# Die Argentynse president, Javier Milei, dreig met ekonomiese sanksies teen ondernemings wat olie-verkenningswerk rondom die Brits-besette Falkland-eilande doen. Die eilandgroep in die suidwestelike Atlantiese Oseaan bly die onderwerp van ‘n soewereiniteitsgeskil tussen Brittanje en Argentinië, meer as 40 jaar ná ‘n oorlog oor die gebied. Milei beweer Brittanje gee nie gehoor aan die Verenigde […]
# US vice president JD Vance says November’s midterm elections present a clear choice between crazy and common sense. Seats will be decided in Congress and state and local offices. Polls show states such as Texas, Ohio and Alaska the Republicans comfortably carried in 2024, have become key battlegrounds. Vance says Democrats want to open […]
# The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa joined COSATU, the broader trade union movement and progressive organisations globally in expressing its solidarity with the people and workers of Eswatini as they continue their struggle for democracy, freedom and social justice. DENOSA supports the Global Week of Action for Democracy in Eswatini and the solidarity […]
# Die motorvervaardiger Volkswagen het ‘n verreikende kostebesparingsplan goedgekeur wat 50-duisend poste sal besnoei, die onderneming se modelreeks met die helfte verminder en voertuigvervaardiging in vier aanlegte in Duitsland sal beëindig. Volkswagen het ‘n oormaat produksievermoë van 500-duisend voertuie in Europa. ‘n Mededingende toekomstige produksietoewysing vir sy aanlegte in Emden, Zwickau, Hanover en Neckarsulm is […]
# Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, has threatened economic sanctions on any firm involved in oil exploration around the Falkland Islands under the British occupation. The Falklands, in the south-west Atlantic Ocean, remain the subject of a sovereignty dispute between Britain and Argentina, more than 40 years on from an armed conflict over the territory. Milei claims […]
# Die Europese Unie verskerp die afdwinging van sanksies teen Rusland en oorweeg groter steun aan Oekraïne. Die EU het sedert 2022 reeds 21 stelle sankies teen Moskou ingestel, gemik op die finansiële, die energie- en die handelsektor. Die visepresident van die Europese Kommissie, Kaja Kallas, sê die EU-ministers van Buitelandse Sake oorweeg dit om […]
# The European Union is tightening the enforcement of sanctions against Russia, while further ramping up pressure on the country and increasing support for Ukraine. It has implemented 21 packages of restrictive measures against Moscow since 2022, targeting financial, energy, and trade sectors. European Commission vice president Kaja Kallas says EU Foreign Affairs ministers are […]
# Automaker Volkswagen has approved a sweeping cost-cutting plan that would cut 50-thousand jobs, slim the company’s model line by half and end car production at four German plants. The company says it has excess production capacity of 500-thousand vehicles in Europe, and that a competitive future production allocation cannot be secured for plants in […]
# Reddingswerkers het twee werkers lewend uit ʼn hidrokragtonnel in Nepal gehaal. Dit volg meer as ʼn week nadat hulle tydens die rampspoedige oorstroming op die Nepal-China-grens in ʼn tonnel van die Trishuli-3-hidrokragprojek vasgekeer is. Sanjaya Shah en Kabir Maharjan het beserings aan hul hande en bene opgedoen. Minstens 39 ander sal na verwagting ook uit […]
