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Ferland Mendy scores a stunning late winner as Real Madrid clinch a hard-working last-16 first leg victory against 10-man Atalanta.

Manchester City make it 19 wins in a row with another utterly dominant display against Borussia Monchengladbach

Sevilla want £68m for defender Jules Kounde, Tammy Abraham considers his Chelsea future, Norwich City’s Max Aarons attracts attention, plus more.

Here are the results for the draw.

Vaccines remain the cornerstone for controlling infectious diseases, Professor Jeffrey Mphahlele from the SA Medical Research Council says.

The SA Federation Trade Unions has reacted with dismay at the way it was treated by police. This after protesters and police clashed in Keizergracht Street.

Education lobby group Equal Education’s demonstration outside Parliament was stopped by the police.

South Africa remains at the forefront of efforts at the World Trade Organisation to trigger waivers that would temporarily suspend patent laws that are limiting the global production of COVID-19 vaccines and other medical products.

North Korea is well-practiced at drug smuggling and hacking, and needs as much foreign currency as it can get.

Zimbabwe’s 71-year-old Vice President Kembo Mohadi on Wednesday refuted accusations of sexual misconduct by an online news outlet, saying he is the victim of “political machinations”.

Do real-life couples face the same difficulties as those depicted in the Bollywood-Nollywood crossover?

How to master Xhosa tongue-twisters as South Africa’s city of Port Elizabeth changes its name.

Ghana has received the first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from Covax, a global scheme to procure and distribute inoculations for free.

The company is not as important as the financial planner who is going to manage your funds for you.

‘Sars is absolutely critical to the future of South Africa because if Sars fails, the country fails’: Mark Silberman, Accfin Software director and vice-chair of the Saica tax technology subcommittee.

But finance ministers always are.

‘I was tempted to ask one of the members of the house how many zeroes there are in a trillion’: Finance Minister Tito Mboweni.

The DA on Wednesday said it believed the reshuffling of the Mpumalanga cabinet was a clear reflection of the political factions at play in the province.

A hawkish National Treasury led by finance minister Tito Mboweni will not be allocating any new money to the Zondo commission of inquiry, despite its deadline being extended by three months.

Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane’s bold reshuffle is sure to ruffle feathers when the party heads to its elective conference this year

The government has sounded another debt warning as costs to service its debt soar to just under R1-trillion over the next three years, eclipsing all items except social spending.

Lionel Messi soared past Luis Suarez to become La Liga’s top scorer by adding his 17th and 18th goals of the season in a much-needed 3-0 victory for Barcelona over Elche.

Ferland Mendy scores a stunning late winner as Real Madrid clinch a hard-working last-16 first leg victory against 10-man Atalanta.

Manchester City make it 19 wins in a row with another utterly dominant display against Borussia Monchengladbach

Tiger Woods is not facing charges of reckless driving following the car crash in which he suffered serious leg injuries, authorities said Wednesday.

Imani Bell, 16, collapsed while running up stadium steps in “extreme heat,” according to a complaint filed on Wednesday.

A student said she was racially profiled while eating in a college dorm. An investigation found no evidence of bias. But the incident will not fade away.

The education secretary says he hopes pupils in England will get time in school this summer under government plans to fund catchup activities. Speaking with him at a No 10 press conference, Jenny Harries, the deputy chief medical officer for England, said children should hold back from hugging grandparents until more positive evidence from vaccination was available

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While top-tier colleges are dealing with surges in applications, lesser known ones have seen sharp declines.

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The next “Star Wars” series, an animated show about an elite group of clones called “The Bad Batch,” will debut on the Disney+ streaming service on May 4, the company said on Wednesday.

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Axl Rose is getting animated.

BTS made their debut on MTV’s Unplugged Tuesday night and played some of their greatest hits.

“Agatha All Along,” the catchy tune from episode seven of “WandaVision,” is now on Spotify.

Nasa scientists release the first sounds ever recorded on Mars, a light gust of wind on the planet’s surface on Monday.

‘I invite you now to, if you would like to, close your eyes and just imagine yourself sitting on the surface of Mars and listening to the surroundings,’ says Dave Gruel, camera suite lead for the Perseverance rover

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Now that the consumer electronics big-box store has shuttered, future generations need a place to go to touch and discover the next great piece of tech.

Reported styling inspiration for the next generation Everest will remain a no-no despite being offered with RHD in the UK.

Alcazar will bridge the gap between Creta and Santa Fe in becoming Hyundai’s most affordable seven-seat SUV.

The variant contains a mutation thought to help the virus dodge the immune system, but vaccines should still be effective, scientists said.

Coronavirus cases at fitness centers in Chicago and Honolulu were linked to carelessness about masks and symptoms, federal health officials found.

F.D.A. studies show the shot strongly protects against severe illness and may reduce spread of the virus. But the drugmaker has fallen short of initial production goals.

A large study found that young people hospitalized with acute Covid-19 infection have symptoms and characteristics that differ from those with a Covid-linked inflammatory syndrome.

Planned UK first hopes to be looking for extraterrestrial life within five years.

Climate change could destroy “entire cities” in a matter of decades, says Sir David Attenborough.

The health of on estuary is a description of the condition of an estuary and are driven by two key drivers, water quality and quantity. Rain falling on the land eventually makes its way to a lake, river, stream, estuary, or ocean. Some rainwater flows slowly, in a thin layer called sheet flow across the […]

See the bloom of an Amazonian moonflower that captured interest from around the world.