South Africa captain Graeme Smith will retire from international cricket after the third Test against Australia.

Graeme Smith has led South Africa to the top of the rankings, but Monday he made the shock announcement he would quit international cricket at the completion of their current Test match against Australia in Cape Town.

A British betting firm has sparked outrage with a controversial advert which offers punters money back if South African sports star Oscar Pistorius is found not guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Lupita Nyong'o represents another kind of dream girl. And as she said in her Oscar acceptance speech, she shows "No matter where you are from your dreams are valid."

Now more than four years after it debuted back in 2009, popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter has surpassed $1 billion in pledges. The site made the announcement with a special page on its website to celebrate the benchmark. Kickstarter says the $1 billion ...

Ghanaian wunderkind Bismark Adjei-Boateng is bound for lengthy spell on the sidelines with a protracted knee injury, Norwegian champions Stromsgodset have confirmed.

Hollywood (United States) — Oscars telecast ratings hit a 10-year high, preliminary data showed Monday, as Ellen DeGeneres won plaudits for her slick hosting of Hollywood's biggest night -- and broke a Twitter record. The 86th Academy Awards were seen ...

Apple says vehicles will roll out this year with CarPlay technology making iPhones helpful road-trip companions, complete with Siri tending to messages. “CarPlay gives iPhone users an incredibly intuitive way to make calls, use Maps, listen to music and ...

Apple says vehicles will roll out with CarPlay technology this year, making iPhones helpful road-trip companions, complete with Siri tending to messages. “CarPlay gives iPhone users an incredibly intuitive way to make calls, use Maps, listen to music and ...

TORONTO--Canadian stocks ended flat Monday, weighed down by the escalating political crisis in the Ukraine as investors sought safety in gold and the stocks of miners that produce the metal. Russia's move to step up military activity in Ukraine's Crimea ...

SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Satya Nadella has appointed pollster and longtime corporate adviser Mark Penn to the role of chief strategy officer, according to a memo sent to company employees on Monday. By: Reuters, INFORUM ...

The best picture victory by “12 Years a Slave” at the 86th Academy Awards finally handed cinema's most prestigious prize to a movie by a black filmmaker, in this case, the British-born Steve McQueen. But the triumph, which found Mr. McQueen dancing ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP)-- The recovery of eight classic cars swallowed by a huge sinkhole has begun at the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky. The first car was pulled out of the giant hole Monday by a crane at the Bowling Green museum.

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Israel needs to make some tough decisions in order to find peace with the Palestinians, US President Barack Obama warned Benjamin Netanyahu in talks at the White House on Monday. But the prime minister insisted that Israel had ...

French scientists said Monday they had revived a giant but harmless virus that had been locked in the Siberian permafrost for more than 30,000 years. Wakening the long-dormant virus serves as a warning that unknown pathogens entombed in frozen soil ...

(adds details). By Nick Said. CAPE TOWN, March 3 (Reuters) - Graeme Smith stunned South Africa on Monday by announcing he will retire from international cricket at the end of the ongoing third test against Australia at Newlands. The Proteas captain told ...

It's Monday afternoon, you didn't watch the Oscars, and you need to catch up - fast. We've got you covered. From Ellen DeGeneres' now-infamous "selfie" to the post-show parties, there is a lot to learn about Sunday night's Oscars. But maybe you had other ...

Companies dependent on Russia tumbled as escalating tension in Ukraine and the threat of U.S. sanctions on its Cold War adversary rattled investors. Societe Generale SA (GLE), the foreign bank with the largest branch network in Russia, sank the most in a ...

PARIS - French scientists said Monday they had revived a giant but harmless virus that had been locked in the Siberian permafrost for more than 30,000 years. Wakening the long-dormant virus serves as a warning that unknown pathogens entombed in ...

Soon your iPhone will be integrated through your car's navigation system. Apple announced Monday its CarPlay system, which allows iPhone users to make calls, listen to music and messages and activate its maps app through the car's dashboard or via a ...