# The White House says US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping will likely hold a long-awaited call later this week, as trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies ratchet back up. Trump reignited strains with China last week when he accused the world’s second-biggest economy of violating a deal that had […]
# Far-right Dutch leader Geert Wilders withdrew his party from the government in a row over immigration, bringing down a shaky coalition and likely ushering in snap elections. Wilders has been frustrated with what he saw as the slow pace of introducing the strictest-ever immigration policy, agreed with coalition partners, after his shock election win […]
# Portuguese police started a new investigation near the place where British toddler Madeleine McCann disappeared while on holiday with her family in 2007. The then three-year-old Madeleine went missing from an apartment at the coastal resort of Praia da Luz in southern Portugal, sparking an international campaign to find her and unprecedented media coverage. […]
# The World Meteorological Organisation forecasts a high likelihood of record-breaking global temperatures between 2025 and 2029. The organisation says there’s an 80-percent chance that at least one year will surpass 2024, currently the hottest on record. Additionally, there’s an 86-percent probability that a year will exceed 1.5-degrees-Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The organisation says that […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, vra ʼn onafhanklike ondersoek na die dood van Palestyne naby ʼn hulpverspreidingsentrum in Gaza. Minstens 31 mense is Sondag dood toe die Israelse weermag na bewering op burgerlikes geskiet het naby die Amerikaans- en Israel-gesteunde Gaza Humanitêre Stigting se voedselsentrum. Israel ontken ten sterkste dat hy betrokke […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaar Phillip Matlhoko van Kimberley gaan sy kuns in China uitstal as deel van die vierde China-Afrika Ekonomiese en Handelsuitstalling wat Donderdag in die Hunan-provinsie begin. Verteenwoordigers van 44 Afrikalande, ses internasionale organisasies en 23 Chinese streke op provinsiale vlak sal na verwagting die uitstalling bywoon. Span Suid-Afrika sluit nog drie lede […]
# The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, is calling for an independent investigation into the killing of Palestinians near an aid distribution centre in Gaza. At least 31 people died when the Israeli military allegedly fired at civilians near the US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation food centre in Rafah on Sunday. Israel has strongly […]
# Adolescence van Netflix het drie van die vier kategorieë waarvoor dit by die tweede jaarlikse Gotham-televisietoekennings in New York benoem is, gewen. Die reeks van vier episodes oor ʼn tienerseun wat van moord beskuldig word, het die deurbraakprys vir ʼn beperkte reeks, hoofrol in ʼn beperkte reeks vir Stephen Graham, en ʼn gedeelde prys […]
# South African artist Phillip Matlhoko from Kimberley is set to exhibit his art in China as part of the 4th China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in the Hunan province starting next Thursday. Representatives from 44 African countries, six international organisations and 23 Chinese provincial-level regions are expected to attend the expo. Team South Africa […]
