# Chinese president Xi Jinping says BRICS countries must unite to defend multilateralism, promote open trade, and strengthen cooperation for shared development. Speaking via an interpreter at the virtual BRICS leaders’ summit, Xi warned that protectionism and trade wars are disrupting the global economy. He urged member states to work together to reform global governance, […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has reserved judgment in the dispute between late former Zambian president Edgar Lungu’s family and the Zambian government. The family challenged a ruling allowing Zambia to repatriate his body for a state funeral. Legal counsel Tembeka Ngcukaitobi argues the widow’s rights and South African law should be considered. He […]
# The International Criminal Court postponed until further notice a hearing on crimes against humanity allegedly committed by former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte, while judges weigh his fitness to take part. Duterte was scheduled to appear at the ICC on 23 September to hear the charges over his years-long campaign against drug users and dealers […]
# ‘n Voortvlugtende pa wat saam met sy drie kinders in die Nieu-Seelandse wildernis weggekruip het, is deur die polisie doodgeskiet. Thomas Phillips en sy kinders van tussen nege en twaalf ontduik die polisie reeds sedert Desember 2021 in ‘n afgeleë deel van Noordeiland, en die soektog het die land aan die gons gehad. Hulle […]
# Minstens vyf mense is vanoggend dood in ‘n skietaanval in Jerusalem. Die Israelse polisie sê twee terroriste het losgebrand op ‘n bushalte by Ramot Junction aan die noordelike buitewyke van die stad. Die plaaslike ambulansdiens Magen David Adom het die slagoffers identifiseer as drie mans in hul dertigs, ‘n man in sy vyftigs en […]
# A fugitive father who had been hiding with his three children in the dense New Zealand wilderness was shot dead by police. Thomas Phillips and the children, between nine and 12, had been evading police in a remote part of North Island since December 2021, triggering a manhunt that gripped the nation. Their time […]
# At least five people have been killed in a shooting attack in Jerusalem this morning. Israeli police said two “terrorists” opened fire towards a bus stop at Ramot Junction, on the city’s northern outskirts. Israel’s Magen David Adom ambulance service identified the dead as three men in their 30s, one woman in her 50s, […]
# Voormalige president Thabo Mbeki is vol vertroue dat die G20-leiersberaad in Suid-Afrika suksesvol sal wees al het die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, besluit om dit nie by te woon nie. Trump stuur visepresident JD Vance in sy plek. Klimaatsverandering, handel en ekonomiese herstel sal op die November-beraad bespreek word, met Suid-Afrika wat voorrang sal […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa gaan vanmiddag aan ‘n virtuele BRICS-leiersberaad deelneem. Die geleentheid is onder leiding van Brasilië se president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Die Presidensie sê dit bied ‘n platform vir leiers om wêreldsake te bespreek, veral met die klem op die huidige ekonomiese omgewing en die toestand van multi-laterale stelsels. Die beraad volg […]
