# Die voormalige president, Nicolas Sarkozy sal Frankryk se eerste na-oorlogse leier word om tronk toe te gaan, nadat ‘n hof hom tot vyf jaar tronkstraf gevonnis het oor ‘n skema waarin die oorlede Libiese diktator Moammar Kadhafi, Sarkozy se presidensiële verkiesing in 2007 befonds het. Die hof het hom skuldig bevind op aanklagte van […]
# Chief Zwelivelile Mandela says the Global Sumud Flotilla faces the threat of violent escalation from Israel within the next 48 hours. Speaking at an emergency media briefing, Mandela warned that credible intelligence suggests attempts may be made to sink boats or harm participants as the flotilla sails to break the blockade on Gaza. He […]
# Former president Nicolas Sarkozy is set to become France’s first postwar leader to go to prison after a court jailed him for five years over a scheme for the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi to fund his victorious 2007 presidential run. The court convicted him on charges of criminal conspiracy, although it acquitted him […]
# Die topverkoper voertuigvervaardiger, Toyota het sy nuwe hoëtegnologie dorpie in Japan geopen. Dit is ‘n eksperimentele projek om outonome voertuighantering en ander futuristiese ontwikkelings te toets. Die dorpie word voorgestel as ‘n voorbeeld van die werklike lewe om ‘n magdom uitvindings te toets, van vlieënde taxis tot robot-troeteldiere en hommeltuie wat jou in die […]
# Indië het ‘n 121-miljard-rand bestelling vir 97 plaaslik vervaardigde vegvliegtuie onderteken terwyl hulle lugmag sy Russiese MiG-21 vliegtuie na dekades van gebruik uit diens stel. Die eerste “Tejas” vleigtuie – wat “briljantheid” in Hindi beteken – is in 2016 deur die lugmag in gebruik geneem. Die jongste bestelling is vir die vierde generasie van […]
# Top-selling carmaker Toyota opened its new high-tech village in Japan, an experimental project to test autonomous driving and other futuristic developments. It is touted as a real-life setting in which to trial myriad inventions, from flying taxis to robot pets and drones that escort you home at night. Around 360 Toyota staff and others […]
# ‘n Franse hof het die voormalige Franse president, Nicolas Sarkozy skuldig bevind op aanklagte van kriminele sameswering, maar het hom vrygespreek op klagtes dat hy onwettige veldtogfinansiering aanvaar het. Die hofsaak spruit uit beskuldigings dat die oorlede Libiese diktator Moeamer Kadhafi gehelp het om sy suksesvolle presidensiële veldtog in 2007 te befonds. Die saak […]
# India signed a 121-billion-rand order for 97 domestically designed and built fighter jets as its air force retires its outgoing Russian MiG-21 jets after decades of use. The first Tejas jets, meaning “brilliance” in Hindi, were commissioned into the airforce in 2016, with the latest commission for the fourth-generation version of the fighter. India, […]
# Die Israelse eerste minister Benjamin Netanyahu het op pad na die Verenigde State leiers veroordeel wat ‘n Palestynse staat erken. Hy gaan Withuis-gesprekke voer en ‘n toespraak lewer by die VN se Algemene Vergadering. Sy opmerkings volg drie dae nadat Frankryk ‘n spesiale beraad ten tye van die Algemene Vergadering gelei het, waar talle […]
