# Duisende mense het vroeër vandag in Kameroen se grootste stad en ekonomiese spilpunt, Douala, begin vergader vir ‘n mis saam met pous Leo, wat waarskynlik die grootste byeenkoms van sy besoek aan vier Afrika-lande sal wees. Die Vatikaan verwag ongeveer 600-duisend mense in die strate om die Japoma-stadion om aan die geleentheid deel te […]
# Developing countries have launched a new Borrowers’ Platform to strengthen debt management and amplify their voice in global finance discussions. The initiative, unveiled during the International Monetary Fund–World Bank Spring Meetings, will be supported by United Nation’s Trade and Development as secretariat. UN secretary-general António Guterres called it a breakthrough as the platform aims […]
# Thousands of people gathered in Cameroon’s largest city and economic hub, Douala, earlier today for a mass with Pope Leo that will likely be the biggest event of the pontiff’s four-nation African tour. The Vatican is expecting about 600-thouand people to fill the streets around Japoma Stadium to be part of the celebration. The first American […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, verwelkom die skietstilstand van tien dae tussen Israel en Libanon, en hoop dit baan die weg vir onderhandelinge om ʼn langtermynoplossing te vind. Meer as twee-duisend mense is vermoedelik sedert verlede maand dood in Israelse aanvalle in Libanon. VN-woordvoerder Stéphane Dujarric sê hulle hoop alle partye sal […]
# United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has welcomed the ten-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, hoping this will pave the way for negotiations towards a long-term solution to the conflict. Over two-thousand people have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon since last month. UN spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, says they hope all parties will observe […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, sê ‘n ooreenkoms is naby om die oorlog met Iran te beeïndig. Vredesamesprekings met Teheran kan hierdie naweek in Islamabad, Pakistan, hervat word. Trump het in Las Vegas gesê hy is nie seker of dit nodig is om die skietstilstand na Woensdag te verleng nie. Hy beweer ook Iran […]
# US president Donald Trump says a deal to end the war with Iran is very close. This comes as peace talks may resume with Tehran in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, this weekend. Speaking at an event in Las Vegas, Trump said he wasn’t sure an extension to the ceasefire with Tehran, which is due to expire […]
# Australië se mees vereerde lewende soldaat, Ben Roberts-Smith, het borgtog gekry. Die 47-jarige staan tereg op vyf aanklagte van oorlogsmisdade tydens sy diens in Afganistan tussen 2009 en 2012. Hy ontken dat hy enigiets verkeerd gedoen het. Roberts-Smith se regspan voer aan die buitengewone saak gaan baie tyd vereis en verdere aanhouding sal hom […]
# Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been granted bail. The 47-year-old is facing five counts of the war crime of murder relating to his time serving in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012. He has denied wrongdoing. Roberts-Smith’s lawyers had argued that this unprecedented case would face long delays and that ongoing imprisonment would […]
