Louis Oosthuizen was 12 and Charl Schwartzel 10 when they played their first round of golf together.
Heartbroken <i>Playboy</i> founder Hugh Hefner said on Tuesday his wedding had been cancelled because his 25-year-old fiancée had changed her mind.
Rebuffing a US call to abandon Gaddafi, President Jacob Zuma has slammed Nato for "abusing" UN resolutions meant to protect Libyan citizens.
Google is investing $280-million to help private United States homeowners put solar panels on their rooftops, its largest investment in clean energy.
Republican presidential candidates led by frontrunner Mitt Romney used their first big televised debate to lash out at President Barack Obama.
President Barack Obama ramped up pressure on Monday on congressman Anthony Weiner to step down, calling his internet sex scandal a distraction.
The out-of-control character Mike Tyson once was is dead now, and he tries to bury his former persona even deeper every time he opens his mouth.
Republican Newt Gingrich restarted his troubled run for the US presidency with an appeal on Sunday to Jewish voters in California.
How will the digital haul affect the former Alaska governor’s chances of running for the presidency next year?
US Democratic Representative Anthony Weiner defied calls on Saturday from party leaders to resign and said he would instead seek treatment.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she’s not after the top job at the World Bank after reports she wants to be the institution’s next head.
In 1966, Robert F Kennedy came to South Africa, a country that reflected the divisions, inequities and injustice of his own country, the USA.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has upbraided Nato for its dependence on the US military, saying this puts the alliance’s mission in Libya at risk.
The US Open has always placed a premium on experience and know-how, making it perhaps the toughest of the four Majors for young bloods to win.
Key members of Republican Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign team resigned on Thursday in a devastating blow to his 2012 election hopes.
A firestorm on the United States right erupts after reports that Sarah Palin will be denied a meeting with Margaret Thatcher.
The US has urged AU countries to take advantage of a trade act which grants well-governed African states preferential access to the US economy.
James De La Vega has a message for New York — and he’s writing it all over the city.
With the St Jude Classic scheduled just before the US Open, returning to the TPC Southwind course has been an easy decision for Lee Westwood.
A huge fire that has destroyed thousands of hectares of forest land in Arizona now is threatening to cross into neighbouring New Mexico.
Unbeaten US boxing star Floyd Mayweather said on Tuesday he will end a 16-month layoff on September 17 when he fights countryman Victor Ortiz.
Stiff winds whipped up a gigantic blaze in the mountains of eastern Arizona, forcing the evacuation of a third resort town.
Two South African teenagers shone during this year’s Intel global school science competition held in May in Los Angeles in the United States.
The White House went all out to underscore the theme of friendship at Tuesday’s state dinner for German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
A prominent Democratic lawmaker’s once promising career was in danger on Tuesday after he acknowledged sending a lewd photo to a woman over Twitter.
Barack Obama’s hopes of re-election to the White House next year took a knock on Tuesday with the publication of a poll showing him in a dead heat.
President Barack Obama has welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House, as US pageantry masked key differences between the allies.
Sony has introduced its new generation PlayStation Vita gaming handset and blockbuster 3D console as it sought to shake off the cyberattacks stigma.
Pressure is building on New York congressman Anthony Weiner, who openly wept amid stunning admissions he lied about extramarital phone sex.
Fallen IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has pleaded not guilty to attempted rape, setting up a fierce courtroom showdown with his accuser in New York.
Fallen IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was to launch his fight to clear his name on Monday by pleading not guilty in a New York court.
Google has become a "political tool" vilifying the Chinese government, an official Beijing newspaper has said of Google’s hacking attack claims.