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The Auditor-General's report has revealed that the City of Cape Town is the only municipality that received a clean audit in 2015-2016 financial year.

Artist's concept of the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft approaching Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech

Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, has released new details of his vision to colonise parts of the solar system, including Mars, Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus. His gung ho plans – designed to make humans a multi-planetary species in case civilisation collapses – include launching flights to Mars as early as 2023.

Democrat Jon Ossoff lost to Karen Handel in the closely-watched special election in Georgia's sixth congressional district. What does the loss mean for Democrats and for the GOP? The panel discusses.

Only one spacecraft in about 60 years of human space-faring, the Voyager 2, has ever come close to Uranus and Neptune, during flybys in 1986 and 1989 respectively. The comparative dearth of information about the two outermost planets in the solar system has long rankled astronomers and scientists, and to address that, NASA on Tuesday unveiled a study of future mission concepts that will explore the so-called “ice giants.”

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- "Fight For My Way," KBS 2TV's coming-of-age romantic series, led the Monday-Tuesday late night drama race, while two smaller rivals shows duked it out hard for second place, according to data Wednesday. Episode 10 of "Fig

Bills DE Shaq Lawson says he needs to get back to being what he was in college. Says Jason Taylor of having Jimmy Johnson present him at the Hall of Fame, “He took a chance on an undersized defensive end and never looked back. He believed in me and gave me the opportunity of a…

The Spanish Congress is expected on Wednesday to reject a planned independence referendum in Catalonia, where a separatist movement is in full swing.

Britain's Marcus Willis is awarded a wildcard into qualifying for Wimbledon after his fairytale run at last year's tournament.

Crude oil production from Norway, the region's top supplier, was better than expected, a national energy regulator said Wednesday.

OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A zoning appeals board has dealt another setback to a bottled-water company that wants to pump more groundwater in western Michigan.

OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A zoning appeals board has dealt another setback to a bottled-water company that wants to pump more groundwater in western Michigan.

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As nationwide chains gobbled up retail space across the country, they did so at the expense of smaller mom-and-pop shops.

• Barclays strategist: We could lose another 1 million jobs in retail as the industry resizes
• Wall Street is handing Amazon $13.7 billion to buy Whole Foods
• BANK OF AMERICA: We've reached 'peak car'

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De Amerikaanse power forward Chase Fieler (25, 2m03) tekende een contract van twee seizoenen bij landskampioen BC Oostende. De voorbije twee jaar werd hij Nederlands kampioen met Donar Groningen.

DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on Georgia's 6th District Congressional race (all times local):

President Donald Trump took to Twitter to celebrate Republican Karen Handel's victory in a Georgia special congressional race that became an expensive national proxy for Washington wars ahead of next year's midterm elections. In another tweet, Trump also congratulated Republican Ralph Norman, who won a special congressional election in South Carolina. [...] in a third tweet, the president gloated over those wins and other recent Republican wins, saying the special elections are over and those that... Читать дальше...

The Season 7 premiere of Game of Thrones is less than one month away and fans are preparing themselves for what will be an epic clash of family leaders.

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Mumbai is the most expensive city for expatriates in India and is ranked higher than major global cities such as Paris, Canberra, Seattle and Vienna, says a report.

JOHANNESBURG – You would think the close shave with relegation had somehow humbled Kgoloko Thobejane. But the Baroka FC coach is in his element yet again, showing he didn’t quite learn the hard lessons last season, or at least giving the impression he’d ignored whatever lessons were there for him to prepare for a second season in the top flight.

JOHANNESBURG – You would think the close shave with relegation had somehow humbled Kgoloko Thobejane. But the Baroka FC coach is in his element yet again, showing he didn’t quite learn the hard lessons last season, or at least giving the impression he’d ignored whatever lessons were there for him to prepare for a second season in the top flight.

De Duitse veteraan Tommy Haas mag in zijn afscheidsjaar nog een keer proberen te schitteren op Wimbledon. Zo werden er voor het prestigieuze

The Guptas and Duduzane Zuma could be the first witnesses to be called to Parliament by MPs on the coal contracts and other matters relating to state capture in SOEs.

The Guptas and Duduzane Zuma could be the first witnesses to be called to Parliament by MPs on the coal contracts and other matters relating to state capture in SOEs.

The embattled CEO was asked to leave by some of the biggest investors in the company.