One in five South Africans now lives on less than R28 a day, the UN finds

Socioeconomic inequality and multidimensional poverty remain major stumbling blocks in...

Saudi Arabia failed to win a seat on the UN Human Rights Council - China, Russia voted in with ease

China and Russia were elected to the council in a secret ballot on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia...

UN Secretary-General rebukes Trump over plans to halt funding for WHO

If Trump halts funds, the World Health Organisation could lose R7 billion at a time when...

UN secretary-general calls for global ceasefire to focus on 'the true fight of our lives'

"Pull back from hostilities. Put aside mistrust and animosity. Silence the guns, stop the...

Former 'Top Gear' host Jeremy Clarkson told climate activist Greta Thunberg to 'be a good girl' and 'shut up'

The former "Top Gear" host Jeremy Clarkson criticized the climate activist Greta Thunberg...

Boris Johnson gave a deeply bizarre speech about 'limbless chickens,' 'pink-eyed terminators,' and evil Alexa

The speech came just after Johnson had suffered a huge defeat in the UK as the supreme...

Up to 1 million animal species may be at risk of disappearing — yet another sign we're in the middle of a 6th mass extinction

The AFP has obtained an early draft of a United Nations report that suggests up to 1...

Trump suggests the climate may actually be 'fabulous' after ominous UN report

The US president previously said the concept of global warming was "created by and for...