Sports Business: Sponsors React Meekly to Sepp Blatter’s Resignation

Sports Business: Sponsors React Meekly to Sepp Blatter’s Resignation
Sports of The Times: Sepp Blatter: From Defiant to Defeated in Four Fateful Days
Sepp Blatter Decides to Resign as FIFA President in About-Face
U.S. Surveillance in Place Since 9/11 Is Sharply Limited
Huffington Post in Limbo at Verizon
Assad’s Forces May Be Aiding New ISIS Surge
U.S. Envoy Held Talks With Houthi Rebels of Yemen
Tsonga Scratches Out a Win, and a Roland Garros Love Note
The Woman Behind Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair Cover
Sale of Old Masters Sets Off an Outcry in Ireland
Chevron and North Sea Rivals Race to Keep an Oil Region Relevant
Open Source: Blatter’s Fall Leads to Rejoicing Online From His Critics
News Analysis: Greece’s Alliances Fade in European Debate About Its Debt Crisis
Boko Haram Steps Up Attacks in Northeast Nigeria, Killing Scores
Few Triumphs in Frantic Hunt for 430 in Yangtze River
World Briefing: Macedonia to Hold Early Elections Amid Political Turmoil
Paris Police Clear Out Migrant Camp and Destroy Tents
Where FIFA Stands After Blatter’s Resignation
Anti-ISIS Coalition Makes Little Progress at Paris Meeting
Greece Challenges Creditors With New Proposal to Break Debt Impasse

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 08:47 PM PDT

World Cup sponsors issued statements that read as if one very careful public relations executive had written several versions of the same message.

Sports of The Times: Sepp Blatter: From Defiant to Defeated in Four Fateful Days

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 06:44 PM PDT

After 17 years as FIFA's president, Blatter decided, just days after his re-election, that he did not want to run world soccer anymore after all.

Sepp Blatter Decides to Resign as FIFA President in About-Face

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 06:10 PM PDT

Four days after he was re-elected, Mr. Blatter said that he would resign his presidency of world soccer's governing body in the wake of a corruption inquiry.

U.S. Surveillance in Place Since 9/11 Is Sharply Limited

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 06:01 PM PDT

A bill to allow the government to restart surveillance operations, but with new restrictions, passed over the opposition of the Senate majority leader, and was signed by President Obama.

Huffington Post in Limbo at Verizon

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 05:56 PM PDT

It is not completely clear what Verizon might want with The Huffington Post or how a relationship between them might work. The future role of the site's founder, Arianna Huffington, is also uncertain.

Assad’s Forces May Be Aiding New ISIS Surge

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 05:51 PM PDT

Insurgents opposed to the Islamic State said the group was exploiting Syrian government airstrikes against them to seize areas near Aleppo.

U.S. Envoy Held Talks With Houthi Rebels of Yemen

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 03:27 PM PDT

Anne W. Patterson, the American envoy, met last week in Oman with the Houthis to discuss violence in Yemen and the capture of several Americans.

Tsonga Scratches Out a Win, and a Roland Garros Love Note

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 03:27 PM PDT

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga saluted the home crowd after outlasting Kei Nishikori to advance to the French Open semifinals, where he will meet Stan Wawrinka, a victor over Roger Federer.

The Woman Behind Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair Cover

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 03:24 PM PDT

Jessica Diehl, the magazine's fashion and style director, explains the extraordinary efforts that resulted in a cover that set the world atwitter.

Sale of Old Masters Sets Off an Outcry in Ireland

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 02:37 PM PDT

A plan to sell off nine works from the art collection at Russborough House, including two paintings by Rubens, has sparked protest.

Chevron and North Sea Rivals Race to Keep an Oil Region Relevant

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 02:37 PM PDT

Oil producers in Britain are contending with plummeting prices as they seek new ways to bolster the aging infrastructure of the North Sea industry.

Open Source: Blatter’s Fall Leads to Rejoicing Online From His Critics

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 02:26 PM PDT

Sepp Blatter had the support of soccer officials but was broadly unpopular with fans of the game, so his fall was greeted with some glee.

News Analysis: Greece’s Alliances Fade in European Debate About Its Debt Crisis

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 02:17 PM PDT

The promise of the leftist Greek government to roll back German-led austerity policies has met an unexpectedly unified opposition.

Boko Haram Steps Up Attacks in Northeast Nigeria, Killing Scores

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 01:08 PM PDT

The intensification of the attacks, including a suicide bombing on Tuesday, began less than a week after Nigeria's new president vowed to crush the group.

Few Triumphs in Frantic Hunt for 430 in Yangtze River

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 01:07 PM PDT

More than a day after the Oriental Star capsized in Hubei Province, China, most of the people on board were still missing.

World Briefing: Macedonia to Hold Early Elections Amid Political Turmoil

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 12:39 PM PDT

The agreement to hold elections in April was announced after eight hours of negotiations. The government has been under fire for months over a wiretapping scandal.

Paris Police Clear Out Migrant Camp and Destroy Tents

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 12:25 PM PDT

The camp in north central Paris held 380 people, mostly from East Africa, who were moved to housing for asylum seekers or shelters.

Where FIFA Stands After Blatter’s Resignation

Posted: 02 Jun 2015 11:38 AM PDT

Questions and answers about the resignation of FIFA's president, Sepp Blatter, and the indictments of 14 soccer officials and marketing executives on corruption charges.