January 25, Friday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Sara Mcdonald and Ms. Emma Howard

  1. French automaker Renault has accepted Carlos Ghosn’s resignation as chairman and CEO as he remains in detention in Tokyo.
  2. Members of the prefectural assembly in Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Okinawa have agreed to add another choice for a planned referendum on relocation of a U.S. base.
  3. The U.S. Senate has voted down two competing budget bills that would have reopened the government.