# Nominees Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, who star in the blockbuster Wicked, are set to perform at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday. The movie has ten nominations, including best picture, and original score. Queen Latifah will be part of a tribute performance to the legendary Quincy Jones, who passed away in November last year. […]
# Die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump sê hy beplan tariewe van 25-persent op goedere wat in die Europese Unie vervaardig word, en beskuldig die blok van 27 lande dat hulle Amerika uitbuit. Dié blok lande is saam met China Amerika se derde grootste handelsvennoot. Trump het vroeër die maand onverwags ingestem om 30 dae te […]
# Israel het bevestig dat hy die liggame van vier gyselaars van Hamas ontvang het as deel van die skietstilstand-ooreenkoms. Die liggame is aan die Rooikruis oorhandig en is volgens Hamas die oorskot van Shlomo Mantzur, Tsachi Idan, Ohad Yahalomi en Itzhak Elgarat, wat tydens die aanval op 7 Oktober 2023 ontvoer is. Israel sê […]
# US president Donald Trump says he is planning to hit goods made in the European Union with tariffs of 25-percent, accusing the 27-country bloc of taking advantage of America. The bloc is the US’s third largest trading partner alongside China. Earlier this month, Trump abruptly agreed to hold off imposing 25-percent tariffs on Canada […]
# Israel has confirmed that it has received the bodies of four hostages from Hamas, as part of the ceasefire agreement. The bodies were handed over to the Red Cross and were named by Hamas as Shlomo Mantzur, Tsachi Idan, Ohad Yahalomi, and Itzhak Elgarat, who were taken during the October seven 2003 attack. However, […]
# Die Rwandese regering sê die Verenigde Koninkryk se besluit om sy finansiële hulp op te skort, is betreurenswaardig. Brittanje sê hy is gekant teen Rwanda se ondersteuning van die M23-rebelle wat twee stede in die ooste van die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo beset het. Meer as seweduisend mense is dood en duisende het uit […]
# Die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds se besturende direkteur, Kristalina Georgieva, doen ʼn beroep op opkomende ekonomieë om hul vermoë om inkomstebelasting in te samel te versterk en besteding te verbeter voordat hulle belasting verhoog. Sy het Woensdag ʼn byeenkoms van die G20-ministers van Finansies en presidente van sentrale banke in Kaapstad toegespreek. Georgieva sê staatsbesteding […]
# The Rwandan government says the UK’s decision to suspend some of its financial aid is regrettable. The UK says it is against Rwanda’s support for the M23 rebels, who captured two cities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. More than seven-thousand people have died and thousands have fled their homes since the conflict […]
# International Monetary Fund managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, is calling on emerging economies to strengthen their capacity to collect tax revenues and improve spending efficiencies, before proposing sweeping tax hikes. She addressed a meeting of G20 Finance ministers and central bank governors in Cape Town on Wednesday. Georgieva says the quality of public spending impacts […]
