# US president Donald Trump says he is looking for a real end to the Israel-Iran conflict, not just a ceasefire. Over 200 people have been killed in Iran since hostilities began last Friday, and over 20 in Israel. Israel has been pressing Trump to become more involved in its campaign to dismantle Iran’s nuclear […]
# Finansiele druk, veroorsaak veral deur jeugwerkloosheid en werksonsekerheid, is besig om die egskeidingskoers in armer Chinese streke op te jaag. Volgens Reuters, waarsku demograaf Yi Fuxian die egskeidingskoers vir 2024 word op 2,6 per een-duisend gereken, wat hoër as die 2,0 koers gedurende die Covid-19 pandemie. Yi sê dit is aansielik hoër as Japan se […]
# Financial pressures, especially youth unemployment and job insecurity, are pushing up divorce rates in poorer Chinese regions. According to Reuters, demographer Yi Fuxian warns that the 2024 divorce rate is projected at 2.6 per one-thousand up from 2.0 during the Covid-19 pandemic. Yi says this is notably higher than Japan’s 1.5 and South Korea’s 1.8. […]
# ‘n Dokter van Los Angeles het ingestem om te erken dat hy die Friends-akteur Matthew Perry ketamien gegee het voor sy dood weens ’n noodlottige oordosis. Aanklaers sê Salvador Plasencia kan moontlik tot 40-jaar tronkstraf gevonnis word. Hy is een van vyf mense wat aangekla is na Perry se dood. Die akteur se gereelde […]
# A Los Angeles doctor has agreed to plead guilty to giving Friends actor Matthew Perry ketamine in the lead up to his death from a fatal overdose. Prosecutors say Salvador Plasencia faces up to a maximum of 40-years in prison. He is among five people charged in connection with Perry’s death. The actor had […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag sê wapens en toerusting wat soldate in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo gebruik het, word tans terugbesorg. Dit volg ná ‘n gefaseerde onttrekking van soldate nadat ‘n wapenstilstand in die oorloggeteisterde oostelike DRK bereik is. Die weermag se woordvoerder, Siphiwe Sangweni, sê die proses duur voort met ongeveer 80-persent van die […]
# Noord-Korea gaan militêre bouers stuur om die westelike deel van Rusland se Kursk-streek te herbou na Oekraïne se inval. Die hoof van die Russiese Sekerheidsraad, Sergei Shoigu, het die tweede keer in minder as twee weke met die leier van Noord-Korea, Kim Jong Un, vergader. Noord-Korea het een van Rusland se hoof bondgenote geword […]
# Die woordvoerder in die Presidensie, Vincent Magwenya, sê president Cyril Ramaphosa gebruik die G7-leiersberaad in Kanada om wêreldwye samewerking rakende belangrike kwessies te versterk. Dit sluit in klimaatsverandering, veldbrandbestuur, die herstel van vrede en energie-oorgang. Magwenya voeg by Ramaphosa sal ook druk uitoefen vir wêreldwye samewerking oor kritieke minerale en konflikoplossing, en sal hande […]
# The South African Defence Force says weapons and equipment used by soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being returned. This follows the phased withdrawal after a ceasefire in the war-torn eastern DRC. SANDF’s Siphiwe Sangweni says the process is ongoing with around 80-percent of the equipment being moved from Goma to a […]
