# Die Amerikaanse Weermag het sy aanvalle op Iran vir ‘n 13de agtereenvolgende nag voortgesit, en vier mense is volgens berigte dood. Amerika se Sentrale Bevel sê Iranse militêre bevelsentrums, bergingsgeriewe vir hommeltuie, kommunikasie-netwerke, kuswaarnemingsposte en maritieme vermoëns is geteiken. Volgens die Weermag sal dit Iran se bedreiging vir burgerlike seevaarders en handelskepe in die […]
# Scientists in France have discovered the building blocks of the incredible diversity of birdsong, regarded as one of the natural world’s most sophisticated forms of sound-based communication. A team analysed over 100-thousand songs from three-thousand bird species and revealed they are all composed of eight fundamental types of sound that the researchers call motifs. […]
# The Philippine Coast Guard has accused its Chinese counterpart of firing water cannon at government vessels today, the third confrontation between the two countries in the South China Sea this week. It says a Chinese vessel at the Scarborough Shoal in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone came within seven metres of a Philippine fisheries […]
# Cape Town has earned itself a place among the globe’s most beautiful places to stay. A global study has ranked the Mother City as the eighth most beautiful destination for design-led accommodation, the highest-ranked in Africa and placing it among some of the planet’s most sought-after travel experiences. The research analysed luxury accommodation listings […]
# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says they will continue to negotiate a new trade deal with the US, but is willing to respond should the new threatened tariffs come into effect. President Donald Trump’s administration announced new 50-percent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods from the 19th of August. Carney says everything’s on the […]
# The US military completed the 13th consecutive night of strikes against Iran, with reports claiming that four people were killed. The US Central Command says it targeted Iranian military command centres, drone storage facilities, communication networks, coastal surveillance sites, and maritime capabilities. It says this will further diminish the threat Tehran poses to civilian […]
# Standard Bank sê die Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee se besluit om rentekoerse onveranderd te laat, bied welkome verligting vir die landbousektor. Dis geneem ondanks die inflasiekoers wat verlede maand tot vyf-persent gestyg het. Brendan Jacobs van Standard Bank waarsku dat die landbou-sektor steeds aansienlike eksterne risiko’s ondervind, veral weens die voortslepende geopolitieke spanning in […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, waarsku dat die toenemende konflik tussen Amerika en Iran buite beheer raak en die Midde-Ooste op die “rand van die ondenkbare” plaas. Oliepryse het skerp gestyg nadat president Donald Trump gedreig het dat hy ʼn massiewe aanval teen Teheran oorweeg, groter as die aanvalle wat hy reeds […]
# The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has warned that the escalating conflict between the US and Iran is getting out of control and is pushing the Middle East towards the “edge of the unimaginable”. Oil prices have risen sharply as US president Donald Trump has threatened that he is considering launching a massive attack […]
