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"It's not my place to determine whether or not the president is fit for office. My job was to protect the public from improper conduct," Public Protector Thuli Madonsela said.

(ATTN: UPDATES with details; RECASTS headline) SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea issued a warning Thursday after detecting satellite signal disruptions that it said appeared to be coming from North Korea. The warning, issued at 7:30 p.m. in

SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to have succeeded in designing both a re-entry vehicle for the KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missile and a nuclear warhead, although it has yet to build them, a U.S. defense magazine said Thursday.

By Kim Kwang-tae WASHINGTON, March 31 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye prepares to hold talks with her U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, on Thursday to coordinate their stance on how to deal with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, South Ko

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Just one serving a day of pulses, including beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils, could help with weight loss says a new Canadian study published this week in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

YORK, Neb. (AP) — Inmates at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women start preparing to reintegrate into the community as soon as they arrive at the York prison.

Russian skydivers managed to perform a unique parachute jump into Lake Baikal during an extreme sports fest in Siberia.

Authorities said some of the suspects have links to biker gangs and organized crime, buying tobacco in the U.S. and illegally importing it through border crossings

Fitbit Inc. reported Thursday that it has shipped more than one million of its new Fitbit Blaze devices, beating sales forecasts. This is the first month of retail availability for Fitbit Blaze, which is a fitness device with some of the capabilities of a smartwatch. The company also said it has sold more than one million Fitbit Alta devices, a new fitness tracker, since it began shipping March 9. Shares of Fitbit have fallen 55% in the past three months, though the stock has gained 10% in the past month. Читать дальше...

– Senator Godswill Akpabio pleads with Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government – Senator Akpabio explains that the economic crunch is a global phenomenon and not caused by the APC government – Akpabio advised the federal government to look into other sectors that can generate revenue for the country Senator Godswill Akpabio has defended the All Progressives Congress […]

President Jacob Zuma "has noted and respects the judgment" handed down by the Constitutional Court and its findings relating to the Public Protector Report on Nkandla‚ the President’s homestead.

Cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy will step up his motorsport journey by competing in the Le Mans 24 Hour race in June.

The DIPP has developed the portal to provide all information about tax benefits and incubation facilities to be provided by the government.

From app reviews to satellite pictures, financial analysts are looking at non-traditional data sources to figure out companies’ prospects. Microsoft has unveiled an AI future. Google has disclosed its $100m man. #techFT is a daily newsletter on technology, media and telecoms. You can sign up here.

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LOS ANGELES, March 31 (UPI) -- Glial scar tissue may aid the regrowth of the spinal cord after an injury, contrary to widely the held assumption it impeded growth, scientists at UCLA report.

OLDENZAAL - Een opvallend tafereel tijdens een trainingsrondje in Thailand, met een Tukker in de hoofdrol. De Oldenzaalse wielerprof Maarten de Jonge kreeg donderdag  namelijk een lekke band bij een trainingsrondje in Thailand. 

Ukrainians are running out of patience with their government, Germany's Sueddeutscher Zeitung reports. The country's president, the newspaper writes, has not been able to make good on his campaign promises, while corruption flourishes and oligarchs continue to call the shots.

Five players from the World Cup-winning U.S. national team have accused the U.S. Soccer Federation of wage discrimination in an action filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn and Hope Solo maintain in the EEOC filing they...

Finland's Migration Board (Migri) has decided to shut down a total of 33 reception centers as the inflow of fresh migrants is slowly but gradually drying up. Additionally, fixed-term contracts with a further 10 centers won't be renewed.