Category: World

Retirement rumours surrounded Lionel Messi at last two World Cups, but Argentina FA chief says decision will be his.

Five elderly people have suffered non-life-threatening injuries, with three falling due to the wind in Japan.

Football association apologises over claims relating to qualifiers for World Cup 2014 and the London 2012 Olympic Games.

After a fire broke out, the building was cleared in what activists say was a politically motivated move.

Norway’s football federation has called on Gianni Infantino to resign.

Analysts say regional partners are seeking alternatives to supplement their security without discarding US support.

The new president, who replaces leftist Gustavo Petro, continues the rightward political shift in Latin America.

War in Sudan has left over 8 million children out of school, and nearly three-quarters of schools have been affected.

Puerto Rico is beginning 48-hour water rationing for more than 180,000 households as severe drought depletes reservoirs.

A former U.S. Marine held in Russia for more than four years on disputed charges is gravely ill and at risk of dying, his family and advocates said Friday.

US president has clashed with Federal Reserve members over his bid to rapidly slash interest rates despite inflation.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the agency’s policy gives it broad control over what footage will be made public by specifying any releases must be in its “best interests.”

New labor data shows the U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, when economists had predicted modest growth. Revised numbers for May and June also show 103,000 fewer jobs created than originally reported. The unemployment rate ticked down, from 4.2% to 4.1%, a function of fewer people seeking jobs. Amna Nawaz discussed the numbers with Heather Long, chief economist with Navy Federal Credit Union.

In our news wrap Friday, a federal appeals court ruled that President Trump can’t continue building his $400 million White House ballroom without congressional approval, Trump is reviving his push to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and a student in Thailand shot and killed at least seven people today, including five at his high school, outside of Bangkok.

At the U.S. Capitol, it was a wild day of decision and indecision. The Senate passed the toughest sanctions bill on Russia yet and is also now on track to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general. But a slew of other high-priority items are still tangled, largely due to a Republican divide. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports.

A federal judge has sided with the Virginia NAACP in its lawsuit against a county school board’s reinstatement of Confederate military names to two schools, saying the decision discriminated against Black students and ordering the board to change the schools’ monikers again.

There is a new partnership in the Middle East and South Asia. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed an agreement similar to NATO’s Article 5, pledging that a strike against one of them would be considered a strike against all of them. But despite reports that it was close, no deal was announced between the United States and Iran. Nick Schifrin explains.

The new president of Colombia was inaugurated on Friday. Abelardo de la Espriella won a tight race in June, ending Colombia’s leftist movement with a sharp pivot to the right. Liz Landers takes a look at the president and his tight relationship with the Trump White House.

Puerto Rico is facing yet another crisis as major cities are rationing water for residents due to severe drought conditions. This problem is also exposing the island’s aging water infrastructure and lack of immediate government action, leaving many frustrated. For more on how families are coping and what officials are saying, Deema Zein spoke with investigative reporter Laura Perez Sanchez.

It has been three years since the deadliest wildfires to hit the U.S. in more than a century swept through Lahaina on the island of Maui. The fires consumed thousands of structures, killed 102 people and destroyed an important site of Hawaiian history. Hundreds of homes have been rebuilt and permits for hundreds more have been approved. But as Stephanie Sy reports, many residents remain in limbo.