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| European investors weigh Volkswagen lawsuits over emissions scandal |
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 By Kirstin Ridley and Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) - European shareholders in Volkswagen are considering claiming damages from the German car maker after it admitted rigging U.S. diesel emissions tests in a scandal that has wiped around $25 billion off its market value. Investors as well as car owners, who bought VW vehicles on the basis of false emissions information, are examining their rights as the once-venerable company battles a crisis that casts fresh doubt on the integrity of the entire auto industry. "If we can with some certainty establish that we, as investors, were misled by the company, and that has affected our returns, then I cannot rule out that we would seek compensation from the company," one of Volkswagen's top investors in Europe told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.
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| FIFA election is closed shop, says candidate Zico |
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 By Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA has closed the door on those within football who want to enter the presidential election race, former Brazil playmaker Zico said on his Thursday as his bid threatened to hit the buffers. Zico is struggling with the rule that requires potential candidates to present letters of support from five national football associations by Oct. 26, four months before the election. "The problem is not that I am a victim, the victims are everyone who works in football who could have the ambition to one day be a candidate," Zico told reporters at a Zurich hotel.
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| Apple lists top 25 apps hit by malware in first major attack |
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 Apple Inc said the WeChat messaging app and car-hailing app DiDi Taxi were among the 25 most popular apps found to be infected with malicious software, the first-ever large-scale attack on its App Store. Apple on Sunday said it was cleaning up its App Store after several cybersecurity firms reported that unknown hackers had embedded a malware, dubbed XcodeGhost, in hundreds, possibly thousands, of Chinese apps. "We have no information to suggest that the malware has been used to do anything malicious," Apple said in its XcodeGhost Q&A Web page.
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| Pope tells Congress U.S. should reject hostility to immigrants |
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 By Philip Pullella and Scott Malone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pope Francis told Congress on Thursday that the United States should reject hostility to immigrants and treat them humanely, directly addressing a thorny subject that is dividing the country and stirring debate in the 2016 presidential campaign. In the first speech by a pope to a U.S. Congress, the Argentine pontiff said the United States "must not repeat the sins and the errors of the past," when dealing with immigrants. "Building a nation calls us to recognize that we must constantly relate to others, rejecting a mindset of hostility," the 78-year-old Francis told the Republican-dominated legislature.
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