# China’s National Energy Administration says at the end of July, the country’s installed solar power capacity reached 1.286-billion kilowatts. For the first time, photovoltaic installed capacity surpassed coal-fired power, becoming the largest power source category in China. During the first seven months of 2026 alone, China added more than 86 gigawatts of new solar […]
# Oekraïne se president, Volodimir Zelensky, waarsku lugrederye en passasiers om die Russiese lugruim te vermy en sê dit word al onveiliger. Kiëf het sy lugruim vir burgerlike vliegtuie gesluit toe die oorlog begin het. Lugrederye van China, Turkye en die Golf-state is onder dié wat die Russiese lugruim gebruik. Zelensky sê sy land gaan […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has warned airlines and passengers against using Russian airspace, saying it is becoming completely unsafe. Kyiv closed its airspace to civilian aircraft at the beginning of the war. Chinese, Turkish and Gulf state airlines are among those using Russian airspace. Zelensky says his country will be escalating its drone strikes […]
# Duitsland het ʼn reeks nuwe maatreëls teen Rusland aangekondig nadat hy Moskou beskuldig het van verlede maand se hommeltuigaanval op die Leipzig/Halle-lughawe. ʼn Hommeltuig met plofstof is in ʼn beveiligde gebied van die lughawe naby ʼn Oekraïnse vragvliegtuig gevind wat gebruik is om militêre voorrade te vervoer. Dit het vermoedelik weens ʼn foutiewe slagdop […]
# Die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartement het 18 jongmense uit arm gemeenskappe in die provinsie gekies om deur die Nelson Mandela Fidel Castro Mediese Opleidingsprogram medies in Kuba te studeer. Die groep is uit twee-duisend-480 aansoekers aangewys ná ʼn mededingende werwingsproses wat in Mei 2025 begin het. Die departement se woordvoerder, Steve Mabona, sê die Kubaanse model […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het gister die president van die Internasionale Komitee van die Rooikruis, Mirjana Spoljaric, in Pretoria ontmoet, vir gesprekke oor die bevordering van respek vir internasionale humanitêre reg en oorlogsreëls. Suid-Afrika is een van die ses stigterslande van die Globale Internasionale Humanitêre Regsinisiatief, wat 118 state insluit, waaronder 27 Afrikalande. Spoljaric sê […]
# Germany has announced a slew of new measures against Russia, after blaming Moscow for being behind last month’s drone attack targeting the Leipzig/Halle Airport. A drone containing explosives was discovered near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft used to transport military supplies inside a secure area of the airport. However, it failed to explode as the […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health has selected 18 young people from disadvantaged communities across the province to study medicine in Cuba through the Nelson Mandela Fidel Castro Medical Training Programme. The group was selected from two-thousand-480 applicants following a competitive recruitment process launched in May 2025. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says the Cuban […]
# Die Amerikaanse weermag het nuwe lugaanvalle op Iranse teikens uitgevoer. Vier mense, insluitend ʼn vierjarige kind, is volgens berigte dood en meer as 50 beseer. Amerika se Sentrale Bevel sê die aanvalle volg na onlangse pogings van die Islamitiese Rewolusionêre Wagkorps om handelskepe in die Straat van Hormoes aan te val. Teheran het uit […]
