# France has been rocked by some of its worst rioting in decades, as protests over rising living costs and declining public services turned violent in cities across the country. More than half a million people took part in demonstrations on Saturday, although most marched peacefully. Violent groups set fire to public buildings, looted shops […]
# Pope Leo the Fourteenth has returned to the Vatican, four days after surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung. The 71-year-old pontiff walked unaided from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Saturday and greeted patients and well-wishers. Doctors say his recovery is progressing well and that he is fit to resume normal daily […]
# US President Donald Trump is blaming senior aides for his Republican Party’s weakening prospects ahead of next month’s midterm elections. Trump has questioned campaign spending, candidate choices and efforts to redraw voting districts, as polls suggest Democrats could win control of the House of Representatives. Tensions have grown between Trump’s political advisers, including campaign […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika het belangrike sanksies en tariewe teen Rusland laat vaar, slegs enkele dae voor dit in werking sou tree volgens ʼn wet wat hy verlede maand bekragtig het. Dit sou druk op Moskou verhoog weens sy inval in Oekraïne. Dit het tariewe van tot 100-persent ingesluit op goedere van groot […]
# Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, David Maynier, sê Suid-Afrika sal hom by November se COP31-klimaatskonferensie in Antalya, Turkye, beywer vir regverdige klimaatfinansiering. Maynier sê ontwikkelende lande het groter ondersteuning nodig om by klimaatsverandering aan te pas, uitlaatgasse te verminder en kwesbare gemeenskappe te beskerm. Hy sê klimaatsoptrede moet industrialisasie, werkskepping en […]
# Suid -Afrika sal by die COP31-konferensie klem lê op finansiering vir klimaat-aanpassing, werkloosheid, ongelykheid en armoede. Die klimaatverandering-onderhandelaar, Maesela Kekana, het in Sandton gesê die land sal hom beywer vir praktiese oplossings in billike energieoordrag, en meer befondsing vir ontwikkelende nasies. Hy vra duideliker maatreëls om klimaat-veerkragtigheid na te spoor, die dringende oorgang van […]
# Die president van die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank, Lesetja Kganyago, sê die rand het redelik veerkragtig gebly ten spyte van ekonomiese onsekerheid weens die Iran-oorlog. Hy het tydens vergaderings van die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds en die Wêreldbank in Bangkok, Thailand, aan Bloomberg TV gesê die geldeenheid se kleiner wisselvalligheid weerspieël groter vertroue in Suid-Afrika se ekonomiese […]
# US President Donald Trump has waived key sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia, just days before they were due to take effect under a law he signed last month. The measures were intended to increase pressure on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. They included tariffs of up to 100 percent on goods from major […]
# South Africa will prioritise climate adaptation finance, unemployment, inequality and poverty at the COP31 conference. Speaking in Sandton, climate change negotiator Maesela Kekana says the country will push for practical solutions, in just energy transition, and increased funding for developing nations. He called for clearer measures to track climate resilience, the urgent transition of […]
