# Over 20 countries have called for the tripling of world nuclear energy capacity as part of efforts to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The declaration at COP28 highlighted nuclear energy’s crucial role in reaching carbon neutrality. US climate envoy John Kerry noted the controversy surrounding nuclear energy due to concerns about safety of nuclear […]
# Pous Franciskus het leiers by die COP28-klimaatspitsberaad in Dubai gevra om in te tree en ‘n ommekeer te bewerkstellig om die planeet te red. Die 86-jarige pous het ook gesê die wêreld moet stappe doen om die gebruik van fossielbrandstof te beëindig. Die toespraak deur Franciskus, wat sy reis na die Verenigde Nasies-klimaatsamesprekings afgelas […]
# ‘n Amerikaanse regter het beslis Donald Trump kan nie aanspraak maak op kwytskelding van strafregtelike klagtes vir sy optrede terwyl hy die president was nie. Die streeksregter Tanya Chutkan het sy poging verwerp om die saak geskrap te kry, wat ingedien is deur die spesiale regsverteenwoordiger Jack Smith, waarin Trump aangekla word van ‘n […]
# An American Judge has ruled Donald Trump does not have immunity from criminal charges for actions he took as president. US district judge Tanya Chutkan rejected his bid to throw out the case brought by special counsel Jack Smith, accusing him of unlawfully trying to overturn his 2020 election loss. Reuters reports Trump, the […]
# Pope Francis has called on leaders at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai to step up and “turn a corner” on saving the planet. The 86-year-old pontiff also said the world should move to end using fossil fuels. The speech by Francis, who cancelled his trip to the United Nations climate talks due to […]
# Die ANC in Johannesburg het ‘n beroep herhaal vir die herbenaming van Sandtonrylaan na die Palestynse aktivis Leila Khaled. Sy is ook ‘n lid van die weerstandsbeweging Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Khaled was die eerste vrou wat in 1969 ‘n passasiersvliegtuig gekaap het. Die vlug was van Tel Aviv na Rome […]
# The ANC in Johannesburg has reiterated calls for the renaming of Sandton Drive after Palestinian activist Leila Khaled. She is also a member of the resistance movement Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Khaled was the first woman to hijack a passenger aeroplane in 1969. It was flying to Tel Aviv from Rome […]
# Die organisasie, African Diaspora Global Network, het reageer op die twee-jaar verlenging van die permitte vir Lesotho en Zimbabwe, en sê dit gee meer duidelikheid. Die president van die netwerk, Vusumuzi Sibanda, is egter bekommerd oor die tydige uitreiking van die nuwe permitte, omdat die proses lank kan neem. Die minister van Binnelandse Sake […]
# Die organisasie Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Coalition South Africa moedig president Cyril Ramaphosa aan om sy belofte gestand te doen, om sewe Suid-Afrikaanse families te ontruim wat vasgekeer is in die Gazastrook. BDS SA beweer, meer as ses weke het verloop vandat Ramaphosa die belofte gemaak het. Die koalisie sê buitelandse burgers is deur […]
