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Facebook users will now be able to ask the company’s independent oversight board to rule on content that has been left up on the platform, not just content that has been taken down, in a key expansion of the panel’s scope.

Sir David Attenborough fronts a new documentary on lockdown’s effect on the natural world.

Craig Easton wins Sony Photographer of the Year award with photos on community representation in Blackburn.

Two officials from the Ncome Correctional Facility in KwaZulu-Natal have been summarily dismissed. This follows a sexual video involving a correctional services official and an inmate which went viral on social media last month.

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize is expected to visit Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape on Thursday to assess the state of healthcare.

This pushes the number the country’s known caseload to more than 1,561,000.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that other manufacturers’ terms, like Pfizer’s, risked handing over the country’s assets to the company.

The Biden administration may place sanctions on more than 30 Russian entities as soon as Thursday.

Thousands have fled their homes on the Caribbean island of St Vincent as a volcano continues to erupt.

President Biden’s proposal for a summit with Russia’s leader means the risk of an escalation has faded.

A BBC team meets the Taliban, a group that clearly sees itself as Afghanistan’s government-in-waiting.

Malawi will destroy over 16 000 expired coronavirus vaccines donated to the impoverished country by the African Union three weeks before their use-by-date, a health official said.

Fourteen people died and four others were wounded when the minibus they were travelling in ran over a landmine on the outskirts of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a regional official said.

Twenty people were killed on Wednesday in Egypt when a bus collided with a truck carrying petroleum products, the health ministry, medical and security sources said.

The DR Congo will kick off a Covid vaccination drive next week, the government said on Wednesday, despite persistent public wariness over potential side effects from the drugs.

Your employer may offer employee benefits (perhaps they refer to these as ‘group arrangements’). However, you may not realise exactly what these benefits are, or how essential they are to you.

The bank has already recruited hundreds for an ambitious venture in China as it pivots towards Asia.

Amount to be paid for the deal not yet clear.

He was giving evidence at the State Capture Commission in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Former president Jacob Zuma on Wednesday submitted a 21-page letter to Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng out of “respect”, to let the head of the Constitutional Court know that he would not be deposing an affidavit about an appropriate sanction should he be found to be in contempt of court, as Mogoeng had directed. Mogoeng had […]

Some residents in Thabazimbi in Limpopo, have stopped construction on Eskom’s multi-million rand power line.

Public enterprises minister denies that he tried to influence the appointment of a judge and friend to the SCA in 2016

Phil Foden’s second-half winner at Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday sealed a 2-1 away win in the quarter-final, second leg to claim a 4-2 aggregate victory and set up a semi-final clash with Paris Saint Germain.

Mohamed Salah and Georginio Wijnaldum were guilty of wasting glorious opportunities to get Klopp’s men back into the tie as they failed to replicate a remarkable recovery from 3-0 down to beat Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate at the semi-final stage two years ago.

Liverpool were left to rue a host of missed chances as Real Madrid held out for a 0-0 draw at Anfield to progress to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

A minor renewal or a major overhaul? Jurgen Klopp has some serious questions to consider as Liverpool look beyond this injury-disrupted season.

Anthony J. Thompson Jr., 17, a student at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tenn., was fatally shot during a struggle, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said.

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When it comes to baking, the devil is in the details. Follow these simple tips to make it less finicky and more fun.

Jaco Smit’s new shop in Joburg’s 44 Stanley specialises in sourdough and uncommon sips

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Colton Underwood is returning to reality TV — but this time on Netflix.

Amid a global pandemic, shuttered movie theaters and after a two-month delay, Sunday’s 93rd Academy Awards are already poised to feel very different than previous years.

The ninth installment in the “Fast & Furious” franchise has a new release date set for June 25.

Why do we scream? Whilst past research has largely focused on using screams to signal danger and scare predators, humans scream in a much wider range of contexts – from crying out in pleasure to shrieking with grief. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Prof Sascha Frühholz about his new study identifying what emotions humans communicate through screams, and how our brains react differently to...

Analysis rebuts claim by Boris Johnson that jab was developed ‘because of greed’

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At least 97% of the funding for the development of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has been identified as coming from taxpayers or charitable trusts, according to the first attempt to reconstruct who paid for the decades of research that led to...

An advisory committee debated the very few cases of a rare blood disorder and worried about the suspension’s effect on global needs for a one-shot, easy-to-ship vaccine.

A study of 59 people compared the drug with a conventional antidepressant.

There had been concerns that large numbers would have to self-isolate after a false positive result.

Lawrence Dixon, 30, signed up to the reserve list in the morning and received a jab that evening.

Some rare footage of two wild pandas having a fierce fight has been captured by researchers in China.

The BBC speaks to the woman who, as a child, witnessed Yuri Gagarin’s return to Earth 60 years ago.

She told the BBC she was concerned about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on attendance at COP26.