The US Treasury has stopped re-investing in a retirement fund, a major step in its efforts to avoid exceeding the debt ceiling.
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has accused China of waging cyber espionage against the United States.
Oklahoma has been hit by deadly tornadoes not far from the town of Moore, where a powerful twister struck less than two weeks ago, killing 24 people.
Outsourced workers at Wits University are gearing up for more demonstrations as their jobs are threatened.
President Jacob Zuma has dropped all outstanding defamation cases against the media for cartoons and articles he considered offensive.
Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court has ordered President Robert Mugabe to hold elections before the end of July.
South Africa has not made the most of hosting the 2010 Fifa World Cup to develop world-class soccer players, says Cosatu leader Zwelinzima Vavi.
Rhodes students and staff are livid after “racist, xenophobic” posters were displayed on campus.
Syphilis brought from the Americas had Europe by the short and curlies in the 1490s, and went on to affect the creativity of writers and artists.
Younger South Koreans worry that merging the North and South could crush their successful society.