# Pakistan said India launched missiles at key military bases, including a base close to the capital of Islamabad. Pakistan’s military said it had launched an operation against India in retaliation to those latest strikes. The rapid escalation of tension between the neighbouring states was sparked by the massacre of tourists last month in Indian-controlled […]
# A diver died on Friday during preliminary operations to recover British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht from the waters off the coast of northern Sicily. The 56-meter-long Bayesian went down near Palermo in August last year when it was likely hit by a very strong downward wind, killing seven people. Police said the 39-year-old […]
# Die ministerie van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking sê die hervestiging van Suid-Afrikaners in Amerika onder die dekmantel van vlugtelingskap is geheel en al polities gemotiveerd. Amerika het die aansoeke van sogenaamde vlugtelinge uit Suid-Afrika begin verwerk en sal dié Suid-Afrikaners daar begin hervestig. Die ministerie se woordvoerder, Chrispin Phiri, sê dit is nie duidelik […]
# The Government says it remains dedicated to constructive dialogue with the United States of America, anchored in mutual respect for sovereignty, the rule of law, and shared a commitment to deepening mutually beneficial bilateral partnership. The International Relations and Cooperation ministry’s spokesperson, Chrispin Phiri says the department has sought the status of persons that […]
# The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation says the resettlement of South Africans to the United States under the guise of being refugees is entirely politically motivated. The United States has commenced with processing alleged refugees from South Africa and will begin resettling these citizens in the United States. The ministry’s spokesperson, Chrispin Phiri […]
# US President Donald Trump has signaled that he could lower tariffs on Chinese imports, as the rival superpowers prepare for trade talks over the weekend. He wrote on his Truth Social platform that 80-percent seems right. This would bring them down from 145-percent, with cumulative duties on some goods reaching a staggering 245-percent. He […]
# Die DA het inligting verwelkom dat ’n ondersoekraad moontlik binnekort die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag se omstrede sending in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo gaan ondersoek. Adjunkminister van Verdediging, Bantu Holomisa, het dit in die parlement bekend gemaak terwyl minister Angie Motshekga die vergadering misgeloop het om ’n militêre geleentheid in Rusland by te woon. […]
# ’n Roos is na Catherine, Prinses van Wallis, vernoem om die ‘genesende mag van die natuur’ te verheerlik. Die Koninklike Tuinbouvereniging sê die blom word ‘Catherine’s Rose’ genoem om bewustheid te skep vir die rol wat buitelewe speel in mense se geestelike, fisieke en spirituele welstand. Die floribunda-roos het koraalpienk blomknoppe met ’n geur […]
# AfriForum het die Valke se voortgesette ondersoek na beweerde hoogverraad verwerp as ‘n poging om diegene wat die ANC teenstaan, te intimideer en stil te maak. Die ondersoek volg op klagtes wat verlede jaar gelê is weens AfriForum en Solidariteit se buitelandse ontmoetings. Hulle beloof om steeds die ANC se beleid en menseregte-vergrype teen […]
