# Brasilië se presidentsverkiesing stuur af op ʼn herstemming nadat die regse Flávio Bolsonaro, ʼn bondgenoot van president Donald Trump van Amerika, die eerste rondte gewen het. Die 45-jarige Bolsonaro het 47,24-persent van die stemme gekry en die sittende linkse president, Lula da Silva, 44,91-persent. Nie een kon meer as 50-persent en dus ʼn volstrekte meerderheid […]
# Brazil’s presidential election is heading to a runoff after right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of US president Donald Trump, won the first round. The 45-year-old received 47.24-percent of the votes, with incumbent left-wing president Lula da Silva getting 44.91-percent, with neither securing more than 50-percent to win outright. Key issues for voters have been sovereignty, crime, […]
# Amerika se lugmag het al sy bomwerpers van RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire verwyder nadat die Britse lugmagbasis verlede maand vermoedelik die teiken van ʼn terreur-aanval was. Vyf Britse burgers is onder verdenking van terrorisme gearresteer, maar is op borgtog vrygelaat. Eerste minister Andy Burnham het verlede week gesê daar is “sterk aanduidings dat Iran […]
# Die Russiese leër waarsku hy gaan aanvalle op die Oekraïnse hoofstad, Kiëf, en ander stede verskerp in reaksie op opmerkings wat president Volodymyr Zelensky verlede week gemaak het. ʼn Russiese hommeltuig het gister Kiëf se belangrike Noordelike Brug oor die Dnipro-rivier getref en twee mense is beseer. Dis die vierde agtereenvolgende dag dat Moskou brûe […]
# The US Air Force has removed all of its bombers from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, after the British military air base was the target of a suspected terror attack last month. Five British nationals were arrested on suspicion of explosives offences and terrorism, but were released on bail. Last week, UK prime minister Andy […]
# Die Amerikaanse ambassadeur in Suid-Afrika, Leo Bozell, het die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, beskuldig dat hy hom beledig het. Hy sê die Suid-Afrikaanse regering wonder gevolglik waarom betrekkinge verbrokkel. In ‘n gesprek met die Sunday Times het die minister gesê hy was geskok deur Bozell se opmerking dat die tyd […]
# Russia’s military has warned that it will intensify its strikes targeting Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities in response to comments made by president Volodymyr Zelensky last week. Zelensky said Kyiv would ramp up its attacks on Russian oil refineries. A Russian drone hit Kyiv’s key Northern Bridge over the Dnipro River on Sunday, injuring two […]
# US Ambassador to South Africa Leo Bozell has accused minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, of insulting him, saying the South African government then wonders why relations are collapsing. Speaking to the Sunday Times, the minister said he was shocked by Bozell remarks that the time for talking was over, arguing that dialogue […]
# The African Union is set to launch the Africa Credit Rating Agency in Port Louis, Mauritius, this week. The agency will provide independent, Africa-focused assessments of governments, businesses and institutions. African Peer Review Mechanism Ambassador CEO, Marie Antoinette Rose Quatre, estimates Africa’s market at about 66-trillion-rand, with less than five-percent of financial instruments currently […]
