Other Sports

From NFL turf to Olympic pool, SoFi Stadium prepares for the World Cup and LA28

INGLEWOOD, California, Jan 13 (Reuters) - SoFi Stadium was built as ‌the NFL's gleaming new palace, but over the next three years it is set to become a global sporting stage - a venue that will flip from World Cup ‌spotlight to Super Bowl host to Olympic spectacle and swimming venue.

Football

Soccer-Leverkusen's Bundesliga clash at Hamburg postponed due to weather concerns

Jan 13 (Reuters) - ‌Tuesday's Bundesliga fixture ‌between Hamburg SV ‌and Bayer Leverkusen has been postponed due to concerns ‍over weather conditions, ‍Leverkusen said ‌in a statement.

World

Kyrgyzstan's rail freight volume reaches record high in 2025

BISHKEK, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The volume of rail freight transport in Kyrgyzstan in 2025 exceeded 10 million tonnes, reaching a record high in the history of the country's railway system, the state railway company Kyrgyz Temir Zholu reported Tuesday.

World

Leading central bankers voice full solidarity with U.S. Fed amid Trump pressure

FRANKFURT, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- A group of major central bank governors said on Tuesday that they fully support the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) and its chair Jerome Powell, following an escalation in the Trump administration's confrontation with the Fed.

World

Cameroon signs agreement with Chinese constructor to enhance professionalism in university

YAOUNDE, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon's Ministry of Higher Education on Tuesday signed a framework partnership agreement with China First Highway Engineering Co., Ltd. (CFHEC) to promote professionalism in university education and improve graduate employability.

World

With Maduro gone, Rubio's political fortunes are tied to Venezuela's

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Marco Rubio's sweeping influence in Trump's ‌second administration — juggling posts from secretary of state to national security advisor — has sparked a wave of AI-generated memes, including a recent one portraying him in military garb as Venezuela's ruler.

World

US to end deportation relief for Somalis in Temporary Protected Status program

Washington, Jan ‌13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will end humanitarian protections that grant deportation relief and work permits ‌to some 1,100 Somalis in the U.S., administration officials said on Tuesday, the latest restrictive move targeting ‌Somali immigrants.

Technology

French regulator says some crypto firms unresponsive as EU licence deadline approaches

PARIS, Jan 13 (Reuters) - ‌Nearly a third of crypto companies without an EU licence in France ‌are still to tell the regulator whether they intend to get the ‌licence required under new EU rules or will cease operating by July, the country's markets regulator warned on Tuesday.  

World

Russian captain 'did nothing' to avoid US tanker crash, UK prosecutors tell trial

LONDON, Jan ‌13 (Reuters) - The captain of a container ship that crashed into a U.S. tanker off Britain's east ‌coast last year did "absolutely nothing" to prevent an avoidable and fatal collision, British prosecutors said on ‌Tuesday as his trial over a crew member's death began.

World

Scientists create framework to detect extreme underwater darkness events

WELLINGTON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- A New Zealand-led study has created the first framework to detect short but intense underwater darkness events, or "marine darkwaves," that can harm marine ecosystems.

World

Zimbabwe's foreign currency earnings rise to 16.2 bln USD in 2025

HARARE, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's foreign currency earnings rose to 16.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2025, up from 13.3 billion dollars in 2024, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mushayavanhu said Tuesday.

World

Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Jan. 13

MANILA -- The death toll from a landfill landslide in the central Philippine city of Cebu climbed to 13, authorities said on Tuesday.

World

Feature: Namibian TV host finds new creative horizons in Beijing

WINDHOEK, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- As China-Africa relations continue to deepen, more young Africans are choosing China as a destination to study, create and connect across cultures.

Football

Soccer-Eritrea set for international football comeback after six-year absence

TANGIERS, Morocco, Jan 13 (Reuters) - ‌Eritrea is set to play its first football international in more than six years after entering ‌the preliminaries for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations finals, to be played in March.

Technology

Meta mulls doubling output of Ray-Ban glasses by year end, Bloomberg News reports

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Meta and ‌EssilorLuxottica are considering doubling the production capacity of their artificial intelligence-powered ‌smart glasses to 20 million units annually by the end ‌of this year, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.

Football

Super League: Terengganu edged Brunei 1-0, Kelantan defeated Sabah 3-2

PETALING JAYA: Forward Engku Shakir Engku Yacob's solitary strike turned out to be the winner as Terengganu edged Brunei 1-0 in the Super League on Tuesday (Jan 13).

Nation

Blogger Murray Hunter retracts defamatory articles following settlement with MCMC

KUALA LUMPUR: Blogger Murray Victor Hunter has issued a full retraction and apology after reaching a settlement with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) over articles considered defamatory.

Other Sports

Swiss Olympic snowboard medallist Ueli Kestenholz dies in avalanche

ZURICH, Jan ‌13 (Reuters) - Swiss snowboarder and ‌Olympic medallist Ueli Kestenholz, 50, ‌has died after being buried in an avalanche on Sunday in ‍the Loetschental region of ‍Canton Valais, ‌the Swiss skiing federation Swiss‑Ski said ‍on ​Tuesday.

Football

Soccer-Arsenal's Arteta eyes League Cup redemption despite injury-hit defence

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Defenders Piero Hincapie ‌and Riccardo Calafiori will miss Arsenal's trip to Chelsea for Wednesday's League Cup ‌semi-final first leg, while William Saliba and Leandro Trossard are doubtful, manager ‌Mikel Arteta said.

World

UK teenager goes on trial accused of preparing far-right attack

LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - A British ‌teenager went on trial on Tuesday accused of being a member ‌of a banned white supremacist group and planning terrorist acts, having carried ‌out research on nearby synagogues and collected weapons and material to make explosives.