Radiocarbon dating of eye lenses shows Greenland sharks can live nearly 400 years, growing one centimetre annually in ...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will travel to China on Sunday to expand economic ties with the world's largest energy consumer and try to engage Beijing in a range of business and trade projects.

A South African court on Thursday upheld a ban imposed on energy giant Shell from using seismic waves to explore for oil and gas off the Indian Ocean coast. The judgement was a major victory for ...

Pope Francis appealed to the United Nations on Monday to help Venezuela end a deadly economic, political and social crisis. "The most painful is the humanitarian problem. There are so many people ...

South Africa will not sign any deal that would compromise the country's economic development chances at the upcoming climate change conference in Copenhagen, the environment minister said Tuesday.

South Africa will process applications for shale gas exploration but hold off on controversial fracking drilling while new rules are drafted, the mines minister said Tuesday. The country's cabinet ...

A fire broke out Sunday at a factory belonging to Chinese battery giant CATL, which supplies electric vehicle makers including Tesla, but only a "relatively small" impact on operations is expected, ...

South African petrochemical giant Sasol on Tuesday flew the world's first passenger aircraft using the company's own developed and internationally approved fully synthetic jet fuel. "The fuel, ...

China on Monday formally recognised the National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya's government following the fall of Moamer Kadhafi, after weeks of holding back. "China respects the choice of the ...

Applause rings out as Daimler Truck's hydrogen-powered, zero-emission lorry crosses the finish line in Berlin after completing a record-breaking 1,047-kilometre (650 mile) journey on a single tank.

China warned on Sunday it would reject an investigation by Tokyo into a ship collision in disputed waters that ended with a Chinese trawler in Japanese custody, as a diplomatic row rumbled on. Tokyo ...

India's foreign minister told energy firms Tuesday to be more adventurous in searching for global oil supplies as a report warned of a likely large rise in the country's fuel import needs. Oil imports ...