# Die Tafelbergse sweefspoor in Kaapstad is van vandag tot 9 Augustus gesluit vir jaarlikse instandhouding. Stappers en klimmers sal steeds die vele staproetes kan geniet, maar geen sweefspoorritte sal beskikbaar wees nie. Woordvoerder Wahida Parker sê gedurende hierdie tyd sal noodsaaklike inspeksies, toetsing en instandhoudingswerk uitgevoer word om te verseker die sweefspoor bly ‘n […]
# Twee mense is gisteraand dood en vyf ander, insluitend ʼn tweejarige kleuter, is beseer in ʼn skietery by Seattle in Amerika se gewilde Bite of Seattle-kosfees. Volgens die BBC sê ooggetuies hulle het harde knalle geweervuur gehoor voordat hulle gevlug en skuiling gesoek het. Sommige beskryf die toneel as “suiwer chaos”. Burgemeester Katie Wilson […]
# The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway in Cape Town is temporarily closed for annual maintenance from today until the 9th of August. Hikers and climbers will still be able to enjoy the various hiking routes, but no cable car trips will be available. Spokesperson Wahida Parker says during this time, essential inspections, testing, and maintenance […]
# Two people were killed and five others wounded, including a two-year-old boy, in a shooting at Seattle’s popular Bite of Seattle food festival in the US yesterday evening. According to the BBC, witnesses said they heard loud pops of rapid gunfire before fleeing and taking cover, some describing the scene as “pure chaos” and […]
# Duitse polisie het die verdagte in die “Islamitiese terreuraanval” tydens Pride-vieringe in Berlyn doodgeskiet. Die man is geïdentifiseer as die 21-jarige Abdul Ballout, ‘n Duitse burger van Libanese afkoms. Hy het met ‘n voertuig in ‘n skare naby Tiergarten Park ingejaag voordat hy verskeie mense met ‘n panga aangeval het. Een persoon is dood […]
# German police have shot dead the suspect responsible for the “Islamist terror attack” at Berlin’s Pride celebrations. The man identified as 21-year-old Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese heritage, drove a van into a crowd of people near Tiergarten Park before stabbing several people with a machete. One person died and at least […]
# Meer as 300-duisend mense in Frankryk en Spanje moes weens veldbrande hul huise ontruim, terwyl brandbestryders sukkel om verwoestende brande te beheer, met temperature wat na verwagting hierdie week weer sal styg. Brande het die Gironde-streek verwoes en na die land se wynstreek in Bordeaux versprei. Byna 220-duisend mense moes verskeie dorpe verlaat in […]
# Amerika se ambassadeur by die Verenigde Nasies, Mike Waltz, sê president Donald Trump het aanvalle op Iran voorlopig gestaak om meer ruimte vir diplomasie te laat. Amerika se weermag het Vrydagaand sy nagtelike bombardemente op Teheran na byna twee weke onderbreek. Geen aanvalle is die naweek op Iran of sy buurlande uitgevoer nie. Waltz […]
# More than 300-thousand people have been displaced by wildfires in France and Spain, as firefighters battle to contain raging fires. This comes as temperatures are expected to soar this week. Fires have ravaged the Gironde region and advanced towards Bordeaux, at the heart of the country’s winelands. Nearly 220-thousand people have been evacuated from several towns, […]
