# US President Donald Trump has said he “didn’t want” London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan at the state banquet hosted by the King at Windsor Castle. Sir Sadiq did not attend the state banquet, and according to the BBC, he did not seek or expect an invitation. The pair’s long-running row dates back to 2015 […]
# Drie Russiese vegvliegtuie wat die Estlandse lugruim geskend het, is deur NAVO onderskep. Estland se ministerie van Buitelandse Sake het die inval as “skaamteloos” bestempel. Hy sê drie Russiese MiG-31-vegvliegtuie het gister die land se lugruim sonder toestemming oor die Golf van Finland vir 12 minute binnegedring. NAVO-woordvoerder Allison Hart sê dis nog ‘n […]
# A federal judge in Florida has rejected President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times for not following federal rules for filing civil complaints. Judge Steven D. Merryday said a complaint is not supposed to be “a megaphone for public relations” and called the Trump application “decidedly improper and impermissible.” Merryday said […]
# Krieket: Die Protea-vroue het ‘n reusetotaal van 292 vir drie aangeteken en gister die tweede eendagwedstryd teen Pakistan in Lahore met 26 lopies gewen. Tazmin Brits het oorheers met ‘n manjifieke 171 nie uit nie openingsvennootskap van 260 met kaptein Laura Wolvaardt. Reën het spel na 41 boulbeurte onderbreek met die Proteas op 238-0 […]
# Cricket: The Proteas Women posted a daunting total of 292 for three before winning the second one-day international against Pakistan in Lahore on Friday by 26 runs. Tazmin Brits’ magnificent 171 not out dominated a record opening partnership of 260 with captain Laura Wolvaardt. Rain interrupted play after 41 overs with the Proteas on […]
# Three Russian warplanes that violated Estonian airspace have been intercepted by Nato. Estonia’s foreign ministry condemned the incursion as “brazen”. It said three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered the country’s airspace without permission over the Gulf of Finland on Friday and remained there for a total of 12 minutes. Nato spokesperson Allison Hart called […]
# Zimbabwe het sy ekonomiese groeivoorspelling vir 2025 opwaarts hersien na 6,6-persent, vanaf ‘n vorige ses-persent. Die minister van Finansies, Mthuli Ncube, sê die verbeterde vooruitsigte word gedryf deur ‘n sterker as verwagte tabak-oes en ‘n wêreldwye styging in die goudprys wat mynbou-inkomste verhoog. Groei het verlede jaar verlangsaam tot slegs twee-persent nadat El Niño […]
# Zimbabwe has revised its 2025 economic growth forecast upward to 6.6-percent, from an earlier six-percent. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube says the improved outlook is driven by a stronger-than-expected tobacco harvest and a global gold price rally boosting mining revenues. Last year, growth slowed to just two-percent after an El Niño-induced drought hit crop yields […]
# Die familie van ‘n Britse egpaar wat byna agt maande deur die Taliban aangehou is, sê hulle is oorweldig van dankbaarheid en vreugde oor hul vrylating. Die 80-jarige Peter Reynolds en sy 76-jarige vrou Barbie, wat byna twee dekades in Afghanistan gewoon het, is op 1 Februarie op pad huis toe voorgekeer. Die egpaar […]
