Washington - In his first working day at the White House on Wednesday, US President Barack Obama had a full schedule, handling important and tough issues including the economy, Iraq and Guantanamo prison, among others.
Rio de Janeiro - The Brazilian Air Force said on Tuesday that the bodies of 13 more passengers aboard the doomed Air France Flight 447 have been recovered, bringing the total bodies retrieved to 41.
Pretoria – Economics, science, equity and public opinion provide a watertight case for reforming the way our ocean is governed and managed, says the Global Ocean Commission.
Durban - Schools under the eThekwini Municipality are invited to submit an environmental proposal to the Imagine Durban Demonstration Project Fund and stand a chance to win R70 000 to help implement the project.
Zimbabwe - A consignment of cholera medicine and equipment worth nearly $4.7 million from World Vision-Canada has arrived in Zimbabwe, as the outside world intensifies efforts to help stem the outbreak.
Pretoria- President Jacob Zuma and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are today meeting in Pretoria as part of the Chinese President's state visit to South Africa.
Pretoria - President Kgalema Motlanthe has joined the international community in expressing outrage and condemnation at the assassination of Guinea Bissau President Joab Vieira
Dakar - Guinea-Bissau's parliamentary speaker Raimundo Pereira took an oath as the country's interim president on Tuesday, one day after President Joao Bernardo Vieira was killed.
Pretoria - South Africa has condemned the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in eastern Pakistan in the early hours of Tuesday, which left five policemen dead and wounded four Sri Lankan cricketers.
Johannesburg - The South African Council of Churches has started a programme to encourage people involved in polygamy relationships to remain faithful to their wives and not participate in other relationships.
