Pfizer Inc, which has been on a hot streak with three recent approvals of cancer drugs, stumbled on Monday, saying it was halting a late-stage trial of a drug for aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma after independent monitors found it was not likely to improve survival.
Eleventh hour negotiations are underway to prevent the auction of some of MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's personal items to cover a debt to a college, her lawyer said on Tuesday.
Nigeria has offered an amnesty to Islamist militants who surrender and claims that rebel group Boko Haram is now "in disarray".
The United States denounced what it called a rising tide of both anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish sentiment around the world as it urged all nations to ensure freedom of religion.
South Africa needed to increase its use of rail freight to boost economic growth and preserve the country's roads, deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe said in Phalaborwa, Limpopo.
Australia openside flanker George Smith has not damaged his knee as badly as first thought, the ACT Brumbies said on Tuesday, and could be fit to play in the back end of the series against the British and Irish Lions.
Petrochemicals giant consolidating Gauteng offices into new building that will be among the country’s largest private, single-tenanted office developments
Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington has joined the Stone Temple Pilots as their lead, according to reports..
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock 'n' roll, has died. He was 74.
Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington has joined the Stone Temple Pilots as their lead, according to reports..
‘Inferno’ - The astonishing new thriller from the bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol.
Pfizer Inc, which has been on a hot streak with three recent approvals of cancer drugs, stumbled on Monday, saying it was halting a late-stage trial of a drug for aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma after independent monitors found it was not likely to improve survival.
A phone call from her "courageous" daughter on Mothers' Day has kept René den Hond, 64, upbeat about her safe return from Mount Everest.
Namaqualand's wild flower season is worth booking your trip just to see one of the great natural wonders of South Africa.
The dire manners and "uncivilised behaviour" of some Chinese tourists abroad are harming the country's image, said a top official who lamented their poor "quality and breeding", according to state-run media.
Namaqualand's wild flower season is worth booking your trip just to see one of the great natural wonders of South Africa.
Being a South African I count myself among the luckiest in the world as we have very few natural disasters.
An Australian zoo said the birth of a southern white rhinoceros was a "sign of hope" for the species given the escalation of poaching in Africa.
The Times Editorial: We hope that the National Union of Mineworkers' demand that its members be given a 60% wage hike is not just a ploy to win more support in a sector that is bleeding jobs.
Expect some Krautstanding drama at Wembley tomorrow night. Both contenders in the Champions League final play a futuristic mutation of football: they have equalled the supreme passing precision of the Spanish style, while transplanting it to a racier German tempo that...
The Times Editorial: We hope that the National Union of Mineworkers' demand that its members be given a 60% wage hike is not just a ploy to win more support in a sector that is bleeding jobs.
Somewhere, Richard Nixon is smiling. Four decades after Watergate and two decades after his death, we still can't stop talking about the dark anti-hero of American politics. His five o'clock shadow visage remains too convenient a metaphor for lazy critics looking to...
In response to Justice Malala's endorsement of learning another language (yesterday), I have to say that, in reality, it is not that easy.
The problem is Zuma needs help making the correct choice. He has shown South Africa that he has no ability to base such decisions on the right reasons.
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