The head of the European parliament rejected on Tuesday ”lectures” from the United States about genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), and again blasted a US argument linking the issue to famine in Africa.
CD of the week: Radiohead: Hail to the Thief is not a bad record, but it’s not startlingly different and fresh or packed with the anthemic songs that once made them the world’s biggest band, writes Alexis Petridis.
The attention-seeking Demi Moore has signed on to play a villain in the big-screen Charlie’s Angels, writes John Patterson.
Schoolchildren in the Highlands thought they were in for a magical time when the casting director for the latest Harry Potter film started searching for extras. But their headmaster had other ideas, writes Gerard Seenan.
The Zimbabwean prosecution authority’s withdrawal of corruption charges against a retired judge was welcomed by the South African legal fraternity on Tuesday.
From Tuesday, health care services at public facilities will be offered free of charge to disabled people, Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said.
Belgian archaeologists have for the first time used magnetic survey techniques to unearth the remains of an ancient Egyptian tomb complex at Deir el-Bersha in Minya, 300 kilometres south of Cairo.
British army experts in Northern Ireland disarmed two homemade bombs overnight on Monday near the scene of attacks which targetted black South Africans, police said on Tuesday.
The National Union Of Metalworkers (Num) Eskom Shop Steward Council, which met over the weekend to review the wage talks at electricity utility Eskom, unanimously agreed on demands for a 12% wage increase, as opposed to Eskom’s offer of 9%.
Corbis Corporation, a photography-archiving company owned by billionaire Bill Gates, filed a federal lawsuit against Amazon.com and several partners, alleging copyright infringement.