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American Simone Biles pulls out of the vault and uneven bars gymnastics finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Security vulnerabilities in two domestic electric car chargers were discovered by researchers.

Staunton takes on the role played by Claire Foy and Olivia Colman for the drama’s fifth series.

Eastern Cape police have launched a manhunt for four heavily armed men, who stormed a popular jewellery store in East London and made off with goods worth more than R500 000.

The state has launched a bid to claw back a portion of R220 million it gave to 66 Eastern Cape taxi associations as part of Covid-19 relief scheme.

Faith-based organisations in Phoenix in KwaZulu-Natal have joined hands to reach out to some of the victims of the attacks by so-called vigilante groups during the recent unrest.

The son of Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has denied that he ever received R3.8 million from communications firm, Digital Vibes.

The future is uncertain for the thousands of snakes, lizards and crocodiles at the Guindy Snake Park.

Parents of schoolchildren abducted in Nigeria describe their trauma, and dilemma over the ransom demands.

More than 60 years after a deadly explosion ruined Mitholz, the village remains under threat.

How Mike Brown’s discovery of a larger object threatened Pluto’s 75-year status as a planet

Spokesman Frank Mba said in the statement that the Nigerian police was committed “to the pursuit of justice”.

Dos Santos had consistently denied any wrongdoing and denounced all accusations as a politically motivated witch hunt.

Uhuru Kenyatta says nationalism is why more Kenyans have not been vaccinated.

Kenya said Friday it is extending a nighttime curfew and banning public gatherings to slow the spread of Covid-19, warning that hospitals were becoming overwhelmed.

The long-term damage of the riots and looting to SA is vast and as yet incalculable.

Global hunger to surge by around a third in 2021.

If those places were ready to be done with Covid, Covid wasn’t done with them.

26 pianos, ranging from a rare 18th century square piano to a 1925 ship’s piano make up the lot.

The North West premier has defied the interim provincial committee’s decision

Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen says he has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa requesting an urgent meeting to include all opposition parties in Parliament regarding the timeline to the week leading up to the looting and unrest that hit KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng earlier in July.

In its court document, the SIU sets out its case against the alleged fraudulent and corrupt relationship between Digital Vibes, Mkhize and the health department — and asks for a tender worth R150-million to be set aside and money paid back

In its court document, the SIU sets out its case against the alleged fraudulent and corrupt relationship between Digital Vibes, Mkhize and the health department — and asks for a tender worth R150-million to be set aside and money paid back

South African swimming sensation Tatjana Schoenmaker received a rousing welcome from her Team SA compatriots back at the Olympic Village in Tokyo

Arsenal have signed England defender Ben White from Premier League rivals Brighton, the London club announced.

Watch the best moments from Friday’s action in the men’s and women’s Hundred as Southern Brave took on Birmingham Phoenix at the Ageas Bowl.

Florida is experiencing one of the fastest Covid outbreaks in the country, and many schools are getting ready to open within weeks.

One of Hollywood’s biggest talent agencies on Friday hit out at the Disney movie studio in an escalating public dispute over claims by Scarlett Johansson that she had lost money over the release of her “Black Widow” movie.

Fans of Shona Ferguson, as well as celebrities and politicians such as Musi Maimane, are heartbroken at the news of his death, taking to Twitter to pay tribute to him.

As the Delta variant sweeps across the US, Broadway has become the latest to issue guidelines regarding vaccinations.

Elon Musk reiterated on Friday that he doesn’t want to be Space X or Tesla boss. What’s going on?

Emergent BioSolutions, which ruined 75 million vaccine doses at its Baltimore plant, disclosed records requests from Congress and federal and state law enforcement agencies.

Chinese researchers have uploaded genetic sequences of coronaviruses to a scientific database more than a year after they took them offline.

The proof is an outbreak in Provincetown, Mass., the agency said. But published internal documents paint an even more harrowing picture.

Many older, blind and disabled Americans receive benefits from the Supplemental Security Income program. But it has been essentially unchanged since 1972, and its rules mean that many recipients must remain in poverty.

The slate landscape of north-west Wales becomes the 32 UK site to be on Unesco’s heritage list.

Tiny harvest mice are being exported from East Kilbride to Ealing to help with a rewilding project.

Live-streamed footage of a family of blue tits has had more than 41m views online.

The low-lying islands are being battered by violent storms, rising sea levels, and melting ice from the Himalayas.