1 on Sunday at Capital One Arena as part of the PWHL’s Takeover Tour. The game, played in front of 17,228 fans, set an attendance re Prince Harry arrives at London court for privacy suit against publisher of the Daily Mail 01/19/2026 05:07am • LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry arrives at London court for privacy suit against publisher of the Daily Mail.