Google's debut smartwatch will go on sale on October 13 for $350 (about R6,300), the Alphabet unit says, taking on a field dominated by Apple Watch at a time when inflation-hammered consumers are shunning all forms of pricey wearables.

Facial recognition has returned to the latest Google Pixel phones after a short hiatus due to challenges on cost and performance.

Thai government buildings flew flags at half mast on Friday to mourn the death of more than 30 people, including 23 children, after an ex-policeman burst into a daycare centre in a knife and gun rampage that left the nation shocked and seeking answer...

"I don't know in which SA Lindiwe Sisulu and Bheki Cele live, but their lies about SA being a safe place for tourists astounds me. Why do they speak out now when ordinary South Africans face bloodshed every day," said Cameron.

The Biden administration will begin redirecting US-bound travelers who had been to Uganda within the previous 21 days to five major American airports to be screened for Ebola as public health officials sent an alert to healthcare workers.

French author Annie Ernaux has won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature for "the courage and clinical acuity" in her largely autobiographical books examining personal memory and social inequality.

A former policeman killed 34 people, including 23 children, during a knife and gun rampage at a daycare centre in northeast Thailand on Thursday, police said, before later shooting dead his wife and child at home and turning his weapon on himself.

Water supply has been affected in several parts of Gauteng since last week, with some areas having no supplies at all.

A four-member SpaceX Crew Dragon team, including a Russian cosmonaut and the first Native American woman sent to orbit, safely docked with the International Space Station on Thursday and moved aboard to begin a five-month science mission.

EFF leader Julius Malema has accused judge Arnoldus Mauritius Legodi Phatudi of allegedly being captured after he was nominated by an ANC politician for the judge president vacancy in the Limpopo division of the high court.

A Delaware judge on Thursday ordered a halt to Twitter Inc's lawsuit against Elon Musk on the eve of trial, giving the billionaire time to finance his $44bn (R791bn) takeover of the social media platform.

"Law enforcement must leave no stone unturned to bring these murderers and economic saboteurs to book."

A Swedish member of the European Parliament lopped off her hair during a speech in the EU assembly in solidarity with anti-government demonstrations in Iran ignited by the death in morality police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

The state-owned ports and freight rail operator has declared a force majeure after workers started a strike over wages, the third time Transnet has taken this drastic measure since July last year.

Prince Lethukuthula Zulu, son of the late Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, died of a cocaine overdose, postmortem results show.

A 42-year-old police constable was lucky to sustain only a flesh wound after a suspect he confronted opened fire, riddling the police vehicle with bullets, police said.

The Judicial Service Commission on Thursday chose to fill only three of four vacancies on the Gauteng High Court, leaving one vacant despite interviewing eight candidates.

A fight between two rival gangs in the violence-plagued southwestern state of Guerrero left 20 dead, including a local mayor, and two more wounded, Mexican authorities said Thursday.

One of the journalists suspended by City Press on August 30 has been reinstated

Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has denied allegations made by his suspended director-general Kgathatso Tlhakudi in his labour court bid to be reinstated.

eThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda has allayed fears of tourists turning their back on the city, as the metro continues to battle with cleanliness which has often forced the closure of some of the beaches.

Former chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and his wife Mmaphefo arrived in Israel on Thursday where they will be embark on a spiritual journey during the Feast of Tabernacles.

Chaos erupted at the Richards Bay port on Thursday as Transnet workers downed tools and embarked on protests which could disrupt exports.

A musical version of childhood classic "Matilda" opened the London Film Festival this week, with actors Emma Thompson and Lashana Lynch the first of many stars expected to walk the event's red carpets over 12 days.

Cassidy Hartzenberg, the teenager accused of murdering his aunt, magistrate Romay van Rooyen, has abandoned his bid for bail.

Products containing aluminium phosphide are being widely sold in hardware stores, spaza shops and plant nurseries without any of the legislated safety protocols in place, says Dr Gerhard Verdoorn.

Fast-food French fries and onion rings are going high-tech.

Matri and Nicholas Molver would have celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary on October 20

A 23-year-old mother who abandoned her baby in a bush in Verulam, with a note asking others not to judge her, handed herself over to police on Thursday.

Johannesburg residents are sceptical that the water shortage will be resolved in the near future.