International

• Thursday, August 23rd 2018 - 06:44 UTC

  FIFA taking temporary control of the Uruguayan Football Association

  

  World football’s governing body FIFA is taking temporary control of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) due to governance concerns. FIFA, acting on information from Conmebol, South America's football association confederation announced it will set up a “normalization committee” to run the AUF until Feb. 28 of next year.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 - 08:59 UTC

  Jeremy Corbyn’s blunder may be the straw that breaks the camel’s back

  

  It sounds like a tempest in a teapot, but it could bring down Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party — and that could end up meaning that Britain doesn’t leave the European Union after all.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  Oil price war to begin: Saudi Arabia and Iran reignites the market

  

  The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran is becoming increasingly evident in the oil pricing policies of the two large Middle Eastern producers. The two countries are currently reigniting the market share and pricing war ahead of the returning U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 - 08:38 UTC

  Measles cases hit record high in the European Region

  

  Over 41 000 children and adults in the WHO European Region have been infected with measles in the first 6 months of 2018. The total number for this period far exceeds the 12-month totals reported for every other year this decade.

• Tuesday, August 21st 2018 - 08:59 UTC

  Prague 1968: “Socialism with a human face” squashed by 200.000 Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops

  

  More than 200,000 Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia overnight from August 20 to 21, 1968, to halt a blossoming political and cultural liberalization, bringing an abrupt end to the Prague Spring and tightening the Kremlin's grip.

• Tuesday, August 21st 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  Francis: “We showed no care for the little ones,” Francis wrote. “We abandoned them.”

  

  Pope Francis vowed Monday that “no effort must be spared” to root out priestly sex abuse and cover-up from the Catholic Church, but gave no indication that he would take action to sanction complicit bishops or end the Vatican culture of secrecy that has allowed the crisis to fester.

• Tuesday, August 21st 2018 - 08:40 UTC

  Macri to report Venezuelan government to the International Criminal Court

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri plans to report Venezuela’s government to the International Criminal Court at The Hague for alleged crimes against humanity, according to an interview broadcast on CNN’s Spanish service on Sunday night. Macri said he would seek to refer populist President Nicolas Maduro’s government “in the coming weeks”, and that he had the backing of the presidents of Colombia, Chile and Paraguay.

• Tuesday, August 21st 2018 - 08:25 UTC

  Latam announces 2Q results; currencies' turbulence has hit shares, down 25%

  

  With this year's sell-off in emerging markets assets hasn't just dented investor returns and confidence, but also weighed heavily on global companies with exposure to developing economy currencies. One that is LATAM Airlines, by far South America's biggest carrier and among the world's largest by network connections.

• Tuesday, August 21st 2018 - 08:04 UTC

  Emus flock to towns as Australia continues to struggle with extreme drought

  

  Large numbers of emus have been flocking to an outback mining town in New South Wales as Australia continues to struggle with extreme drought. The flightless birds are desperately searching for food and water in Broken Hill, local animal rescue services say.

• Monday, August 20th 2018 - 08:12 UTC

  Pharaohs also loved cheese: 3.200 year old sample (with brucellosis) found at a tomb of Ptahmes

  

  Aged cheeses might have an appeal but a 3,200-year-old sample of the popular dairy product found in Egypt may be just a little too old — and diseased — for even the most dedicated cheese connoisseurs.