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Argentine football legend Maradona laid to rest

BUENOS AIRES: Football legend Diego Maradona has been buried in a private ceremony after a day of emotional scenes in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. Only around two dozen relatives and close friends attended the final ceremony. Earlier huge crowds

Argentine diplomat Grossi to take charge as IAEA chief

VIENNA: A special session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) general conference  on Monday approved Argentine diplomat Rafael Mariano Grossi as its new director general. Grossi, 58, succeeds Yukiya Amano, a Japanese diplomat who had held the position since