# Two giant pandas have arrived at Zoo Atlanta in Georgia yesterday, as part of a new conservation and research agreement with China. The pair were born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. The zoo previously housed giant pandas for 25 years before its earlier agreement with China ended in 2024. Seven […]
# Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says getting countries to agree on global rules for artificial intelligence could be harder than Cold War negotiations over nuclear weapons. Gates says nuclear technology was controlled mainly by governments, making it easier to negotiate limits. AI is being developed by private companies as well as governments worldwide. He says […]
# Pous Leo het mediese bystand met selfdood as vals deernis veroordeel tydens ‘n besoek aan Lourdes in Frankryk. Hy het tydens ‘n mis aan sowat 150-duisend mense gesê mense wat met ernstige siekte en pyn leef, het ‘n inherente waardigheid wat respekteer moet word. Leo sê wette moet nie daardie waardigheid verwyder nie, en […]
# Die pop-sensasie Taylor Swit het geskiedenis gemaak deur die kunstenaar te word met die meeste toekennings in die MTV-video-musiektoekennings. Die 36-jarige Amerikaner, wat voorheen saam met Beyoncé voor was met 30 toekennings elk, het gisteraand drie toekennings ingepalm in Los Angeles. Swift het die eerste Artist Director Honours ingepalm, asook Video van die Jaar […]
# South Africa has made history by securing a silver medal in Aircraft Maintenance at the WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, China. Twenty-nine students represented the country across 27 skills, competing against approximately one-thousand-400 young professionals from more than 90 countries. The competition promotes excellence in technical and vocational education and training. Team South Africa, supported […]
# Pope Leo the Fourteenth has condemned medically assisted dying as “false compassion” during a visit to Lourdes in France. Speaking to about 150-thousand people at a Mass yesterday, Leo said people living with severe illness and pain have an inherent dignity that must be respected. He said laws should not remove that dignity and […]
# Pop sensation Taylor Swift has made history by becoming the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 36-year-old American, who was previously tied with Beyoncé with 30 awards, won three awards at last night’s ceremony in Los Angeles. Swift took home the inaugural Artist Director Honours, and Video of the Year and […]
# Die Britse minister van Verdediging, Wes Streeting, sê teenterrorisme-polisie lei die ondersoek na ʼn ernstige voorval naby die Lugmagbasis Fairford in Gloucestershire. Vyf mans is gister vasgetrek vir beweerde voorbereiding om terreur te pleeg en plofstof-oortredings toe hulle op pad was na die basis. Die Amerikaanse leër het dit onlangs gebruik as basis vir […]
# British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting says counter terrorism police are leading the investigation into a major incident near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. Five men were arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act and explosive offences yesterday, after three suspicious vehicles were reported travelling towards the military airbase. The site has recently been used […]
