# US president Donald Trump has announced plans for South Korea to invest 3.3-trillion-rand in American projects, including eight nuclear reactors and a gas-fired power plant in Texas. Seoul says a proposed liquefied natural gas pipeline in Alaska is not yet guaranteed and the project must first pass commercial and legal reviews. The wider investment […]
# Die Europese Unie se Gesondheids- en Voedselveiligheidsdienste het die Namibiese regering geprys vir sy vinnige, deursigtige en doelgerigte optrede ná die onlangse uitbreking van bek-en-klouseer. Die regering het verlede week beheermaatreëls ingestel, insluitend die opskorting van in- en uitvoere van gesplete hoefdiere. Die EU se ambassadeur in Namibië, Ana Beatriz Martins, sê die uitbreking […]
# Bangladesh is warning that its dengue outbreak could worsen after September became the deadliest month for the disease this year. At least 148 people died from dengue last month, taking the year’s death toll to 245, with nearly 80-thousand patients admitted to hospital. Experts say recent rainfall and changing weather patterns could prolong transmission […]
# The government has confirmed that 53 affected families will travel to Angola today as part of South Africa’s delegation for the Angola Exile Repatriation Project. Spearheaded by the SA Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, the programme aims to trace, exhume and repatriate the remains of an estimated five-thousand liberation heroes who died in […]
# The European Union’s Health and Food Safety Services have commended the Namibian government for its swift, transparent and professional response to the recent foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. Last week, the government introduced control measures, including the suspension of imports and exports of cloven-hoofed animals. EU ambassador to Namibia, Ana Beatriz Martins, says the outbreak has raised […]
# ‘n Dodesel-inwoner van Tennessee, Christa Pike, is in die hospitaal nadat gisteraand se teregstelling in Nashville misluk het. Die 50-jarige is in 1996 ter dood veroordeel vir die moord op die 19-jarige Colleen Slemmer. Sy sou die eerste vrou in meer as 200-jaar wees om in Tennessee tereggestel te word. WPLN se verslaggewer, Catherine […]
# Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is in hospital after officials were unable to carry out her execution in Nashville yesterday evening. The 50-year-old was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. She would have been the first woman executed in Tennessee in over 200 years. WPLN reporter Catherine Sweeney, who […]
# Israel se eerste minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sê dis nog nie seker of Iran betrokke was by gister se Flydubai-gebeure nie. ‘n Medevlieënier op ‘n vlug na Tel Aviv het die vlieënier met ‘n mes gesteek in ‘n klaarblyklike poging om die vliegtuig te laat neerstort. Passasiers en bemanningslede het hom oorrompel en twee ander […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it is too early to tell whether Iran was involved in yesterday’s Flydubai incident. A copilot on a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight stabbed the pilot in the cockpit during an apparent attempt to crash the plane. Passengers and crew overpowered the attacker, enabling a second pair of Flydubai pilots […]
