Again, Putin beats Obama as world's most powerful man

Obama

 For a second year in a row, Russian President Vladimir Putin has beaten Barack Obama to the title of world’s most powerful leader as ranked by Forbes.

In a year in which Russia annexed Crimea, stoked a conflict in Ukraine and clinched a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline deal with China that Forbes called the world’s largest construction project, Putin remained on top.

Anxiety as the Oscar Pistorius trial channel returns today for verdict

Oscar with the lover he shot to death

The Oscar Pistorius Trial: A Carte Blanche Channel will pop up today, Thursday 11 September at 08:00 CAT. Court proceedings will commence at 09:30 CAT where presiding Judge Thokozile Masipa will deliver her verdict.