# Japanese technicians at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have sent in remote-controlled robots to one of the damaged reactor buildings as part of preparations to remove radioactive debris. Dangerously high radiation levels mean that removing melted fuel and other debris from the plant hit by a huge tsunami is seen as the most daunting […]
# Israeli Defence minister Israel Katz has approved the military’s plan to conquer Gaza City and authorised the call-up of around 60-thousand reservists. A spokesperson from the defence ministry confirmed the reports which appeared in Israeli media. Katz’s move piled pressure on Hamas as mediators pushing for a ceasefire, await an official Israeli response on […]
# Die Cambridge Dictionary het die afgelope jaar ses-duisend nuwe woorde op sy aanlyn uitgawe bygevoeg. Dit sluit in TikTok-neigings en uitdrukkings op sosiale media soos skibidi, delulu en tradwife. Die woorde het algemene gebruik geword op sosiale en hoofstroommedia en word ook gekoppel aan bekendes en toonaangewers soos Kim Kardashian. Die woordeboek se uitgewery-bestuurder, […]
# The Communist Party of Swaziland says it is concerned about the Southern African Development Community and its endorsement of what it calls the dictator King Mswati III and his Tinkhundla regime. This comes after SADC appointed Mswati as the deputy chairperson of the SADC Organ Troika. The party’s spokesperson Simphiwe Dlamini says Mswati rule […]
# Vandag is Wêreldmuskietdag waartydens bewustheid geskep word oor die gevare wat muskiet-oordraagbare siektes inhou. Vanjaar se tema is “Versnelling van die stryd teen malaria vir ‘n billiker wêreld”. Muskiet-oordraagbare siektes maak jaarliks meer as ‘n miljoen mense dood en besmet tot 700-miljoen. ‘n Dosent aan die Universiteit van Pretoria, die mediese entomoloog Ashley Burke, […]
# The Cambridge Dictionary has added six-thousand new words to its online edition over the past year. These include TikTok trends and social media terms like skibidi, delulu and tradwife. The words have grown in use across social and mainstream media and beyond, linked to celebrities and influencers such as Kim Kardashian. Cambridge Dictionary’s publishing […]
# Israel se eerste minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, het sy Australiese ampsgenoot, Anthony Albanese, van verraad beskuldig vir die erkenning van die Palestynse staat. Dit volg op die kansellasie van die ver-regse Israelse politikus, Simcha Rothman, se Australiese visum. Hy sou die land Maandag besoek om te praat op ‘n geleentheid wat die Australies-Joodse Vereniging gereël […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, of having betrayed Israel for recognising a Palestinian state. This comes after far-right Israeli politician Simcha Rothman’s Australian visa was cancelled ahead of a visit to the country on Monday, where he had been due to speak at events organised by the […]
# Today is World Mosquito Day, a day to raise awareness of the dangers posed by mosquito-borne diseases, and the ongoing efforts to combat the world’s deadliest creature. This year’s theme is Accelerating the Fight Against Malaria for a More Equitable World. Mosquito-borne diseases kill more than one-million people and infect up to 700-million each […]
