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Mexico's quarterback Flores champions flag football ahead of LA Olympics

Jan 21 (Reuters) - Diana Flores started playing flag football on ‌dusty fields where women were not even allowed on the main pitch. 

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Chile's miners flag risks in dual oversight of mining, economy ministries

SANTIAGO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Chile's ‌mining industry expressed concerns on Wednesday after President-elect Jose Antonio Kast named one minister to ‌oversee both mining and the economy, warning that the economically critical sector needs dedicated oversight.

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China to send 2 giant pandas to Munich zoo under 10-year conservation program

MUNICH, Germany, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- The China Wildlife Conservation Association on Wednesday signed a cooperation agreement with Munich's Hellabrunn Zoo on giant panda conservation, under which two giant pandas from China will come to the zoo for a 10-year program.

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Russia's inflation eases to 5.6 pct in 2025

MOSCOW, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Russia's annual inflation rate eased to 5.6 percent in 2025 from 9.5 percent in 2024, the Bank of Russia said Wednesday.

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Britain's inflation rate increases to 3.4 pct in December

LONDON, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Britain's consumer price index (CPI) rose by 3.4 percent year on year in December 2025, accelerating from 3.2 percent in November, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed Wednesday.

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Qatar's Hamad International Airport handles 54.3 mln passengers in 2025

DOHA, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Qatar's Hamad International Airport handled 54.3 million passengers in 2025, up 3 percent from the previous year, the airport operator said on Wednesday.

Rugby

Rugby-Former England captain George to retire after next season

Jan 21 (Reuters) - Former England ‌captain Jamie George will retire from rugby at the ‌end of the 2026-27 season, the 35-year-old hooker said on ‌Wednesday, after signing a one-year contract extension with lifelong club Saracens. 

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2nd LD Writethru: Trump reiterates push to acquire Greenland, slams Europe, NATO at Davos

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday renewed his push for U.S. acquisition of Greenland and sharpened criticism of Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in a special address at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, adding fresh strain to transatlantic ties.

Hockey

Olympics-US replace injured Jones with LaCombe on men's Olympic ice hockey roster

Jan 21 (Reuters) - Jackson ‌LaCombe of the Anaheim Ducks has ‌replaced injured defenseman Seth Jones in ‌the United States men's ice hockey roster for the upcoming Milano Cortina Olympics, USA Hockey said on ‍Wednesday.

Rugby

Rugby-Henshaw joins growing Irish injury list for start of Six Nations

DUBLIN, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Robbie Henshaw will ‌miss the start of the Six Nations, bringing to ten the number of Irish players ruled ‌out for at least the tournament's opening games as Andy Farrell named a depleted squad ‌on Wednesday.

Cricket

Cricket-Abhishek blitzes NZ in big India win

NEW DELHI, Jan 21 (Reuters) - ‌Opener Abhishek Sharma smashed an incendiary 84 to fashion India's ‌48-run victory against New Zealand in the first Twenty20 international ‌in Nagpur on Wednesday.

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Olympics-Austrians seek to dent German luge hegemony

LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - To say ‌that Germany is the dominant force in Olympic luge barely does justice to the country's near-total ‌hegemony of the high-speed, "feet-first" sliding event and it would be a huge surprise if they do ‌not win most, if not all of the five golds available in Cortina next month.

Football

Soccer-France defender Lucas Hernandez accused of exploiting Colombian family

PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - French ‌prosecutors are investigating Paris St Germain and France ‌defender Lucas Hernandez and his partner following allegations of ‌human trafficking and illegal employment by a Colombian family, a judicial source said on Wednesday.

Motorsport

Motor racing-FIA plays down talk of engine protest at Melbourne opener

LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - ‌Formula One's governing body has played down talk of the sport's new engine ‌rules triggering a protest that overshadows the Australian season-opener in March.

World

US military starts transferring Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq

WASHINGTON/CAIRO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The ‌U.S. military said on Wednesday that its forces ‌have transferred 150 Islamic State detainees from Syria to ‌Iraq.

World

20 pct of mammals at risk of extinction in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini: report

JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- About 20 percent of mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini are threatened with extinction, and a further 12 percent are classified as near threatened, according to the 2025 Regional Mammal Red List of Threatened Species released Wednesday.

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1st LD Writethru: 5 shot dead in South Africa's Gauteng Province

JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Five people were shot dead on Wednesday outside a tuck shop in Jeffsville, Atteridgeville, in South Africa's Gauteng Province, local police said in a statement.

Football

Soccer-Man City players to reimburse travelling fans after shock defeat in Bodo

MANCHESTER, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Manchester City ‌players will dig into their own pockets to refund travelling fans after ‌a humiliating 3-1 Champions League defeat to Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt in Arctic ‌conditions.

World

Davos participants react to Trump's Greenland speech

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President ‌Donald Trump ruled out the use of force in his bid to control ‌Greenland on Wednesday but said in a speech in Davos that no other ‌country can secure the autonomous Danish territory. 

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Trump chides Carney at Davos, says Canada should be 'grateful'

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump chided ‌Mark Carney in a speech in Davos on Wednesday ‌after the Canadian prime minister delivered a rousing address on a "rupture" in the international rules-based order.