# China has condemned new restrictions by the US on Chinese purchases of US farmland as “discriminatory” and violating international trade rules. The Trump administration said this week that the US would begin restricting purchases of farmland by Chinese nationals and other “foreign adversaries”. China’s foreign ministry condemned the restrictions as “a typical discriminatory practice […]
# Gaza’s civil defence agency says 20 people, including at least six children, were killed in two Israeli air strikes overnight in the Palestinian territory. The Israeli military said it was looking into the report. The bombings came as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu met US president Donald Trump in Washington and discussed the ongoing […]
# Toymaker Mattel has launched its first Barbie doll with type 1 diabetes in a bid to foster a greater sense of inclusion and empathy among children. The new doll wears a small device that continuously measures her blood sugar. She also has a phone that displays an app to help track her blood sugar […]
# Die Nasionale Verbruikerskommissie sê Volkswagen, Volvo en Toyota herroep sekere voertuie as gevolg van veiligheidskwessies. Volkswagen herroep Golf 8 modelle as gevolg van ‘n fout met ‘n sitplekgordel wat beserings in ‘n botsing kan veroorsaak. Volvo herroep sekere XC90 hibriede-voertuie vir ‘n remprobleem teen afdraandes. Phetho Ntaba van die kommissie vra eienaars wat geraak […]
# The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women. ICC judges said in a statement there were “reasonable grounds” to suspect Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani have committed this crime against humanity. The court said the alleged crimes had […]
# Rugby: Die Junior Springbokke speel vanmiddag teen Skotland in die derde ronde van Wêreldrugby se Onder-20-kampioenskap in Italië. Die Bababokke het die jong Wallabies 73-17 verniel in die eerste ronde en dit opgevolg met ‘n oorwinning met 32-20 oor England. Vandag se ander kragmetings is tussen Wallis en Spanje; Engeland en Australië; die jong […]
# Die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand en die Universiteit van Edinburg in Groot Brittanje het ‘n gesamentlike Navorsingsleerstoel in Digitale Geesteswetenskappe bekendgestel. Wits professor Iginio Gagliardone is in die pos aangestel en sal grensverskuiwende navorsing lei wat die raakpunte tussen tegnologie, die samelewing, en Afrika-innovering sal ondersoek. Die vyfjaar-inisiatief sal die inklusiewe digitale toekoms en […]
# Die eerste minister van Indië, Narendra Modi, kom vandag in Namibië aan. Dit is die eerste besoek deur ‘n Indiese eerste minister sedert die land se onafhanklikheid in 1990. Die besoek is deel van sy vyfnasie-toer en sal fokus op die versterking van samewerking in diamanthandel, digitale uitvoere en belangrike minerale soos litium en […]
# Tax Justice South Africa waarsku die onwettige sigaretmark in Suid-Afrika is buite beheer. ‘n Nuwe IPSOS-studie toon onwettige sigarette word nou in meer as 76-persent van winkels verkoop, byna drie keer meer as drie jaar gelede. Handelsmerke van die Gold Leaf Tobacco Corporation wat by die Gold Mafia-skandaal betrokke was, oorheers tans die mark. […]
