# South African motorists are being warned of another sharp increase in fuel prices expected next month, driven by rising global oil prices and ongoing tensions in the Middle East. Diesel could rise by nearly six-rand a litre, while petrol is also set to rise by around two-rand per litre. Illuminating paraffin could increase by […]
# Twee bosbrande woed steeds in die rigting van woongebiede in ‘n noordelike Japannese dorp, wat owerhede gedwing het om ontruimingsbevele na meer as drie-duisend mense uit te brei. Die brand het Woensdagmiddag in ‘n bergagtige gebied in die Iwate Prefektuur uitgebreek, gevolg deur nog ‘n brand ongeveer twee ure later naby die dorp Otsuchi. […]
# ‘n Reuters/Ipsos-peiling het bevind dat ‘n besliste meerderheid Amerikaners president Donald Trump die skuld gee vir die stygende brandstofpryse, wat sy Republikeinse Party onder druk plaas voor November se middeltermynverkiesing. Sowat 77-persent van geregistreerde kiesers in die peiling sê Trump dra ten minste ‘n redelike mate van verantwoordelikheid vir die prysstygings weens sy besluit […]
# Norway will present a bill in Parliament by year-end to ban children from using social media until they turn 16, making technology companies responsible for age verification. Several European nations are seeking to rein in children’s use of social media. Australia took the lead with a world-first ban on under-16s last December. The ban […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het lande versoek om binnelands sowel as wêreldwyd teen ongelykheid op te tree. Hy het voor die raadgewende raad van die stigtingskomitee van die internasionale paneel oor ongelykheid gevra vir belegging in onderwys, gesondheidsorg en ondersteuning vir kwesbare gemeenskappe. Ramaphosa spoor sterker arbeidsbeskerming, billike belasting en beperkings op korporatiewe mag aan. […]
# Two forest fires continued to spread toward residential areas in a northern Japanese town prompting authorities to expand evacuation orders to more than three-thousand people. The blaze broke out on Wednesday afternoon in a mountainous area in Iwate Prefecture, followed by another fire about two hours later near the town Otsuchi. Firefighters have been […]
# A Reuters/Ipsos poll found a clear majority of Americans blame president Donald Trump for surging fuel prices, which is weighing on his Republican Party ahead of November’s congressional midterm elections. Some 77-percent of registered voters in the poll said Trump bears at least a fair amount of responsibility for the recent rise in fuel […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on countries to act on inequality both domestically and globally. Speaking in the consultative council of the founding committee of the international panel on inequality, Ramaphosa called for investment in education, healthcare, and support for vulnerable communities. Ramaphosa urged stronger labour protections, fair taxation, and limits on corporate power. […]
# Pous Leo het die geweld in Iran en die dood van onskuldige burgerlikes veroordeel. Hy het gepraat aan boord van die pouslike vlug terug na Rome na ‘n besoek van 11-dae aan Afrika. Die pous sê as ‘n herder kan hy nie oorlog goedkeur nie. Hy sê of daar ‘n bewindsverandering is of nie, […]
