World

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma and a South African delegation have arrived in South Korea ahead of the fifth G20 Leaders Summit in Seoul.

Los Angeles - A wildfire spread across San Bernardino County near Los Angeles on Sunday, prompting California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to proclaim a state of emergency in the area.

Tokyo - Highly toxic plutonium has been found in soil in five separate locations at the crippled Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in northeast Japan, the facility's operator said on Tuesday.

Johannesburg - FIFA President Sepp Blatter has extended his congratulations and an invitation to the newly elected President of the South African Football Association (SAFA) Kirsten Nematandani to meet with him in Zurich.

Pretoria – South Africa and Belarus marked the beginning of an important relationship with the two countries establishing a working group in facilitating bilateral cooperation in agriculture.

Pretoria – Creating awareness of youth work as a practice that is worthy to be recognised as a profession will be in the spotlight during a three-day Commonwealth Conference on Education and Training of Youth Workers.

Seoul - A day ahead of the G20 Seoul Summit, the working-level meetings are still at a stalemate over the thorny currency and trade imbalance issues, the organizing committee said on Wednesday.

Pretoria - The South African Government has is apprehensive about the humanitarian crisis and safety of civilians in Sri Lanka.

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will on Thursday travel to Sweden for an official working visit, according to the Presidency

New York - A new United Nations study finds that the global financial crisis is impacting the ability of people with HIV and AIDS to obtain life-saving drugs.