The Buzz | FIFA ethics panel wants to lift strict secrecy rules

FIFA’s ethics committee wants to lift secrecy rules that protect accused officials from being identified and keep case details private. FIFA prosecutor Cornel Borbely and judge Joachim Eckert say more openness

Gaming alert | MGM to build USD100M venue to lure artists to Vegas

MGM Resorts International plans to build a USD100 million, 5,300-seat theater at its Monte Carlo casino-hotel to attract top musicians for weeks at a time. The project will be built next

World Briefs

AUSTRALIA Johnny Depp’s wife, Amber Heard, is charged with illegally bringing the couple’s dogs to Australia — an incident that captured global attention after the nation’s agriculture minister angrily ordered

Greece | MPs vote through harsh austerity package as protests turn violent

Greece’s troubled left-wing government was seeking urgent relief from European lenders yesterday, after it pushed a harsh austerity package through parliament, triggering a revolt in the governing party and violent

Space | Pluto and Charon shock NASA scientists with the unexpected

Cable news channels have been airing the latest images from Pluto all week. Twitter is filled with #PlutoFlyby musings. Popular brands have photoshopped themselves onto the far-away dwarf planet to

This Day in History | 1987 – Ex-Guinness boss owes millions

The High Court heard Mr Ward had acted illegally by failing to disclose a transfer of funds to Guinness’s directors during the £2.5bn takeover of drinks company Distillers Group last

Offbeat | China reprimands online companies for spread of sex video

Sex may sell, but clothing retailer Uniqlo is finding the adage a bit uncomfortable after a Beijing store was said to be the setting of a steamy online video. Online searches

The Buzz | Portugal’s prime minister cites Greece as warning for voters

Portugal’s prime minister is pointing to Greece’s troubles as he seeks to persuade voters to re-elect his center-right coalition government and reject anti-austerity proposals from the main opposition Socialist Party. With

World Series of Poker | 9 players left, 1 will win USD7.7 million in November

For nine poker players, the dream is just beginning after they outlasted 6,411 others in days of near marathon-length games to advance to the final table of the World Series

World Briefs

TIBET Chinese authorities have refused to release the body of a Tibetan lama who died in a Chinese prison, prompting a sit-in outside the prison by more than 100 Tibetans,

Germany | Former Auschwitz guard, 94, convicted as accessory to murder

A 94-year-old former SS sergeant who served at the Auschwitz death camp was convicted yesterday on 300,000 counts of accessory to murder and sentenced to four years in prison. Oskar Groening

Iran nuclear deal | Fine ‘new chapter’ or ‘historic mistake’? 

Overcoming decades of hostility, Iran, the United States, and five other world powers struck a historic accord Tuesday to check Tehran’s nuclear efforts short of building a bomb. The agreement could

This Day in HIstory | 1995 Serbs force Muslims out of Srebrenica

United Nations officials say it is the biggest “ethnic cleansing” operation since World War II. Some 40,000 women, children and elderly people have been ordered to leave the compound at Potocari

Offbeat | Polish cow on the run for 2 years is finally caught

Matylda finally moo’ved back home. The cow escaped from her Polish farm two years ago and lived a life on the lam in a nearby forest, sometimes damaging crops. She has

The Buzz | Lindsay says goodbye to serial killer Dexter

World briefs

INDIA At least 27 people are killed and dozens injured in a stampede during a Hindu religious bathing festival on a river bank in southern India. More on p13 THAILAND Testimony

Teen hiking to safety after plane crash a ‘miracle’

A 16-year-old girl survived a small-plane crash in the rugged mountains of Washington state and hiked through thick forest to reach safety in what one official called “a miracle.” But

Iran nuclear talks | After hard negotiation, historic deal reached

After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, world powers and Iran struck a landmark deal yesterday to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in

This Day in History | 1971 – Seals shot by government decree

Under the Conservation of Seals Act 1970, the Home Office is allowing five fishermen to kill 350 seal pups off the Lincolnshire coast by the end of next week. The new

Offbeat | Brazil’s hottest YouTube star is a blue chicken. Next stop: USA

Brazil’s biggest YouTube star is a blue spotted hen named Galinha Pintadinha – Lottie Dottie in English – and she’s out to take over the world. At least, that’s how

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