# Mexico has extradited 29 alleged drug cartel members to the United States, including high-profile gang leaders. Those extradited include notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero who has been wanted by the US for the murder of an American agent 40 years ago. It is one of the biggest extraditions in Mexico’s history and a […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Meksiko het ‘n dieretuin beveel om die gesondheid van ‘n Afrika-olifant genaamd Ely te verbeter. Kenners meen dit kan ‘n presedent skep, want dit erken diere het regte. Ely is al 13 jaar in die dieretuin in Mexikostad nadat sy uit ‘n sirkus gered is. Die diereregte-aktivis, Diana Valencia, sê sy […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson has wrapped up a seven-day visit to the Middle East, securing investment interest in South Africa’s infrastructure sector. Macpherson emphasised the visit’s role in attracting 100-billion-rand in private sector investment. The minister says that he now aims to turn discussions into tangible results, strengthening ties and accelerating […]
# A global campaign has led to at least 25 arrests over child sex content generated by artificial intelligence and distributed online. Europol says Operation Cumberland has been one of the first cases involving AI-generated child sexual abuse material, making it exceptionally challenging for investigators due to the lack of national legislation addressing these crimes. […]
# The conviction against the owners of a New Zealand volcano that erupted in 2019, killing 22 people and injuring 25 more, was thrown out by the country’s High Court. Whakaari Management Limited was found guilty in 2023 of failing to keep visitors safe and fined ten-million-rand. They were also ordered to pay 50-million-rand in […]
# Die Vatikaan sê die 88-jarige pous Franciskus het ‘n rustige nag in die hospitaal deurgebring, ‘n dag nadat daar ‘n tweede agtereenvolgende dag ʼn verbetering in sy toestand was. Sy gesondheid het agteruitgegaan nadat hy op 14 Februarie met asemhalingsprobleme in die Gemelli-hospitaal in Rome opgeneem is. Dit het kommer laat ontstaan omdat dit […]
# Mexico’s Supreme Court has ordered a zoo to improve the health of an African elephant named Ely. Experts believe it could set a precedent in Mexico recognising that animals have rights. Ely has lived at the zoo in Mexico City for 13 years since being rescued from a circus. Animal rights activist Diana Valencia […]
# China se leiers sal volgende week agter geslote deure vergader om planne te beraam oor die beleërde ekonomie en Donald Trump se dreigemente oor tariewe en handel. Die vergaderings van die land se Parlement en voorste raadgewende liggaam sal hoofsaaklik besluite rubberstempel van die Kommunistiese Party. Dit bied wel ‘n seldsame blik op die […]
# The Vatican says 88-year old Pope Francis spent a peaceful night in hospital, a day after it noted improvement in his clinical condition for a second straight day. After being admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on 14 February for breathing difficulties, the pontiff’s condition sparked widespread alarm as it deteriorated into pneumonia in both […]
