Mexico govt: Treasury minister resigns after Trump visit
The dollar climbed against the Mexican peso on Wednesday on reports Mexican Finance Minister Luis Videgaray has resigned. Treasury ministry spokeswoman Claudia Algorri said that Videgaray presented his resignation to Pena Nieto on Wednesday.
9/08/2016

Gabon's president accuses challenger of fraud, power grab
Ping said on Tuesday that between 50 to 100 people were killed since last week in Libreville . France has a military base in Gabon but relations have soured recently.
9/08/2016

WWE 'Backlash' 2016 Rumors & Predictions: 'Lunatic Fringe' Heel Turn Best For Business
Whichever team wins this tag team match surely has the momentum advantage going into the Women's Championship Six Pack Challenge. Fandango is in the ring to help a fan dance, and after the fan dances, Kane comes to the ring and chokeslams Fandango.
9/08/2016

NASCAR needs new stars to make racing fun again
Custer, who needed the win to make the truck series' version of the playoffs, felt Nemechek was dirty. That last lap, I was trying not to make any mistakes and he pushed it a bit farther.
9/08/2016

Russia, Saudi announce joint O&G cooperation, no freeze deal
Russia's Novak said he was open to ideas on what cut-off period to use if producer countries chose to freeze output. West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark price for oil, was down 0.9 percent to open at $44.02 per barrel.
9/08/2016

RBA makes cash rate call
Cutting the cash rate has not done much on this front as the AUD is modestly higher than where it sat prior to the May cut . As expected the Board of the Reserve Bank chose to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1 .50%.
9/08/2016

Turkey says 2 of its soldiers killed in IS attack in Syria
Turkey, the European Union and the US consider the PKK a terrorist organization that has waged a three-decade insurgency. The YPG and its political wing, the PYD, inherited control of the city, though the state's police force remained.
9/08/2016

Owaisi, Yechury among four MPs to meet Hurriyat leaders
The three are likely to call on Geelani at his uptown Haiderpora residence in Srinagar in the evening, the sources told IANS. Mr Yadav added: "We are with the people of Kashmir and want peace to prevail".
9/08/2016

Iran's Khamenei slams Saudi Arabia over holy sites management
More than 400 of those killed past year were Iranian pilgrims, which strained already tense relations between the two countries. Hassan Rouhani's comments are the latest salvo in a growing dispute between Shiite-dominated Iran and Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia .
9/08/2016

Martin Truex Jr. holds off Kevin Harvick to win Southern 500
At one point, Harvick fell 11 spots from first to 12th after a 16.6-second stop. "They get paid a lot of money to do their jobs". Tony Stewart and Brian Scott got together in an incident Sunday night in the Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway .
9/08/2016

Bill Ackman buys almost 10% of Chipotle
Chipotle has fought to win customers back since outbreaks of E. coli and norovirus were linked to its restaurants late past year . The business had revenue of $998.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.06 billion.
9/08/2016

Madonna and Guy Ritchie settle custody battle
The iconic singer is also a mother to two other children, Lourdes Leon, 19, and Mercy James, 9. In August, the singer celebrated Rocco's 16th birthday with several sweet photos and messages.
9/08/2016

Green Party's Stein to Appear on Connecticut Ballot
Democrat Hillary Clinton will appear first on the ballot, followed by Republican Donald Trump, Johnson, Stein and McMullin. Stein and Johnson agree on issues such as foreign policy and legalizing marijuana, but differ heavily on economic issues.
9/08/2016

Unchanged West Indies asked to bat first
After the wicket of Sharma, Dhoni promoted him up the order to finish the job, and he did so very much until the last ball miss. Andre Russell eked out 15 off 13 balls before he holed out off Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the score on 123.
9/08/2016

Peter Shilton: Wayne Rooney should have ended England career after Euros
But, according to Shilton, Rooney - England's record scorer with 53 goals - was in the wrong role. Has Allardyce already succumbed to Rooney's celebrity? Like I said earlier he is a living legend.
9/08/2016