Pretoria - If appointed managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Governor of the Bank of Mexico Agustin Carstens will ensure fairness and helpfulness of the fund for its survival.
New York - Ban Ki-moon has been reappointed to a second five-year term as the UN secretary-general.
Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal is putting the final touches to preparations for the 123rd session of the International Olympics Committee (IOC) that will be held in Durban next month.
Doha - Governments meeting at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP18) were able to agree on solutions to respond to climate change.
Pretoria - Food prices on international markets are rising again, three years after the food and global economic meltdown, says Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tina Joemat-Pettersson.
Cape Town - Failure to get all parties to sign onto and renew their commitment to the Kyoto Protocol at the Durban conference would take the world a step back, the Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, cautioned on Wednesday.
Soshanguve - Government says it will develop a comprehensive strategy by the end of this year to curb incidents of sexual misconduct at Filadelfia Secondary School in Soshanguve, north of Tshwane.
Doha - Governments meeting at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP18) were able to agree on solutions to respond to climate change.
The climate change talks were scheduled to end on Friday, but talks cont
Pretoria - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should adapt to the changing world while also being ready and able to face challenges, says French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde.
Pretoria - An ATR-72 passenger plane carrying 43 people crashed on Monday in Russia's Siberia region, leaving 32 people on board dead, according to the Emergency Situations Ministry.
