A Belarusian athlete who refused to board a flight after she said she was taken to the airport by her team against her wishes was "safe and secure" in Tokyo, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday.

New Zealand's housing crisis is having a “punishing affect” on marginalised communities and leaving many people homeless, the human rights commission said on Monday as it launched an inquiry into the country's red-hot property market.

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Chile's Chinchorro mummies, the oldest in the world to have been discovered to date, were added to UNESCO's World Heritage List.

The death toll from wildfires on Turkey's southern coast rose to eight on Sunday as firefighters battled for a fifth day to contain blazes still raging in coastal resort towns.

A preponderance of evidence proves the virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic leaked from a Chinese research facility, said a report by US Republicans released on Monday, a conclusion that US intelligence agencies have not reached.

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Australia's Queensland state on Monday extended a Covid-19 lockdown in Brisbane, while soldiers began patrolling Sydney to enforce stay-at-home rules as Australia struggles to stop the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus spreading.

The US will not lock down again to curb Covid-19 but “things are going to get worse” as the Delta variant fuels a surge in cases, mostly among the unvaccinated, top US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday.

Four people died and three others were injured when two cars collided on the N17 between Bethal and Ermelo on Sunday night, paramedics said.

Limpopo police have arrested a 29-year-old suspect in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 11-year-old girl outside Phalaborwa last week.

Two Tshwane metro police department officers were killed on Saturday evening on the R80 Mabopane highway after a motorist crashed into them.

The body of a 64-year-old taxi chairman was found with multiple gunshot wounds in Thwalikhulu in the Eastern Cape at the weekend, police said.

In making good on one of his promises, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the cars will become the personal property of his opponents after three years. But the recipients must toe the line.

It will still be unsafe for South Africans to hold mass gatherings during the festive season even though more people are expected to have received their Covid-19 jabs.

The last of six generation units at the Medupi power station in Lephalale, Limpopo, attained commercial operation status at the weekend, Eskom said.

The mask break “entails going outdoors and removing their masks, and breathing for approximately 5-15 minutes”.

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Eight Egyptian army soldiers have been killed in anti-terrorism operations, the armed forces said on Sunday.

One of SA’s most revered lawyers and the president of the Black Lawyers Association, Lutendo Sigogo, has died.

Three earth tremors were recorded in Gauteng on Sunday.

The grade 1 class of 2022 in Gauteng will be required to provide immunisation cards to be admitted to schools.

Police in China said they have detained a 30-year-old Canadian man surnamed Wu on suspicion of committing rape, with state media identifying him as Chinese-born pop singer Kris Wu.

A fundraising group run by former President Donald Trump raised $62m (R905m) in the first half of the year but only spent $3m (R43m), with the biggest chunk of money going to a pro-Trump research center and more than $65,000 (R949,260) to Trump's own...

US national security adviser Jake Sullivan urged Tunisia's president on Saturday to outline a swift return to the "democratic path" following his seizure of governing powers last Sunday, the White House said.

French President Emmanuel Macron called for the opening of talks to end hostilities in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray, the Elysee Palace said in a statement on Saturday.

FA 100-year-old former guard at the Sachsenhausen Nazi concentration camp near Berlin will face trial in the autumn, 76 years after the end of the Second World War, German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported.

Sky News Australia said on Sunday it has been temporarily suspended by the video-sharing site YouTube following the platform's review of content for compliance with its Covid-19 policies.