Deposed Sudanese strongman Omar al-Bashir is in court this week on charges of corruption

Luxury brand Versace has issued a grovelling apology to China after its T-shirts caused a social media storm there

The paper straws introduced by McDonald’s last year cannot be recycled, the BBC reports

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has urged women to "set your ovaries free" and bear more children

Four out of 10 Brits are stockpiling food, medicine and clothes in their homes

Seventy-eight years ago this week, Howard Florey and Norman Heatley flew across the Atlantic with vials of freeze-dried penicillin

A group of US billionaires who include hedge fund manager George Soros and Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes have come out in support of a tax on the ...

Zimbabwe wants to trade in ivory, a move it says will help balance its ecosystem, which it says is overburdened by a thriving elephant population

Russia is building relations with African rulers, striking military deals and grooming new leaders and undercover agents to bolster its presence on the ...

The world’s largest listed companies expect that climate change could cost them a combined $1-trillion

Could an end to the Aids epidemic be in sight?

Cambridge University has commissioned a study into its links with slavery

SA’s newest party, the Capitalist Party of SA, will field 10 candidates in the May 8 election on a pro-free market, individual liberty ticket

30 years after he created the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee is calling for global action to tackle its ‘downward plunge to a dysfunctional future’

The first map of the DNA of great white sharks has revealed mutations that protect the animals against cancer and other illnesses

The Western Cape’s agriculture department is using Sentinel-2 Earth observation satellite imaging technology to promote sustainable farming