A former Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alleged in a lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan Federal Court that he recorded an encounter with a woman who would come to accuse him of rape, after she tried to perform oral sex on him and bit him when he refused her sexual advances. The woman did not report the “assault” to police but reported it to faculty a week after it allegedly... 

The Fitch ratings agency has downgraded Argentina five notches, saying the country could default on its obligations to US creditors. That’s after a US judge ordered Argentina to set aside $ 1.3bn for debt repayment by December 15. The rating agency cut its long-term rating for Argentina to “CC” from “B,” with the short-term rating being cut to the level one step above default – to “C”...