More than six years after his arrest in a major corruption investigation, Portugal's former Prime Minister Jose Socrates will stand trial, but only on lesser charges of money laundering and falsifying documents, a judge in Lisbon ruled on Friday.

Authorities in Western Australia were urging residents of its Mid West coast to find safe shelter or leave on Saturday as cyclone Seroja barrelled towards a coastal region that is usually too far south to fall in the path of cyclones.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck in the ocean 91 km (57 miles) south-southeast of Blitar, Indonesia, the European- Mediterranean Seismological Centre said on Saturday, after first reporting a magnitude of 6.8 for the temblor.

Gun salutes will be fired across Britain on Saturday to mark the passing of Prince Philip as tributes flooded in for a man who was a pillar of strength for Queen Elizabeth during her 69-year reign.

The global Covid-19 pandemic has put human interactions with other animal species in the spotlight. But what about our interaction with plants? probes reporter, Tanya Farber.

The Hawks have swooped on a Mthatha lawyer for allegedly stealing civil claim files from his former employer and using them to claim more than R290,000 from the state attorney’s office.

The 6 SA Infantry Battalion training area is now being used by illegal hunters and livestock thieves, say the farmers.

Western Cape police spokesperson Frederick van Wyk said two suspects held up guards at a shopping centre in Hout Bay while five others broke into a perfume and men's cologne shop on Thursday night.

About 40 passengers were burned alive when a bus overturned and caught fire in western Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, an official said.

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A former acting head of the Office of the State Attorney in Mthatha, and an Eastern Cape-based lawyer, were released on R5,000 bail each after appearing in court on a fraud charge, the SIU said.

Mkhize said 288,368 health workers had received their Covid-19 vaccinations by 6.30pm on Friday, which means that 4,739 jabs were done in the past 24 hours.

Brazil's Sao Paulo state and the city of Rio de Janeiro are easing restrictions on hospitality businesses and other activities, authorities said on Friday, even as Latin America's largest country continues to break its own grim records for daily Covi...

US President Joe Biden on Friday will order the creation of a bipartisan commission to study potential reforms to the Supreme Court, the White House said, including whether to expand the number of justices, a key goal of progressive Democrats.

Italy's top pay-TV player Sky plans to reduce its total workforce, including contractors, by 25% under a four year re-organisation plan, unions said on Friday, as part of a wider overhaul in response to stiffer competition in the industry.

A forensic pathologist testified on Friday that the sheer volume of videos of George Floyd's arrest helped confirm the finding that oxygen deprivation caused his death, not an opioid overdose, as argued by lawyers for the former Minneapolis officer o...

German companies set out ambitious multi-billion-dollar plans on Friday to rebuild Beirut's port and neighbouring districts shattered by an explosion last year which deepened the country's already dire economic crisis.

Emile Etzebeth has appeared in court on assault charges relating to a 2019 incident that involved his cousin, Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth.

La Soufriere volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent "explosively" erupted on Friday morning, spreading ash across surrounding villages, the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre said.

The president has officially extended his condolences to Britain's royal family on behalf of SA

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The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus.

The unequal global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines could spur the trade in fake doses in Africa - a hotspot for counterfeit medicines, analysts warned on Friday, citing the seizure of falsified vaccination shots in South Africa.

The late royal's funeral arrangements have been 'revised to meet Covid-19 restrictions'.

South African tournament organiser Elite Pro Series and local Fortnite organization The Punishers have announced a Fortnite tournament for gamers to enjoy this weekend.

The first season of the Call of Duty: Cold War Community Clash boasts a prize pool of R10,000 thanks to sponsors MSI, AMD, Redragon and Crucial. Here's what you need to know.

One army officer and 10 soldiers were killed in Nigeria's Benue state in what a spokesman said was an unprovoked attack on Thursday.

US President Joe Biden's administration is being pressed by a key Democratic lawmaker, Rep. Elissa Slotkin, to consider designating white supremacist groups overseas as foreign terrorists subject to US government actions.

We’re well past 1 April, so, yes, battle royale Pac-Man is real. And it actually looks kind of fun.

Tunisia's president and a powerful labour union on Friday urged the government to review the 7pm curfew it has brought in to slow Covid-19 infections, which they say will hit shops, cafes and restaurants in the month of Ramadan that starts next week.