SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Greater support from the public, governments and investors is needed to boost the work of entrepreneurs using business for social good, said industry activists and organizers after a Thomson Reuters Foundation poll highlighted these as key issues.

MELBOURNE, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Lopeti Timani, the youngest brother of three Tonga-born internationals, was a battering ram on Super Rugby fields this year and the 25-year-old forward will hope to be a smash hit off the bench in his Wallabies test debut against Argentina.

Sept 16 (Gracenote) - Standings from the NFL on Thursday

MELBOURNE, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Upsetting the Wallabies' new playmaking axis of Bernard Foley and Quade Cooper will be important for Argentina's hopes of felling the hosts in Perth on Saturday, according to winger Lucas Amorosino.

HAVANA (Reuters) - A handful of independent, web-based news outlets in Cuba are chipping away at the Communist-run island's half-century state media monopoly, challenging the official version of reality.

LONDON (Reuters) - Early results from a crucial case-control study in Brazil have confirmed a direct causal link between Zika virus infection in pregnant women and the brain damaging birth defect microcephaly in their babies, scientists said on Thursday.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's central bank will pay close attention to inflationary pressures stemming from the weak peso while deciding monetary policy, deputy governor Manuel Sanchez said on Thursday.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday acknowledged the state's responsibility in the killing of thousands of members of a leftist political party three decades ago and pledged to prevent such assassinations again.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Soccer's global governing body, FIFA, on Thursday gave Guatemala's soccer federation until Oct. 1 to avoid suspension by reinstating an oversight committee formed after the arrest of its president.