Only 36 countries have ever won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. For decades, dozens of other countries have seen their athletes return home empty-handed.
The ruling African National Congress party planned to recall him in a no-confidence vote on Thursday. Zuma resigned, saying the party should not be divided in his name.
The proposed no-fare program would begin in five cities, as Germany endeavors to meet EU air pollution targets. But similar plans haven't always worked as hoped.
Cheerleaders, meet Dear Leader ... kind of. A guy named Howard, who keeps dressing up like the dictator, tried to introduce himself to the country's Olympic cheering section. They weren't having it.
Jacob Zuma faced corruption allegations even before he became president in 2009. A steady stream of charges has dogged his nine-year tenure, the rockiest period in South Africa's post-apartheid era.
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai has died at 65. He had been suffering from colon cancer. As the arch political rival of then-president Robert Mugabe, Tsvangirai came to symbolize courageous resistance to Mugabe's repressive regime.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell described the open-ended immigration debate in the Senate as "an opportunity for a thousand flowers to bloom." With those words, some heard echoes of Mao Zedong, the former chairman of the Communist Party of China.
Some villagers considered it improper for girls to go to school. Now, after surviving the reign of ISIS, young Yazidi women in Iraq's Kurdistan region are getting an education.
The U.K. government is trying to cure the divisions in British society caused by Brexit. They're starting by having ministers "reach out" to those with opposing views. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was the first to speak on Wednesday.
The ruling African National Congress should not be "divided in my name," Zuma said Wednesday. "I have therefore come to the decision to resign as the president of the republic with immediate effect."