Santo Domingo - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has offered Haiti US$7.4 million for the reconstruction of the earthquake-ravaged nation, local press said on Thursday.
Athens - Greece can overcome the current debt crisis and stay within a stable Eurozone, though it has to continue the painful, but necessary structural reforms, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and the EU Commission President said on Thursday.
Pretoria - All eyes will be on the grand symbolic opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games later this evening.
Beijing - The London Olympics Opening Ceremony has amazed a worldwide audience with performers putting on a dazzling pageant celebrating all things British - from the industrial revolution to Mr Bean and James Bond leaping from a helicopter with the Queen.
Pretoria - The drought in the US is of concern and the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Food Security is to look at expanding measures to ensure that those who are badly affected by high food prices are able to feed themselves.
Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the draft Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Strategy.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma on Sunday arrived in New York to attend the 67th Session of the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA67).
Pretoria - South Africa's Minister of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies on Sunday arrived in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD's) Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development (IPFSD).
Pretoria - It was important for the United Nations and its organs, especially the UN Security Council, to execute the organisation's mandate of working for peace without fear or favour, President Jacob Zuma has said.
Pretoria - Brazil has committed to forging closer ties with South Africa on correctional matters, and a high-level technical team has been invited to Brasilia to take matters forward.
