The whole world is watching the talks between Washington and Beijing, hoping a 90-day tariff truce will hold
Michael Cohen says he had been led astray by misplaced admiration for Trump
US president repeats threat to shut down the government if Democrats don’t agree to fund wall on southern border
Louisiana and Kansas had asked the highest court in the land to intervene after losing their case against family planning group Planned Parenthood
Forty-four former US Senators said the convergence of events made for highly precarious political waters
Change is happening at such a rate that animals, plants and ecosystems cannot evolve fast enough to survive
Meng Wanzhou is sought for extradition by the United States after reports of violating sanctions on Iran
The Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution says that no one can be "twice put in jeopardy of life or limb" for the same crime
Eighteen months into his investigation, special counsel Robert Mueller has the US capital spellbound
The ceasefire follows months of tensions and tit-for-tat custom duties on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods
Surveys shows that the majority of Africans prefer democracy, despite its flaws, to the alternatives
The two countries are grappling with how to handle the thousands of Central American migrants who are camped at the common border
Bush’s passing comes just months after the death in April of his wife and revered first lady Barbara Bush
Historically, South Africa has been seen as a strategic partner for countries outside the African continent, specifically the US
The company’s shares have seesawed madly – largely because of the volatility of the oil price and the rand
Women have to unite in a country and parts of the world where the ultimate subjugation is death
Nancy Pelosi is seeking to reclaim the gavel that she first wielded a dozen years ago when she became the first female speaker of the House
New calculations by the UN’s top science panel sharply reduce the real-world potential for drawing CO2 out of the air
The US president was widely pilloried for what critics called his ‘mercantile’ priorities that made him appear like a lobbyist for the kingdom
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to discuss trade when they meet later this month during the Group of 20 summit in Argentina
CNN declares victory after White House said it’d restore reporter’s credentials after revoking them earlier this month
Trump says he has been fully briefed on an audio recording of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder but does not want to listen to it himself
The military deployment is set to wrap up December 15 and it is not clear what will become of the wire fencing
The row on live national television and Jim Acosta’s resulting banishment triggered a wave of accusations that Trump is stifling the free press
Obama also says she was surprised that so many American women voted for the ‘misogynist’ Trump over Hillary Clinton
Facebook’s political ad report showed $353-million spend by campaigns on its platform since May
Ramaphosa’s inability to imagine an emancipatory path takes us back to an unsustainable elitism
Contrary to what President Donald Trump has claimed, this was a bad election for him
Tuesday’s contest saw several historic firsts in the Democratic camp
At stake are all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 seats in the 100-member Senate, 36 governor’s posts and seats across the US
‘Every Year, Every Day I Am Walking’ has travelled to 25 countries and is back in Cape Town
Midterm elections are often seen as a referendum on the president and there is no shortage of opinions this time around