# Brandbestryders veg teen verskeie veldbrande in Griekeland terwyl ‘n verswelgende hittegolf verwoesting saai in die suide van Europa. Die afgelope 36-uur het meer as 152 nuwe brande in Griekeland uitgebreek en duisende mense is ontruim. Ongeveer vier-duisend-850 brandbestryders is betrokke by wydverspreide pogings om die vlamme onder beheer te bring. Temperature het vroeër die […]
# Môre se spitsberaad tussen die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, en sy Russiese ampsgenoot, Vladimir Putin, sal op die Gesamentlike militêre basis Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska plaasvind. Die leiers sal ontmoet om die beëindiging van die driejaar-lange oorlog in Oekraïne te bespreek. Dit sal die eerste keer wees dat die twee alleen vergader sedert 2018 se […]
# Sommige inwoners van Alaska ontruim hulle huise terwyl water uit ‘n kom onstsnap wat deur die Mendenhall-gletser opgevang is. Daar word gevrees vir ’n gletser-uitbarstingsvloei wat huise in gevaar kan stel. Plaaslike amptenare het Dinsdag bevestig dat water uit die ysdam begin vloei en oorstromings word binne die volgende dae verwag. Gletser-uitbarstingsvloei gebeur wanneer […]
# Trade union Solidarity is set to travel to Washington, DC, in the US next month, to meet government officials following concerns over declining human rights in South Africa. The visit comes after a US State Department report flagged threats to minority groups, race-based laws, including incitement through the ‘Kill the Boer’ chant by EFF […]
# The summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will be held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. The two leaders will meet on Friday to discuss an end to the more than three-year war in Ukraine, in what will be their first standalone summit since a 2018 meeting in […]
# Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated Gaza ceasefire efforts are now focused on a comprehensive deal to release all the remaining hostages at once. The plan previously allowed a 60-day truce and partial release of living hostages. Hamas says a delegation of its leaders is in Cairo for preliminary talks with Egyptian officials. […]
# Firefighters are battling several wildfires in Greece as a scorching heatwave wreaks havoc across southern Europe. In the past 36 hours alone, more than 152 new fires have broken out across Greece and thousands of people have been evacuated. Around four-thousand-850 firefighters are engaged in a multi-front battle to contain the flames. Temperatures surpassed […]
# Some Alaskans are evacuating their homes as water escapes a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier amidst fears of glacial outburst water putting homes in the area at risk. Local officials on Tuesday confirmed water had begun escaping the ice dam and flooding was expected in the coming days. Glacial lake outbursts happen when […]
# Russia announced curbs on calls on the WhatsApp and Telegram messenger apps. A government watchdog says she messenger apps have become the main voice services used for fraud and extortion, and for involving Russian citizens in subversive and terrorist activities. Russian security services have frequently claimed that Ukraine was using Telegram to recruit people […]
