# The Slovak parliament approved a constitutional amendment to limit the rights of same-sex couples and toughen rules surrounding gender transition. The amendment also sees national law take precedence over European Union law. Since his return to power in 2023, nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico has often been at odds with the 27-nation bloc. He […]
# Rugby: The United Rugby Championship returns today for its fifth edition. The Stormers and Bulls kick off their campaigns at home in Cape Town and Pretoria, while the Sharks are in Scotland, and the Lions start their season in Wales. At 7pm tonight the Stormers face defending champions, Leinster, while the Sharks face Glasgow […]
# Die KwaZulu-Natalse Direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Elaine Harrison, het aan die Madlanga-kommissie in Pretoria gesê die taakspan vir politieke moorde het gehelp om hoër skuldigbevindingsyfers in polities gemotiveerde sake te behaal. Harrison sê met aanklaers toegewy aan die eenheid se werk, was sake meer suksesvol afgehandel in vergelyking met voor die stigting van die […]
# The Netherlands pledged to return to Indonesia the remains of “Java Man”, the first-ever “Homo Erectus” unearthed by modern scientists in a landmark discovery for human evolution. The Dutch plan to hand back some 28-thousand fossils of the “Dubois Collection” looted by anatomist and geologist Eugene Dubois in 1891, when Indonesia was still a […]
# A sighting of a suspected drone briefly shuttered a Danish airport today for the second time in a few hours, after the country’s prime minister said the flights were part of “hybrid attacks” that may be linked to Russia. Drones have been seen flying over several Danish airports since Wednesday, causing one of them […]
# Die KwaZulu-Natalse Direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Elaine Harrison, het aan die Madlanga-kommissie gesê sy is nooit formeel in kennis gestel oor die ontbinding van die taakspan vir politieke moorde nie. Harrison sê sy het dit op sosiale media uitgevind en aanvanklik gedink dit is fopnuus. Sy het getuig die taakspan was noodsaaklik in die […]
# Krieket: Pakistan sal Sondag vir die eerste keer teen Indië in die eindronde van die T20 Asië-beker speel, nadat die boulers, ten spyte van swak kolfwerk, Bangladesh gister met 11 lopies oorwin het in hulle Super Vier-wedstryd. Die Bangladesh-snelbouler, Taskin Ahmed, het drie paaltjies vir slegs 28 lopies ingepalm terwyl Pakistan ‘n slordige vertoning […]
# UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to introduce a free digital ID for both nationals and those residing in the country in a bid to curb illegal migration. The government says it will make it simpler to apply for services like driver’s licences, childcare and welfare. The new digital ID will be held […]
# Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to deliver a defiant message to the United Nations today against a Palestinian state, but faces rare pressure from US President Donald Trump, who seeks a deal on Gaza. Netanyahu will address the UN General Assembly days after France, Britain and several other Western powers recognised a […]
