- Associated Press
Asian soccer body scraps 12-year limit for senior officials and lets Sheikh Salman stay beyond 2027
Asian soccer leaders can have unlimited years in power after their governing body voted to scrap a key pillar of reforms passed after the corruption crisis that rocked FIFA in 2015. Saudi Arabia and Qatar were among four of the 47 Asian Football Confederation members who put the proposal to their annual congress in Bangkok on Thursday. The vote win lets AFC president Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa seek re-election in 2027 when he had been due to step down after 14 years in office.
- The Wall Street Journal
Scope for Rally in U.S. Treasurys, Bunds Seen Limited
Markets are currently pricing 51 basis points of interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year, with the September cut almost fully priced in, leaving limited room for rally in government bonds, Jefferies said.
- Ohio Capital Journal
Legal fights leave question marks over ballot access in presidential battleground states
In Wisconsin, voters don’t yet know whether the ballot drop boxes that were in use in the state for years will be allowed this fall. Georgians are waiting to find out whether much of their state’s sweeping 2021 voting law, which imposed a range of restrictions, will be in place. In North Carolina, procedures for […] The post Legal fights leave question marks over ballot access in presidential battleground states appeared first on Ohio Capital Journal.
