Russian protesters have clashed with riot police in a violent demonstration against Vladimir Putin’s rule, on the eve of his return to the presidency.
We are deluding ourselves by thinking incidents such as the gang rape of a Braamfisherville teenager last month are exceptional in South Africa.
Another model has apologised after tweeting, in response to Jessica Leandra dos Santos’ racist post, that she wished all white people were dead.
Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng will escape Chinese persecution if he leaves for the US but will find life tough life abroad, current exiles say.
Juventus won its 28th Serie A title after defeating Cagliari 2-0 to stay unbeaten and AC Milan lost 4-2 to Inter Milan in the next-to-last round.
The army in the DRC has vowed to go after mutinous troops who fail to return to its ranks before the expiry of an ultimatum issued at the weekend.
Beyond French election results, central bank speeches in the US, production figures in Europe and key releases in SA, it will be an interesting week.
The tweet by Jessica Leandra Dos Santos is but the tip of an ugly iceberg: SA’s online racism goes a lot deeper than that, writes Phillip de Wet.
Rory McIlroy has reclaimed golf’s world number one ranking despite losing to Rickie Fowler in a playoff at the US PGA Tour’s Wells Fargo Championship.
In SA’s Jewish community there is no one to explain to us that we can no longer use past victimhood to justify Israel’s actions, writes Kevin Bloom.