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CAF to make changes to regulations after Afcon final fiasco

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - CAF Africa Cup of Nations - Morocco 2025 - Final - Senegal v Morocco - Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco - January 18, 2026 Senegal coach Pape Thiaw gestures for his players to leave the pitch after a penalty is awarded to Morocco REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/ File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - CAF Africa Cup of Nations - Morocco 2025 - Final - Senegal v Morocco - Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco - January 18, 2026 Senegal coach Pape Thiaw gestures for his players to leave the pitch after a penalty is awarded to Morocco REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/ File Photo

Senegal appeal to CAS against removal of African Cup of Nations title

Soccer Football - CAF Africa Cup of Nations - Morocco 2025 - Final - Senegal v Morocco - Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco - January 18, 2026 Senegal's Sadio Mane lifts the trophy with teammates as they celebrate after winning the Africa Cup of Nations REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Soccer Football - CAF Africa Cup of Nations - Morocco 2025 - Final - Senegal v Morocco - Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco - January 18, 2026 Senegal's Sadio Mane lifts the trophy with teammates as they celebrate after winning the Africa Cup of Nations REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Chinese rights lawyer sentenced to 5 years in prison: HRW

Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Xie Yang (centre), who has defended Christian and pro-democracy activists, was detained in January 2022.
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Xie Yang (centre), who has defended Christian and pro-democracy activists, was detained in January 2022.

Alleged Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero in plea talks in US

FILE PHOTO: Alleged Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero appears during a hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court, in New York City, U.S., September 18, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.   REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Alleged Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero appears during a hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court, in New York City, U.S., September 18, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.   REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo

New Macau security law allows for trials behind closed doors

Chinese and Macau flags flutter during a flag-raising ceremony at the Golden Lotus Square to mark the 25th anniversary of Macau's handover from Portugal to China, in Macau on Dec 20, 2024.
Chinese and Macau flags flutter during a flag-raising ceremony at the Golden Lotus Square to mark the 25th anniversary of Macau's handover from Portugal to China, in Macau on Dec 20, 2024.

Brazil's Bolsonaro seeks court approval for prison visit by Trump adviser

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro looks on from his home as Sao Paulo’s Governor Tarcisio de Freitas (not pictured) leaves after a visit in Brasilia, Brazil September 29, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Herculano
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro looks on from his home as Sao Paulo’s Governor Tarcisio de Freitas (not pictured) leaves after a visit in Brasilia, Brazil September 29, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Herculano

Abramovich's lawyers say he will fight any UK attempt to seize Chelsea sale money

FILE PHOTO: Roman Abramovich attends a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/FILE PHOTO
FILE PHOTO: Roman Abramovich attends a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/FILE PHOTO

US judge dismisses case by deported student who declined flight back

Babson College student Any Lucia Lopez Belloza poses wearing a mortarboard after graduating from high school in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., in 2025. massdeportationdefense.org/Handout via REUTERS
Babson College student Any Lucia Lopez Belloza poses wearing a mortarboard after graduating from high school in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., in 2025. massdeportationdefense.org/Handout via REUTERS

Grenfell families urge UK government to preserve tower's walls bearing handprints

FILE PHOTO: Handprints on a blackened wall at the Grenfell Tower block of flats, the site of a June 2017 deadly fire, s family members of victims have said they will take legal action against the government unless it reverses a decision not to preserve a section of the tower's wall, bearing handprints they believe belong to victims or survivors, for a future memorial, in London, Britain, July 2025. Work to dismantle the tower started in September 2025. Karim Khalloufi/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Handprints on a blackened wall at the Grenfell Tower block of flats, the site of a June 2017 deadly fire, s family members of victims have said they will take legal action against the government unless it reverses a decision not to preserve a section of the tower's wall, bearing handprints they believe belong to victims or survivors, for a future memorial, in London, Britain, July 2025. Work to dismantle the tower started in September 2025. Karim Khalloufi/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

US will not allow Venezuelan government to pay Maduro’s legal fees, lawyer says

Venezuela's captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores attend their arraignment with defense lawyers Barry Pollack and Mark Donnelly to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others, at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Venezuela's captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores attend their arraignment with defense lawyers Barry Pollack and Mark Donnelly to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others, at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg

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