| Playing Global Political Football The leading candidates to host the 2018 World Cup are making their final moves online.wsj.com |
WWF Living Planet map of ecological footprints worldwide A global map of the relative ecological footprint per person in 2007 guardian.co.uk |
Typhoon Megi heads towards China At least 10 people have been killed in the Philippines as Typhoon Megi heads west and north into China. bbc.co.uk |
China Shifts Attitude on Growth Signs are building that China's government is retreating from the single-minded focus on high growth and is instead emphasizing structural changes that could help the struggling West. online.wsj.com |
Three top Fifa men 'took bribes' Three senior Fifa officials who will vote on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids took bribes in the 1990s, the BBC's Panorama alleges. bbc.co.uk |