Apple’s last Macworld keynote speech turned out to be notable as much for what did not appear as what did.
The JSE had sunk into the red by noon on Wednesday as investors around the world took profits and markets consolidated.
A Zimbabwe court cpostponed for the second time the case of leading rights activist Jestina Mukoko and eight others.
The JSE extended its gains and was more than 300 points stronger by midday on Tuesday with resource counters continuing to offer firm support.
Saving the planet by eating kangaroos and wild camels may seem like pie in the sky, but the offbeat menu comes with a scientific stamp of approval.
World stock markets rose on Monday, with Tokyo hitting the highest level for almost two months.
Actor John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston said they were "heartbroken" over the death last week of their son Jett, 16.
Jestina Mukoko, who is to appear on charges of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe, is being poisoned in custody, a media report said.
Burma marked the 61st anniversary of its independence on Sunday with pomp and defiance, as the junta called on citizens to support 2010 elections.
Every week without fail, sellers come to trade their meat, vegetables or animals in the dusty marketplace of Katine in north-east Uganda.
Whenever "women and children" are killed — the phrase has recurred in the coverage of the Israeli strike on Gaza — we’re meant to be horrified.
What does 2009 hold for the world of technology? First: the small print. If you want to know the future, buy a crystal ball.
Much of Gaza’s public infrastructure has been destroyed and the territory is in a "critical emergency" after seven days of devastating bombing.
The price of petrol will decrease by between R1,34 and R1,37 a litre — depending on the grade — on Wednesday January 7, it was announced on Friday.
Tributes continued to pour in on Friday for veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Helen Suzman, who died on Thursday morning.
A climate scientist has written an appeal to Barack Obama, warning of the "profound disconnect" between policy and the magnitude of the problem.
In his 14th floor corner office, James Mwangi sits at the very top of Kenyan society. He got there by understanding the needs of those at the bottom.
About 50 000 Ghanaians in a remote farming region were set to cast ballots on Friday in a knife-edge election to decide the next leader.
New Year festivities swept across Europe on Thursday — but Gaza fears, Mumbai memories, economic collapse and tragedy in Thailand cast long shadows.
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/ 31 December 2008
Russia state gas monopoly Gazprom has accused Ukraine of "blackmail," saying it had threatened to confiscate gas en route to delivery to Europe.
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/ 31 December 2008
Mark Felt, who has died at the age of 95, was appalled by the sleazy echoes of the pseudonym jokingly wished on him by Howard Simons.
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/ 30 December 2008
A Japanese tourist lingered for more than three months at Mexico City’s airport, sleeping on the ground and eating in pricey restaurants.
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/ 30 December 2008
Lawyers for detained rights activists called on Monday for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s government to be charged with contempt.
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/ 29 December 2008
More than 300 people believed to be illegal migrants are feared to have drowned off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
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/ 29 December 2008
A new generation of designers are putting the social element back into video games, using online networks such as Facebook.
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/ 29 December 2008
Even as Israel’s F16s were aiming their first salvoes at Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, questions were being asked at home and abroad.
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/ 29 December 2008
A racially tinged song entitled <i>Barack the Magic Negro</i> has become an issue in the battle for the leadership of the Republican party.
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/ 28 December 2008
In the blazing midday sun, Fungai Lindlela watches as her baby pushes a sticky ball of maize meal into her mouth in a makeshift refugee camp.
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/ 27 December 2008
Stars of Hollywood and bosses of high-tech giants like Google and Microsoft are opening their wallets to help fund Barack Obama’s inauguration party.
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/ 25 December 2008
Brent Meersman goes up and down Cape Town’s cosmopolitan strip.
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/ 24 December 2008
In the season of goodwill, Henry Paulson is proving to be an American Santa Claus, doling out sacks of money to aid ailing businesses across the US.
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/ 24 December 2008
For Donna Molnar in Ancaster, Canada, Christmas is a time of joy compromised by tragedy. Eight years ago, her father-in-law died on December 22.