MELBOURNE, Jan 26 — US players are dominating the women’s singles at the Australian Open, with Amanda Anisimova’s win over China’s Wang Xinyu giving four Americans a spot in the quarter-finals for the first time in 25 years.

MOSCOW, Jan 26 — The Kremlin said today that control over Ukraine’s Donbas region remains central to Russia’s position in any peace deal, TASS reported following weekend talks in Abu Dhabi.

BEIJING, Jan 26 — China said today that its preliminary trade agreement with Canada is not directed at any third party, despite a US threat to impose steep tariffs if the deal proceeds.

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.