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Dramatic footage shows the moment a large bull elephant charges a safari truck, narrowly avoiding a passenger, in Zimbabwe

The euro could be in focus at Thursday's European Central Bank meeting, as currency strength threatens to undermine efforts to lift inflation.

Saracens lock Jim Hamilton retires from international rugby after he is left out of Vern Cotter's World Cup squad.

SHANGHAI -- Following Tuesday’s falls on world stock markets, markets in China and Japan again fell Wednesday, as weak manufacturing figures from both China and the U.S. continued to depress investor sentiment. In a volatile day’s trading, several other Asian markets also fell -- though Australia and South Korea bucked the trend.

Emotions ran high during the bail hearing of the 10 Tactical Response Team police officers charged with torture and murder.

Ecsponet expects its headline earnings to leap at least 2 000 percent when it reports its interims later this month.

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Equipment hire group Ashtead delivers strong performance driven by demand from its reliance on US markets

Andy Murray says he found the on-court antics of Australia's Nick Kyrgios "funny" during their US Open first-round match.

Eurostar services were in chaos last night after reports of migrants on train roofs and trespassers on EuroTunnel tracks. Two Eurostar services were eventually forced to turn back, one to London and one to Paris, after those on board had endured long delays at the French port. Another London-bound train was unable to get back […]

The Cape Argus looks at transformation in SA rugby, and invites readers to share their views on the topic.

New pictures from the production set of “Game of Thrones” Season 6 have leaked online from Girona, Spain. Meanwhile reports state that a new cast member has joined the TV series to play a major character in the next season. [Spoiler alert]

Zimbabwe’s business owners are stuck in a spiral of stagnating growth, rising unemployment and worsening deflation.

Britain’s top-share index edges up, buoyed by well-received results from Ashtead and a rise in pharmaceutical stocks.

Durban police have arrested a man for being in possession of an unlicensed firearm, ammunition and cocaine worth R1 000.

Daniel Craig, die voor de vierde keer James Bond gaat spelen in 'Spectre', heeft naar eigen zeggen helemaal niets met zijn personage. Achter het legendarische rokkenjagen van geheim agent Bond schuilt volgens Craig een 'grote droefenis'. Craig wil Bonds achterhaalde visie op het andere geslacht een eigentijdse draai geven.

Ill-equipped vehicles are being dispatched to emergencies due to cost-cutting.

European stock markets up almost 1 percent on Wednesday.

London - European stock markets recovered from a rough start to the week on Wednesday, rising almost 1 percent as traders pointed to intervention in China that helped calm wobbly markets and hopes for more central bank action.

European equities have suffered a bruising end to the summer, down more than 2 percent since the end of August and down more than 10 percent since the end of July, but brokers and investors... Читать дальше...

It was an Uber fare that Erick Rodriguez will never forget — he went into the Lincoln Tunnel with two passengers and came out with three.

After a day of big swings Shanghai closes lower before 4-day holiday

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has not yet notified any of the 21.5 million federal employees and contractors whose security clearance data was hacked more than three months ago, officials acknowledged on Tuesday.

The recently launched “Motorola Moto X Pure Edition” can be preordered starting today in the U.S. Not long ago, Motorola introduced three new devices namely the Moto X Style, Moto X Play and Moto G 2015. As it turns out, the “Moto X Style” has apparently been rebranded as the “Moto X Pure Edition,” specific to the U.S. markets.

The striker's professionalism has been questioned throughout his career, but he appears to be turning over a new leaf at AC Milan

A GROUP of inner-city residents complaining about traffic congestion at a proposed new primary school site have been warned not to take out their frustrations on parents.

Patches of Kielder forest are being turned into a wild laboratories, to work out the environmental triggers for common diseases.