# The man accused of killing two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, DC, earlier this year, has pleaded not guilty. Thirty-one-year-old Elias Rodriguez shot and killed Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim as they were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in May. He is facing nine charges, including murder of a foreign official […]
# Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani has died at the age of 91. He co-founded the luxury fashion house that bore his name in 1975 with his partner Sergio Galeotti. Armani was seen as a pioneer, elevating red carpet fashion to what it is today. The Armani Group has described him as a tireless driving […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge, Ronald Lamola, sê die veredeling en waardetoevoeging van kritieke minerale moet ‘n meer volhoubare en inklusiewe groeimodel ondersteun. Lamola het tydens die B20-beraad in Sandton beklemtoon Suid-Afrika kan nie meer op ontginningskettings uit die verlede staatmaak nie. Hy het plaaslike beleggings en tegnologie-oordrag aangemoedig om werk te skep, ekonomieë […]
# Cosatu het sy solidariteit uitgespreek met tien Suid-Afrikaners aanboord die Global Sumud-flottielje, die grootste siviele maritieme poging om die beleg van Gaza uit te daag. Die vakbondfederasie het die solidariteit van internasionale werkers geloof en Italiaanse vakbonde erkenning gegee vir hulle dreigemente om Europa tot stilstand te bring as die flottielje aangeval word. Zanele […]
# GPS-steurings oor die Baltiese See-streek het sedert 2023 skerp toegeneem. Die Sweedse Vervoeragentskap blameer Rusland. Die aantal voorvalle in die Sweedse lugruim het van 55 in 2023 gestyg tot 733 vanjaar. Die steurings sluit beide valse posisionering en die versteuring of ontwrigting van seine in. Die agentskap sê dit is ernstig en is ‘n […]
# ‘n Strand in Melbourne, Australië, is hierdie week snags in ‘n “eteriese gloed” gebaai danksy bio-luminessensie alge wat ‘n glinsterende, elektriese blou skakering aan die water en sand gee. Die mariene-ekoloog Richard Pensak het aan CNN gesê die algebloei, wat soms ook ‘n “seevonkeling” genoem word, verskyn gedurende die dag as ‘n helder pienk-oranje […]
# International Relations minister Ronald Lamola says the beneficiation and value addition of critical minerals must underpin a more sustainable and inclusive growth model. Speaking at the B20 Summit in Sandton, Lamola stressed that South Africa can no longer rely on extractive supply chains of the past. He urged investment in localisation, and technology transfer […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions has declared solidarity with ten South Africans aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest civilian maritime effort to challenge the blockade on Gaza. The federation praised international worker solidarity, saluting Italian unions for threatening to shut down Europe if the flotilla is attacked. Cosatu’s Zanele Sabela says […]
# A beach in Melbourne, Australia has been bathed in an “ethereal glow” at nighttime this week thanks to bioluminescent algae adding a shimmering, electric blue hue to the water and sand. Marine ecologist Richard Pensak told CNN the algae bloom, sometimes referred to as “sea sparkle”, appears as a bright pinkish-orange cloud during the […]
