LONDON, Jan 22 — Real Madrid remain at the top of football’s wealth rankings, while Liverpool have surpassed their English rivals to become the richest club in England for the first time, according to Deloitte’s Money League report released Thursday.

TOKYO, Jan 22 — Japan has halted the restart of the world’s largest nuclear power plant just hours after it began, though the reactor remains “stable,” the operator said.

BEIJING, Jan 22 — China’s foreign ministry on Thursday rejected the notion of a “China threat,” responding to NATO’s statement that US negotiations over Greenland aim to prevent Russia and China from establishing a presence on the island.

HONG KONG, Jan 21 — Hong Kong police are investigating a possible child abuse case after a man participated in the city’s annual marathon with a baby strapped to his chest.

BEIJING, Jan 21 — China dismissed suggestions today that it is seeking to capitalise on tensions in the West as a US move to take control of Greenland threatens to alter long-standing transatlantic security arrangements.

MOSCOW, Jan 21 — Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet US special envoy Steve Witkoff tomorrow, the Kremlin said, as Washington steps up efforts to broker an end to the nearly four-year war in Ukraine.