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| Swiss target world soccer chief Blatter in criminal probe | |  By Brian Homewood and Mark Hosenball ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Sepp Blatter, the head of world soccer body FIFA, on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation of funds, the Swiss attorney general's office said on Friday. It said Blatter was interrogated after a meeting of FIFA's executive committee in Zurich, and authorities carried out a search at the organisation's headquarters on Friday. "The office of the FIFA President has been searched and data seized," the office of the attorney general (OAG) said.
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| Obama says he and China's Xi agree on steps to curb cyber spying | |  By Matt Spetalnick and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Friday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping had reached a "common understanding" on steps to curb cyber spying and agreed that neither government would conduct economic espionage in cyberspace. The two leaders also unveiled a deal to build on a landmark emissions agreement struck last year, outlining new steps they will take to deliver on pledges they made then to slash their greenhouse gas emissions. Speaking after White House talks during Xi's first U.S. state visit, Obama quickly homed in on the thorniest dispute between the world's two biggest economies - growing U.S. complaints about Chinese hacking of government and corporate databases.
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| New VW boss faces host of problems after emissions scandal | |  By Andreas Cremer WOLFSBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Volkswagen knows it will take much more than just new leadership and a corporate overhaul to clear the air after it was caught cheating in U.S. diesel emissions tests. Beyond the measures announced by the German carmaker on Friday, VW executives, customers, investors and workers alike are struggling to divine what lies ahead. The new chief executive, 62-year-old Matthias Mueller, until now head of the Porsche sports-car division, faces a host of problems that had already been looming before the diesel scandal broke and may now be worsened by its repercussions.
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| Judge freezes Neymar's assets in tax evasion probe | |  A Brazilian judge has accused Barcelona striker Neymar of tax evasion and frozen 188.8 million reais ($47.6 million) of his assets, authorities said on Friday. Neymar is accused of not paying 63.3 million reais in taxes between 2011 and 2013. Barcelona Football Club was cited as the source of unreported money.
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| Google mobile Android operating system under U.S. antitrust scanner | |  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Google Inc is using its Android mobile operating system to stifle competition, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. The Android mobile platform is a key element in Google's strategy to maintain revenue from online advertising as people switch from Web browser searches to smartphone apps, and action by U.S. regulators would be a big problem for the company. Reuters reported in April that some technology companies had complained to the U.S. Department of Justice about Google's anti-competitive practices and urged the regulator to investigate allegations that Google unfairly uses its Android system to win online advertising.
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| Bulgarian church urges government to stop migrants | |  The Bulgarian Orthodox Church said on Friday the Balkan country's authorities should not let any more migrants cross its borders, encouraging government's determination to tackle an influx that has overwhelmed its neighbours. "We consider that our government should in no way allow more refugees into our country," the church said in a statement, signed by Patriarch Neofit, the head of the Orthodox Church, and other members of the Holy Synod - the church's top executive body. The Black Sea state, a member of the European Union but not of the border-free Schengen Area, has deployed more border police, installed cameras and motion sensors, and is extending a security fence to cover 160 km (100 miles) of its border with Turkey.
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| Thai police say detained man is Bangkok bomber, admits to crime | |  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police said on Friday a man they are holding in custody is the bomber behind a deadly attack in Bangkok last month, the latest twist in an investigation marred by contradictory statements. Police spokesman Prawut Thawornsiri said a man arrested with bomb materials on Aug. 29, who has been referred to both as Bilal Mohammed and Adem Karadag, the name on a Turkish passport he holds, was responsible for the bombing. The blast killed 20 people including 14 foreigners, making it the deadliest such incident in Thai history.
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| U.S. House Speaker Boehner quits after five stormy years | |  By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner will step down and leave the House at the end of October after struggling with repeated rebellions by conservatives during a tumultuous five-year reign as the chamber's top Republican. U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy, 50, of California, the No. 2 House Republican, quickly became the leading contender to replace Boehner as speaker. McCarthy has been loyal to Boehner during his frequent tussles with conservatives, but in recent months has tacked to the right.
