- French automaker Renault has accepted Carlos Ghosn’s resignation as chairman and CEO as he remains in detention in Tokyo.
- 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.
- The U.S. Senate has voted down two competing budget bills that would have reopened the government.
January 25, Friday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Sara Mcdonald and Ms. Emma Howard