# Russia’s Foreign Ministry has accused the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the European Union of sponsoring “terrorist activity”. This comes after a tourist beach was hit by an alleged Ukrainian drone in the Black Sea resort town of Gelendzhik yesterday, killing seven people, including three children, and leaving 40 others injured. The ministry’s Maria […]
# US president Donald Trump has called Iranian leaders ‘unbelievably duplicitous’ after Tehran denied it was in negotiations with America. On Sunday, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that a deal was close to reopening the Strait of Hormuz and negotiations would commence on Monday. Iran denied this, instead saying it was in talks with […]
# Police arrested nearly 16-thousand suspects during nationwide Operation Shanela actions over the past week. The arrests included 329 alleged drug dealers, while cocaine worth an estimated 28-million-rand was seized at OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng after arriving on a flight from Brazil. Police spokesperson Amanda van Wyk says the operations are aimed at […]
# South Korea is experiencing a severe heatwave, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius. Authorities have issued the highest-level heat warning for parts of the greater Seoul area for the first time. The extreme heat has already caused nearly one-thousand-900 heat-related illnesses and at least 14 deaths. Officials are checking on vulnerable residents, spraying water […]
# Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube has congratulated team South Africa who secured a historic fourth-place finish at the inaugural World Spelling Bee Championships in Shanghai, China. Two learners finished among the world’s top ten, while all six team members advanced beyond the competition’s preliminary rounds. Klerksdorp Primary School in North West learner Mbulelo Tolom […]
# Suid-Korea beleef tans ‘n ernstige hittegolf, met temperature van meer as 40 grade Celsius. Owerhede het vir die eerste keer die hoogste vlak hittewaarskuwing vir dele van die groter Seoel-gebied uitgereik. Die buitensporige hitte het reeds byna ‘n duisend hitteverwante siektes en minstens 14 sterftes veroorsaak. Amptenare hou kwesbare inwoners dop, spuit water op […]
# Die polisie het die afgelope week byna 16-duisend verdagtes aangekeer tydens landwye Operasie Shanela-optredes. Dit het 329 vermeende dwelmhandelaars ingesluit, terwyl kokaïen van ‘n geraamde 28-miljoen-rand op die OR Tambo-lughawe in Gauteng afgeneem is nadat dit op ‘n vlug uit Brasilië aangekom het. Woordvoerder Amanda van Wyk sê die optrede is daarop gemik om […]
# Die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, het die Suid-Afrikaanse span gelukgewens wat ‘n geskiedkundige vierde plek behaal het op die eerste Wêreld-spelkampioenskap in Sjanghai, China. Twee leerders het onder die wêreld se top-tien geëindig, terwyl al ses spanlede die kompetisie se voorlopige rondes suksesvol voltooi het. ‘n Leerder aan die Laerskool Klerksdorp in […]
# Omtrent 60-duisend mense is beveel om te ontruim weens veldbrande wat die stad Spokane in die staat Washington, in Amerika, bedreig. Plaaslike amptenare het gesê die brande in die streek het 600 geboue, insluitend huise en ondernemings, vernietig. Die brande het teen gister byna twee-duisend-200-hektaar verbrand. Die burgemeester van Spokane, Lisa Brown, het dit […]