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| From the Pope to Malala: Quotes on the U.N.'s new global goals | |  Leaders from 193 nations adopted an ambitious new set of global goals on Friday to combat poverty, inequality and climate change in the most comprehensive effort ever by the United Nations to tackle the world's ills. Following are some key quotes about the U.N's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) approved at a three-day summit that opened on Friday with an address from Pope Francis: POPE FRANCIS: - "We cannot permit ourselves to postpone "certain agendas" for the future.
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| Yazidi teen petitions UK government to save girls from Islamic State | | | By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Rozin Khalil, a Yazidi teenager living in Britain, still remembers harrowing stories about the persecution of her minority group that she heard as a 10-year-old girl in her village in northwestern Iraq. Now the abuse of Yazidis at the hands of Islamic State has prompted her to set up an online campaign to get support for hundreds of women and girls who, according to rights groups, have been captured, raped and tortured, forced to convert to Islam and to marry militants. Khalil hopes that her petition, which has gathered nearly 200,000 signatures in two months, will prompt the British government to act on its pledge to punish the perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict, and help victims. |
| FIFA's Blatter cooperating with Swiss criminal probe - lawyer | |  Sepp Blatter, the head of world soccer body FIFA, is cooperating with a Swiss criminal investigation, Blatter's U.S. attorney said on Friday. Attorney Richard Cullen said a contract the Swiss Attorney General said Blatter signed in 2005 with the Caribbean Football Union was "properly prepared and negotiated by the appropriate staff members of FIFA." "Certainly no mismanagement occurred," he said in an emailed statement.
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| Blatter investigation won't affect Russia's World Cup plans - RIA cites minister | |  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors opening a criminal investigation into Sepp Blatter, the head of world soccer body FIFA, will not affect plans to hold the World Cup in Russia in 2018, RIA news agency cited Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko as saying on Friday. Mutko added that the investigation into Blatter was an expected move. (Reporting by Alexander Winning; editing by Vladimir Soldatkin)
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| FIFA says it will continue to cooperate with Swiss authorities | |  FIFA said on Friday it would continue to cooperate with Swiss authorities, shortly after Swiss prosecutors announced they had opened a criminal investigation into the global soccer body's president, Sepp Blatter. "Since 27 May 2015, FIFA has been cooperating with the Office of the Swiss Attorney General (OAG) and has complied with all requests for documents, data and other information. "Today, at the home of FIFA, representatives from the Office of the Swiss Attorney General conducted interviews and gathered documents pursuant to its investigation.
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| Obama hosts China's Xi on state visit amid simmering tensions | |  By Matt Spetalnick and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping for his first U.S. state visit on Friday but behind the pomp and pageantry were tensions over alleged Chinese cyber spying, Beijing's economic policies and territorial disputes with its neighbors. Obama greeted Xi on arrival at the White House for an elaborate ceremony on the South Lawn, including a military honor guard and 21-gun salute. U.S. and Chinese officials hope to cast the talks in a favorable light by showcasing at least one area of cooperation - the global fight against climate change - when the leaders officially unveil a deal later on Friday to build on a landmark emissions agreement struck last year.
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| Boko Haram fighters kill at least 15 in Niger village raid - sources | | | Islamist Boko Haram militants operating out of Nigeria raided a village across the border in southern Niger and massacred at least 15 civilians, Niger security sources said on Friday. The overnight attack took place in the village of N'Gourtoua in the Diffa region near the West African nation's border with Nigeria, as residents celebrated Tabaski, or Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice. Boko Haram also burned down a number of houses and looted shops," one of the sources said. |
| Hungary seeks Austrian support for fencing off Croatian border | |  VIENNA/BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Just two weeks after Austria's chancellor said his treatment of migrants was reminiscent of the Holocaust, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made a surprise visit to Vienna on Friday, seeking support for further barricading his country's southern border. In an interview with German news magazine Der Spiegel this month, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann likened the way refugees were treated under Orban's government to the Nazis' deportation of Jews and others to concentration camps. "We are ready to forget everything," Orban told a news conference at his country's embassy in Vienna after a closed-door meeting with Faymann.
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