Politics

• Saturday, May 30th 2015 - 00:20 UTC

  Without a wink of remorse, Blatter celebrates FIFA's fifth re-election victory

  

  Sepp Blatter was re-elected president of FIFA for a fifth term on Friday after the only other candidate conceded defeat after a first round of voting in an election overshadowed by allegations of corruption in world soccer. Blatter's victory came despite demands that he quit in the face of a major bribery scandal being investigated by US, Swiss and other law enforcement agencies.

• Friday, May 29th 2015 - 09:44 UTC

  Falkland Islands welcomes 'oil discovery' at the Isobel Deep exploration

  

  The Falkland Islands Government welcomed Thursday's announcement by Premier Oil and partners that the 14/20-1 ‘Isobel Deep’ exploration well has been declared an “oil discovery”. Isobel Deep in the North Falkland basin, is the second well of a six-well offshore campaign planned to take place in the Islands waters through 2015.

• Friday, May 29th 2015 - 09:34 UTC

  Falklands War plates' complaint rejected by BBC Trust: 'lack of evidence'

  

  The BBC Trust has rejected complaints over Top Gear's Patagonia special, in which a car number plate which appeared to refer to the 1982 Falklands war. The production team fled Argentina following protests over the use of the registration number H982 FKL.

• Friday, May 29th 2015 - 09:22 UTC

  WHO calls for action against illicit tobacco trade on World No Tobacco Day

  

  Eliminating the illicit trade in tobacco would generate an annual tax windfall of 31 billion dollars for governments, improve public health, help cut crime and curb an important revenue source for the tobacco industry. Those are the key themes of World No Tobacco Day on May 31 when the World Health Organization will urge Member States to sign the Protocol to Eliminate the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.

• Friday, May 29th 2015 - 09:16 UTC

  G7 finance chiefs meet in Dresden to discuss global recovery, but Greece overshadows

  

  Finance chiefs and central bankers from the Group of Seven economic powers discussed ways to revive the faltering global recovery on Thursday as the United States leant on Europe to reach a deal to avert a Greek bankruptcy. The threat of a Greek default, rising oil prices and bond market volatility are fuelling investor nervousness about the world's economy.

• Friday, May 29th 2015 - 09:05 UTC

  Oil crushers strike in Argentina on 25th day; 100 vessels delayed waiting to load

  

  The head of an Argentine soy crushers' union expressed optimism on Thursday that a salary agreement was near and would end the strike, which has affected the key Rosario soy market.

• Friday, May 29th 2015 - 08:56 UTC

  Argentine football and government pledge support for investigation and call for transparency

  

  The Argentine Football Association (AFA) issued on Thursday a press release in support of the US led investigation into FIFA and called for transparency in football, adding it joins the efforts to investigate corruption in the sport.

• Friday, May 29th 2015 - 08:45 UTC

  Led by former star Romario, Brazilian Senate opens formal inquiry into country's football

  

  Brazilian police began investigating allegations of corruption in its soccer industry on Thursday, prompted by the arrests of top officials at world soccer body FIFA in a U.S. bribery probe. The country's Senate, led by former national soccer star Romario, who is now a prominent legislator, moved to open a formal inquiry into alleged bribes paid to obtain contracts with the Brazilian Soccer Federation (CBF).

• Friday, May 29th 2015 - 08:41 UTC

  Putin claims US seeks to derail Russia's 2018 World Cup plans

  

  Russian president Vladimir Putin waded into the FIFA scandal by accusing the United States of interfering in FIFA affairs after the US Justice Department ordered Swiss police to arrest seven senior FIFA officials on Wednesday. They were among nine current and former FIFA officials indicted.

• Friday, May 29th 2015 - 08:33 UTC

  Undaunted Blatter blames corruption on others and pledges to rebuild trust in FIFA

  

  Despite growing pressure to resign having presided over a series of corruption scandals, Sepp Blatter tells Congress he is still the man to rebuild trust in FIFA’s battered reputation