# Britain’s Heathrow Airport said it would be closed all of today after a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out power, disrupting flight schedules around the world. The London Fire Brigade said around 70 firefighters were tackling the blaze in the west of London, which caused a mass power outage at Heathrow, […]
# Owerhede by Brittanje se Heathrow-lughawe sê die lughawe sal vandag gesluit wees na ‘n reuse brand by ‘n nabygelëe elektriese substasie, wat ‘n massiewe kragonderbreking by Heathrow veroorsaak het en vlugroosters regoor die wêreld ontwrig het. Die Londense Brandweer sê sowat 70 brandweermanne is besig om die brand in die weste van Londen te […]
# Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has urged the judiciary to take a stand against the Turkish government’s misuse of the courts as protesters rallied for a second day over his shock arrest in a graft and terror probe. The popular mayor, who is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, was arrested just days before […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa strongly rejects the Cape Independence Advocacy group’s planned trip to Washington DC to seek the Western Cape’s separation from South Africa. He emphasised that the country’s constitutional democracy, established in 1994, upholds unity and non-racialism. In a media briefing, Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya called on all citizens to focus on building […]
# Russian and US officials will hold talks on Ukraine in Saudi Arabia on Monday. Donald Trump spoke to both Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky this week and the US is also due to hold talks with Kyiv in the coming days. President Vladimir Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov says the delegations are due […]
# Istanbul se burgemeester, Ekrem Imamoglu, het die regbank versoek om standpunt in te neem teen die Turkse regering se misbruik van die howe terwyl betogers vir ‘n tweede dag beswaar maak oor sy skok-arrestasie in ‘n korrupsie- en terreurondersoek. Die gewilde burgemeester, wat president Recep Tayyip Erdogan se belangrikste politieke mededinger is, is in […]
# Russiese en Amerikaanse amptenare sal Maandag in Saoedi-Arabië samesprekings voer oor Oekraïne. Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, het hierdie week met sy Russiese ampsgenoot, Vladimir Putin, en die Oekraïnse leier, Volodimir Zelensky, gepraat en die VSA sal in die komende dae ook samesprekings voer met Kiëf. Putin se woordvoerder, Yuri Ushakov, sê die afvaardigings […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa verwerp ten sterkste die Kaapse Onafhanklikheidsbeweging se beplande reis na Washington DC om die Wes-Kaap se afstigting van Suid-Afrika te bevorder. Hy het beklemtoon dat die land se grondwetlike demokrasie, wat in 1994 gestig is, eenheid en nie-rassisme handhaaf. Presidensiële woordvoerder, Vincent Magwenya, het by ‘n mediakonferensie ‘n oproep gedoen op […]
# Die China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation sal meer as 25-miljard-rand belê om die Tanzanië-Zambië-spoorlyn op te knap, nadat dit oorspronklik in die 1970’s, met China se hulp, gebou is. Die lyn is een-duisend-860 kilometer lank en is noodsaaklik vir die vervoer van koper vanaf Zambië na die belangrikste hawe in Tanzanië, maar het mettertyd […]
