A powerful first half set the Canterbury Crusaders on their way to the Super 15 semi-finals when they beat the Bulls 28-13 in a play-off match.
The Nobel laureate who helped to discover HIV, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, says a cure for Aids is in sight following recent discoveries.
Police in the United Kingdom have arrested a journalist from Rupert Murdoch’s market-leading tabloid the Sun on suspicion of computer hacking.
Shell will challenge a $5-billion fine imposed by Nigeria over an offshore oil spill last year, a statement seen by Agence France-Presse says.
Troubled British rock star Pete Doherty has been thrown out of an exclusive drug treatment centre in Thailand.
A suicide bomber dressed as a tourist has carried out the attack on Israeli tourists that killed seven people at Bulgaria’s Burgas airport.
A suicide bomber has struck at the heart of Syria’s security apparatus, killing the defence minister and President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law.
Luxembourg’s Frank Schleck says he will lodge a formal complaint for poisoning if analysis of his B sample confirms a positive banned substance test.
British singer George Michael has revealed he woke from his three-week coma speaking in the broad West Country accent.
Caster Semenya says her controversial victory in the 2009 world championships is behind her, and she is entirely focused on Olympic gold.
South Korea’s anti-trust watchdog has launched a probe into major local banks suspected of colluding to fix interest rates of certificates of deposit.
Israel’s officials are trying to convince legendary US film-maker Woody Allen to set a movie in the holy city of Jerusalem.
US folk rock legend Bob Dylan is releasing the 35th studio album in his 50-year recording career on September 11.
Former US president Bill Clinton has hailed his close ties with Nelson Mandela on a visit to the icon’s home in Qunu ahead of his 94th birthday.
The Nelson Mandela Museum has opened a youth art exhibition on the South African democracy icon’s life in his childhood home Qunu.
Police have arrested the head of the biggest buffalo mozzarella maker in Italy on suspicion of links to organised crime.
There’s a sequel to Titanic in the works. But not the film: An Australian billionaire is going ahead with plans to build and sail the Titanic II.
South Africa’s captain Graeme Smith believes England’s Kevin Pietersen’s retirement from limited-overs cricket will leave "a big hole in his life".
About 300 military wives have marched in Mali’s capital Bamako to demand the release of their husbands who disappeared since a coup four months ago.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a veteran of the apartheid struggle who has served every president since Nelson Mandela, has now taken the helm of the AU.
A group of Palestinians from Gaza has spent half an hour visiting relatives held in Israeli prisons for the first time in five years.
A car bomb has gone off in Somalia’s volatile capital Mogadishu, killing a former trade minister and wounding six people nearby.
FA chiefs have been urged to follow the example set by the Luis Suarez case and take action against John Terry for using racially offensive language.
Voters have gone to the polls for the first round of legislative elections and are expected to uphold a majority for President Denis Sassou Nguesso.
Corrupt leaders in war-ravaged Somalia should face immediate security council sanctions, a report by the United Nations says.
Rescue workers have evacuated over 2 000 people and dozens of trucks have been stranded as heavy rains and snow batter SA over a freezing weekend.
Four men have been gored and dozens more treated for varying injuries in Pamplona, Spain after eight days of bull runs at the San Fermin festival.
At least 95 people who rushed to scoop up fuel after a Nigerian petrol tanker tipped over have been killed after the vehicle caught fire.
Members of Timbuktu’s Arab community have set up an armed brigade to prevent further destruction of the tombs of ancient Muslim saints by Islamists.
The former cook of slain al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden has returned to his native Sudan after his release from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
According to a survivor, 54 migrants trying to reach Italy died of thirst when their inflatable boat ruptured in the Mediterranean.
China’s trade surplus expanded in June as demand for imports fell sharply, stoking concerns about a slowdown in the world’s second-biggest economy.