# Katar se ministerie van Buitelandse Sake sê pogings om ‘n diplomatieke oplossing tussen die VSA en Iran te bereik duur voort, maar geen regstreekse onderhandelinge tussen die twee lande is geskeduleer nie. Daar was teenstrydige verklarings van beide Washington en Teheran oor die hervatting van gesprekke. Die ministerie se woordvoerder, Majed al-Ansari, sê bemiddelaars […]
# US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says progress has been made in talks with Iran and Oman on the Strait of Hormuz, but no final agreement has been reached. This comes as oil prices fell to a three-week low yesterday, with a barrel of Brent crude falling by almost five-percent. Tehran says it is […]
# Qatar’s Foreign Ministry says efforts to reach a diplomatic solution between the US and Iran are ongoing, and no direct negotiations between the two sides are scheduled. There have been conflicting statements from both Washington and Tehran on whether talks had resumed. The ministry’s spokesperson, Majed al-Ansari, says mediators are coordinating closely to facilitate […]
# South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has declared the country’s record-breaking heatwave a national disaster after the death toll climbed to 19. Authorities say 13 of those who died were aged 80 or older. Temperatures reached a record 42.5 degrees Celsius in the southeastern city of Yangsan, while Seoul remains under its first-ever heatwave […]
# Three lions have died from suspected heatstroke at Tokyo’s Tama Zoological Park as Japan endures an intense heatwave. The three lionesses, aged three, 11 and 15, showed signs of severe dehydration and multiple organ failure. Zoo officials say it’s the first heat-related lion deaths in the facility’s 62-year history. Several other lions are receiving […]
# Die president van Suid-Korea, Lee Jae Myung, het die land se rekord hittegolf tot ‘n nasionale ramp verklaar nadat die dodetal tot 19 gestyg het. Owerhede sê 13 van die slagoffers was 80 jaar of ouer. Temperature het tot ‘n rekord 42,5-grade Celsius in die suidoostelike stad Yangsan gestyg, terwyl Seoel steeds onder sy […]
# Drie leeus is vermoedelik weens hitteslag by Tokio se Tama Dieretuin dood terwyl Japan ‘n intense hittegolf beleef . Die drie leeuwyfies van drie, 11 en 15 jaar oud, het tekens van ernstige dehidrasie en veelvuldige orgaanversaking getoon. Dieretuinbeamptes sê dit is die eerste hitteverwante leeusterftes in die fasiliteit se 62-jarige geskiedenis. Verskeie ander […]
# ‘n Franse werknemer by die nuut-geopende Club Med-oord aan die Noordkus van KwaZulu-Natal het in die hof verskyn op aanklagte van verkragting en seksuele aanranding waarby ‘n tienerseun betrokke was. Die 35-jarige beskuldigde het die seun na bewering aangerand terwyl sy gesin by die oord vakansie gehou het. Aanklaers sê die slagoffer is te […]
# Meer as 150 migrante is gered nadat ‘n klein boot aan die brand geslaan het terwyl dit probeer het om die Engelse Kanaal vanuit Frankryk na Brittanje oor te steek. Franse owerhede sê die enjin het aan die brand geslaan, wat veroorsaak het dat die vaartuig vinnig begin verbrokkel het. Franse en Britse reddingspanne […]
