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| German FA chief leaves questions unanswered over 2006 World Cup cash | |  German Football Association (DFB) President Wolfgang Niersbach on Thursday said he could not answer some questions regarding the flow of 6.7 million euros ($7.5 million) to world governing body FIFA before the 2006 World Cup. Niersbach, in a hastily arranged news conference at the DFB headquarters, again rejected claims made by magazine Der Spiegel last week that an alleged slush fund had been used to buy votes in 2000 in favour of Germany's 2006 World Cup bid.
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| Malaysia's Mahathir says little chance of ousting PM Najib | |  By Trinna Leong and Praveen Menon KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's former premier Mahathir Mohamad conceded on Thursday that the chances of unseating Prime Minister Najib Razak before elections in 2018 are slim, despite his rallying cries for a "people's power" movement to topple the country's leader. The 90-year-old statesman, who led Malaysia for 22 years, has called on Najib to step down following allegations of corruption and mismanagement at state-owned fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). The way UMNO has accepted him because they find he's comfortable to be with, I think he can go full term." Mahathir was once Najib's patron but turned against him in 2013 by criticising the government's economic policies and friendliness with the West.
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| Comedienne Sarah Silverman takes dramatic turn in "I Smile Back" | |  Sarah Silverman swaps comedy for drama in "I Smile Back", playing a frustrated housewife with a history of mental illness, who tries to make herself happier with drugs, alcohol and casual affairs. The American stand-up comedienne says portraying Laney Brooks came quite naturally but the subject matter may not suit all tastes. You walk out of there talking to your friends about mental illness, about depression, about what deserves empathy, what deserves sympathy," she said.
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| 12,000 migrants arrive in Slovenia; authorities ask EU for help | |  By Marja Novak and Maja Zuvela LJUBLJANA/RIGONCE, Slovenia (Reuters) - More than 12,000 migrants have crossed into Slovenia in the last 24 hours and thousands more are expected, prompting authorities to ask the rest of the European Union for help dealing with the flood of people. Slovenia has asked the EU for police to help regulate the flow coming from Croatia, Interior Minister Vesna Gyorkos Znidar told TV Slovenia. Some 10,300 of the migrants remain in Slovenia, an interior ministry spokesman said.
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| Masked man kills one, wounds three at Swedish school | |  It is terribly tragic," police spokesman Thomas Fuxborg told reporters. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven was expected to arrive at Trollhattan later on Thursday. "Four persons have been taken to the hospital from the school," said Niklas Claesson, head of communications at NAL hospital in the town of Trollhattan.
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| German police warn of racist attacks on pro-refugee politicians | |  German police warned on Thursday of a growing risk of racially motivated attacks on politicians by right-wing radicals angry about an influx of migrants, and said crimes directed at refugee shelters were rising dramatically. The warning comes five days after Germans were shocked by the stabbing of Henriette Reker, a mayoral candidate in the city of Cologne. Germany is struggling to cope with the arrival of an expected 800,000 to 1 million migrants this year, many from war zones in the Middle East, and politicians are openly worrying about a potential rise in right-wing radicalism.
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| Hungary receives Austrian request to take over truck deaths case | |  Hungarian prosecutors have received a request from Austria to take over the case of 71 migrants found dead in a lorry on an Austrian road in August, the Chief Prosecutor's Office said on Thursday. Austrian authorities said earlier this month they wanted to transfer the case to Hungary, where four Bulgarians and an Afghan citizen are already in custody. While more than 3,000 people have drowned this year while attempting to cross to Europe by sea, the case highlighted the dangers migrants face in their onward journeys by land as they try to make their way to affluent countries like Germany.
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| Golf and gluttony in the rough as China tees off against graft | | | BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party has listed golf and gluttony as violations for the first time as it tightens its rules to prevent officials from engaging in corrupt practices, while also turning an even sterner eye on sexual impropriety. Chinese President Xi Jinping has been driving a sweeping crackdown on deep-rooted graft since taking over the party's leadership in late 2012. The new rules update existing regulations and are designed to better codify what constitutes a violation of discipline, the official Xinhua news agency reported late on Wednesday. |
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