Breaking News......Coffee comes home: How the cappuccino conquered South Africa

No more instant. Cape Town coffee huts now offer a higher quality brew. Not so long ago, if you ordered a cup of coffee in South Africa you needed to specify "filter" to avoid getting instant. A decade ago, there was no cafe culture, nowhere to go for a flat white and certainly no expectation of locally roasted beans. Those...

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Breaking News.......Why Arab world must learn to talk about sex

At the United Nations, governments and NGOs from around the world have been negotiating a document on the elimination of violence against women.   News on Top Earlier this month, a video of young men doing the "Harlem Shake" -- bare chests and thrusting pelvises -- in front of the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters in Cairo attracted worldwide attention, for putting one finger up to the moral authority of Islamic conservatives now...

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Breaking News.....Burned Iraqi boy stands tall 6 years later

News on Top Youssif was 5 years old when masked men grabbed him, doused him in gas and set him on fire as he played outside in Baghdad in 2007. CNN agreed not to use the full names of Youssif and his family due to concern for their safety. (CNN) -- Unimaginable cruelty marked the beginning of Youssif's story. At 5 years old, he was attacked by masked men as he played outside his Baghdad home in 2007. The...

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Breaking News.....Nigerian doctor fighting killer blood disease

News on Top  Every year, more than 200,000 African children are born with sickle-cell anemia -- around 150,000 of those in Nigeria. At the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), rows of young women line up inside the antenatal clinic. Many of them suffer from sickle-cell anemia, the world's most common hereditary blood disorder. They are here to see Dr Bosede Afolabi, a specialist practitioner who has dedicated much of her working...

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Breaking News.....No more miniskirts in Seoul? New law has South Korea buzzing

News on Top 'No pants' no more? South Koreans are worried pop girl groups, like T-ara shown here, may have to add to Will K-Pop girl group Girls Generation have to ditch their microshorts? Will police patrol clubs in Gangnam with rulers to measure miniskirts? Is South Korea returning to its days of over-the-top censorship? These questions have charged social media this week in South Korea ahead of a revised "overexposure law" that...

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Breaking News ....Lawyer fights 'widow sex' tradition in Malawi

Lawyer and human rights activist Seodi White has long been an outspoken campaigner for gender justice in Malawi, a country where half its women are married before the age of 18. As the head of the Malawian chapter of Women in Law in Southern Africa (WLSA), White is at the forefront of the battle against inequality, traveling around the country to promote education and to stop young girls from giving up on school and marrying in their early teens. But the prominent activist, who is herself the mother of a young daughter, is not only concerned...

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Breaking News Syria conflict: EU to discuss arms ban as anniversary marked

As Syrians mark the second anniversary of the start of the nation's unrest, the EU is set to discuss lifting its arms embargo to allow supplying rebels. The leaders of France and Britain will try to push other EU members to agree to the move at the Brussels summit. Ties with Russia, one of Syria's key allies and which strongly opposes arming rebels, will also be discussed. Up to 70,000 people have been killed in Syria...

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Breaking News China confirms Li Keqiang as premier

News on Top China's leaders have named Li Keqiang premier, placing him at the helm of the world's second-largest economy. Mr Li, who already holds the number two spot in the Communist Party, takes over from Wen Jiabao. Mr Li was elected for a five-year term but, like his predecessor, would be expected to spend a decade in office. On Thursday, Xi Jinping was confirmed by legislators as the new president, completing...

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Breaking News-Early HIV drugs 'functionally cure about one in 10'

  HIV, in green, bursting out of a white blood cell it has hijacked News on Top Rapid treatment after HIV infection may be enough to "functionally cure" about a 10th of those diagnosed early, say researchers in France. They have been analysing 14 people who stopped therapy, but have since shown no signs of the virus resurging. It follows reports of a baby girl being effectively...

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Breaking News - Swiss referendum 'backs executive pay curbs'

There was outrage in Switzerland over a $78m pay off, later scrapped, to the outgoing Novartis chairman Swiss voters appear to have backed proposals to impose some of the world's strictest controls on executive pay, projected referendum results suggest. Some 70% are thought to have supported plans to give shareholders a veto on compensation and ban big payouts for new and departing managers. Business groups argued the proposals...

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Breaking News - Bangladesh deaths rise as Jamaat protest strike begins

At least 16 people have died in clashes in Bangladesh at the start of a strike called over a death sentence given to an Islamist party leader. Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, of Jamaat-e-Islami, was sentenced on charges including murder, rape and torture during the war of independence in 1971. Thursday's sentence sparked riots that have left about 60 people dead. The Islamists say the tribunal is politically motivated, something...

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Breaking News Rebels 'seize most of Syria police academy'

Unverified video appeared to show rebels breaking into the academy Rebels have captured large parts of a Syrian police academy near Aleppo, after a fierce battle resulting in heavy loss of life, activists say. Video emerged on Saturday apparently showing rebels breaking into the sprawling Khan al-Assal compound. Almost 200 fighters had been killed on both sides over eight days, UK-based activist group the Syrian Observatory...

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Breaking News - Fukushima: 'Small increased cancer risk'

 The Fukushima plant was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami People living near the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan have an increased risk of developing some cancers, the World Health Organization says. The increased risk is limited to communities and some emergency workers exposed to radiation after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, analysis shows. For those living in the rest of Japan there is no health risk, it said. Experts...

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Breaking News - 'Wrong' immune response aids TB

  Tuberculosis attacks the lungs Some bacteria, including tuberculosis, are able to invade because the body launches the 'wrong' immune response, say researchers. Instead of fighting off tuberculosis, people with a severe infection produce a protein which attacks viruses, the journal Science reports. About 8.7 million people are infected with tuberculosis every year. The findings may explain why viruses can make people more...

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Breaking News - President Zuma of South Africa shocked over 'police dragging'

South African President Jacob Zuma has condemned an incident captured on video in which a Mozambican taxi driver was handcuffed to the back of a police van and dragged through the streets. He is reported to have died in custody later. President Zuma called the incident "horrific" and "unacceptable". "No human being should be treated in that manner," Mr Zuma added. He said police must operate within the law. Human rights groups have often accused South African police of brutality. South Africa's police watchdog...

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South African police officers implicated in the death of a Mozambican taxi driver have been suspended.

News on Top Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega: "The behaviour displayed in the video... is to be abhorred" ...

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