# President Donald Trump has directed the US Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, to impose a 25-percent tariff on most Brazilian imports, citing ‘unfair’ trade practices. The tariffs will go into effect next Wednesday, with key products including beef, coffee, pharmaceuticals and certain raw materials being exempt. Greer says their investigation concluded Brazilian policies harm the […]
# United Nations secretary-general António Guterres has expressed concern at the continuing military escalation in the Middle East. The US military launched more waves of attacks on Iran yesterday, aimed at degrading its ability to target vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran struck American military targets in Bahrain and Kuwait. UN spokesperson Stéphane […]
# Die onteerde R&B-sanger R Kelly het die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, formeel versoek om sy vonnis van 30-jaar tronkstraf te versag. Die 59-jarige, wie se volle naam Robert Sylvester Kelly is, is in 2021 skuldig bevind aan die bedryf van ‘n misdaadonderneming wat vroue en minderjarige meisies vir onwettige seksuele bedrywighede en pornografie gewerf […]
# Disgraced R&B singer R Kelly has filed a formal request asking US president Donald Trump to commute his 30-year prison sentence. The 59-year-old, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was found guilty in 2021 of leading a criminal enterprise that recruited women and underage girls for illegal sexual activity and pornography. In 2022, […]
# Die Amerikaanse Huis van Verteenwoordigers het ʼn wysing aan ʼn Staatsdepartement-bestedingswetsontwerp met ʼn oorweldigende meerderheid verwerp. Die wetsontwerp sou Amerikaanse militêre hulp aan Israel keer. Meer as 100 Demokrate het die maatreël ondersteun teenoor 37 wat twee jaar gelede vir ʼn soortgelyke voorstel gestem het. Die wysiging wat deur die Republikein, Thomas Massie, voorgestel […]
# The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected an amendment to a State Department spending bill that would have blocked American military aid to Israel. More than 100 Democrats supported the measure, compared with just 37 who backed a similar proposal two years ago. The amendment, introduced by Republican Thomas Massie, would have eliminated around […]
# Amerika se weermag het gisteraand ʼn nuwe reeks aanvalle teen Iran uitgevoer. Hy sê dit was gemik op Iran se militêre vermoë om vaartuie te bedreig wat vryelik deur die Straat van Hormoes beweeg. Dit volg nadat Iran beweer het hy het Amerikaanse militêre teikens in die streek aangeval, insluitend in Bahrein en Koeweit. […]
# Die uittredende Britse eerste minister, Keir Starmer, sê hy is trots op alles wat hy gedurende sy tweejaar-termyn vermag het. Hy het gister die laaste keer vrae van wetgewers in die Laerhuis beantwoord. Starmer sal na verwagting Maandag die leisels aan Andy Burnham oorhandig nadat die burgemeester van Groter-Manchester Vrydag tydens ʼn spesiale konferensie […]
# The US military launched fresh waves of strikes against Iran yesterday evening. It says the strikes targeted Iranian military capabilities used to threaten vessels freely transiting through the Strait of Hormuz. It came after Iran claimed it had struck US military targets in the region, including in Bahrain and Kuwait. Speaking at the Defence […]
