# Die Franse president Emmanuel Macron het kalmte en orde gevra en die geweld in die land beskryf as die werk van “opruiende elemente uit ver-linkse faksies, bygestaan deur verskeie misdadigers.” Frankryk is geskok ná een van die gewelddadigste naweke ooit, met vreedsame anti-regeringsbetogings wat in oproer en plundering ontaard het. Die betogings was oor […]
# US president Donald Trump has defended his decision to block sanctions on Russia two days before they were due to take effect. He issued an executive order on Friday, pausing the sanctions, including on Russia’s economy, for 60 days. Trump also waived proposed tariffs on countries importing oil from Moscow. In a post on […]
# Kanada se eerste minister, Mark Carney, beskryf die dood van vier weermaglede as “een van die leër se ergste tragedies op tuisgrond in vredestyd”. ʼn Brand het die naweek deur een van die land se grootste en besigste militêre basisse in Wainwright, Alberta, gewoed. Vier mense is dood en tientalle is beseer. Die brand het […]
# French president Emmanuel Macron has called for calm and order, describing the violence as the work of “seditious elements from far-left factions, joined by numerous delinquents.” The country is reeling from one of the most violent weekends of unrest after peaceful anti-government protests descended into rioting and looting. The demonstrations have been against rising fuel […]
# Die gewelddadige betogings waaronder Frankryk en Spanje die afgelope weke deurgeloop het, het na Italië, Portugal en België versprei. In Frankryk is minstens een-duisend-800 mense in hegtenis geneem tydens betogings oor stygende brandstofpryse, die lewenskoste en die agteruitgang van openbare dienste. Talle luukse winkels, waaronder Ralph Lauren, Gucci en Versace, is in Parys beskadig. […]
# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has described the death of four service members over the weekend as “one of the worst tragedies for the military on the country’s soil in peacetime”. A fire swept through Canadian Armed Forces Base in Wainwright, Alberta, one of the country’s largest and busiest military bases, leaving four dead and dozens […]
# Violent protests that have engulfed France and Spain in recent weeks have spread to Italy, Portugal and Belgium. At least one-thousand-800 people have been arrested in France as demonstrators have been protesting against rising fuel prices, the cost of living and deteriorating public services. Dozens of designer stores, including Ralph Lauren, Gucci and Versace, […]
# Die regerende ZANU-PF-party en die parlement in Zimbabwe het grondwetlike veranderings voorgestel om president Emmerson Mnangagwa se bewind tot 2030 te verleng. Die voorgestelde wysigings sal die president se ampstermyn van vyf tot sewe jaar verleng en voorsiening maak dat die president verkies word deur wetgewers, nie regstreeks deur kiesers nie. Ondersteuners sê die […]
# Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party and parliament have advanced constitutional changes that could extend president Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule to 2030. The proposed amendments would increase presidential terms from five to seven years and allow lawmakers, rather than voters directly, to elect the president. Supporters say the changes would promote stability and policy continuity. However, opposition […]
