# Firefighters are battling several wildfires in Greece as a scorching heatwave wreaks havoc across southern Europe. In the past 36 hours alone, more than 152 new fires have broken out across Greece and thousands of people have been evacuated. Around four-thousand-850 firefighters are engaged in a multi-front battle to contain the flames. Temperatures surpassed […]
# Some Alaskans are evacuating their homes as water escapes a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier amidst fears of glacial outburst water putting homes in the area at risk. Local officials on Tuesday confirmed water had begun escaping the ice dam and flooding was expected in the coming days. Glacial lake outbursts happen when […]
# Russia announced curbs on calls on the WhatsApp and Telegram messenger apps. A government watchdog says she messenger apps have become the main voice services used for fraud and extortion, and for involving Russian citizens in subversive and terrorist activities. Russian security services have frequently claimed that Ukraine was using Telegram to recruit people […]
# The DA says foreign policy is the government’s responsibility and not the military’s. The party warns that South African National Defence Force chief Rudzani Maphwanya’s political statements, during a visit to Iran this week, could harm South Africa’s relations with key allies, including the US. The DA’s Chris Hattingh says Maphwanya went beyond military […]
# AfriForum sê Suid-Afrika se diplomatieke bande met Amerika kan verswak as die regering versuim om aandag te skenk aan menseregtekwessies. Die organisasie verwelkom ‘n verslag van die Amerikaanse Departement van Buitelandse Sake wat verwys na die vervolging van rasse-minderhede, bedreiging van eiendomsregte, aanvalle op Afrikaner-boere en die versuim om misbruike te ondersoek. Ernst van […]
# AfriForum says South Africa’s diplomatic ties with the US could worsen if the government fails to act on human rights concerns. The organisation welcomes a US State Department report highlighting persecution of racial minorities, threats to property rights, attacks on Afrikaner farmers, and failures to investigate abuses. AfriForum’s Ernst van Zyl urged president Cyril […]
# Afgevaardigdes by die Afrika-Unie se Afrika-Waterbeleggingsberaad in Kaapstad word aangespoor om waterbeleggings in klimaat- en befondsingsbesprekings te prioritiseer. President Cyril Ramaphosa het in sy hooftoespraak gevra vir befondsing, nasporing en bevordering van waterprojekte. Ramaphosa het ook deelnemers aangemoedig om tasbare ooreenkomste, vennootskappe en ‘n blywende globale meganisme te vind. Hy sê pasmaak-besprekings moet langtermyn […]
# Rusland het vandag se Europese diplomatieke gesprekke met Oekraïne as onbeduidend bestempel voor Vrydag se beplande spitsberaad tussen die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, en sy Russiese ampsgenoot, Vladimir Putin, in Alaska. Alexey Fadeev van die Russiese Ministerie van Buitelandse Sake, sê Moskou beskou die gesprekke as polities en prakties onbelangrik. Hy sê Europeërs gee […]
# Russia branded as insignificant today’s European diplomatic consultations with Ukraine ahead of Friday’s planned summit between US president Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Alaska. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Alexey Fadeev says Moscow considers the consultations to be politically and practically unimportant. He says Europeans verbally support Washington and Moscow’s diplomatic […]
