# At least 935 people were killed in Iran during its 12-day war with Israel. Iranian state media reports the death toll included 132 women and 38 children. Israel launched a major bombing campaign, killing top military commanders and atomic scientists. The Israeli strikes hit military bases, nuclear sites as well as residential areas. Iran […]
# Die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump sê vandat die VSA aanvalle op kernaanlegte in Iran van stapel gestuur het, bied hy die land niks aan nie en praat ook nie met sy regering nie. Die verklaring volg nadat die adjunkminister van Buitelandse Sake in Iran, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, aan die BBC gesê het gesprekke tussen Washington […]
# France and Europe is in the grip of an unprecedented heatwave causing French authorities to issue a record number of heat alerts across the country. The BBC reports some 84 of 96 of France’s mainland regions are currently under an orange alert – the country’s second highest. France’s Climate Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher has called […]
# Die Liga van Sosiaal-Demokrate in Hongkong sê hy sal ontbind te midde van geweldige politieke druk die afgelope vyf jaar. Die stad, wat deur China beheer word, het dus geen formele pro-demokrasie opposisie nie. Die Liga is die derde groot opposisieparty in Hongkong om sy deure binne twee jaar te sluit. Die voorsitter, Chan […]
# US President Donald Trump says he is not offering Iran anything nor talking to it since the US launched strikes on the country’s nuclear facilities. The statement comes as Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Majid Takht-Ravanchi told the BBC that talks between Washington and Tehran cannot resume unless the US rules out further strikes on […]
# Tennis: Die uitvoerende hoof van Wimbledon, Sally Bolton sê die Grand Slam-toernooi is nie gewoond aan skroeiende warm somerweer nie, maar is gereed daarvoor. Daar word verwag dat temperature tot 33-grade kan styg op die eerste dag van die kampioenskap in Londen. Wimbledon, wat gereeld koel, klam weer ondervind, het ‘n hittereël wat ingestel […]
# Tennis: Wimbledon CEO Sally Bolton says the Grand Slam tournament was not used to baking summer temperatures, but they are ready for it. Temperatures are expected to climb to at least 33 degrees Celsius in London on the first day of the Championship. Wimbledon, often plagued by cool, damp weather, has a heat rule […]
# Hong Kong’s League of Social Democrats says that it would disband amid immense political pressure from a five year-long national security crackdown. This leaves the China-ruled city with no formal pro-democracy opposition presence. The League is the third major opposition party to shut its doors in Hong Kong in the past two years. Chairperson […]
# Die Namibiese Raad van Tradisionele Leiers het sy driedaagse besoek aan Suid-Afrika afgesluit. Hulle reis was gemik op die verkenning van maniere waarop tradisionele owerhede meer selfstandig kan word. Die sending het geëindig met ‘n besoek aan die Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela-gemeenskap in Noordwes, waar die afvaardiging na ontwikkelingsinisiatiewe gekyk het wat fokus op die bemagtiging van […]
