# Die Verenigde Nasies se Wêreldklimaatorganisasie waarsku Afrika ondervind toenemende klimaatbedreigings, insluitend dodelike oorstromings, uiterste hitte en voortdurende droogtes. Die vasteland het verlede jaar een van sy warmste jare beleef sedert 120-jaar gelede met rekord-houding begin is. Die organisasie sê oorstromings, hittegolwe en droogtes het verlede jaar meer as 700-duisend mense uit hulle huise gedwing. […]
# Today is World Cocktail Day, a spirited nod to the craft of mixology and global cocktail cultures. It was in 1806 that the first known definition of the word cocktail appeared in the American newspaper, The Balance And Columbian Repository. It defined a cocktail as a stimulating liquor beverage, composed of spirits of any […]
# Almost two-thirds of banana-growing areas in Latin America and the Caribbean may no longer be suitable for growing the fruit by 2080, due to the climate crisis. This is according to Christian Aid’s new report titled, Going Bananas: How Climate Change Threatens the World’s Favourite Fruit. Bananas are the world’s most consumed fruit, and […]
# Marvel Studios se superheldfliek, Thunderbolts, was die tweede naweek ná sy vrystelling die gewildste by Noord-Amerikaanse kaartjiekantore. Regisseur Jake Schreier se film bring ʼn bende wanfunksionele buitestaanders en minder bekende strokieskarakters bymekaar wat hul potensiaal ontdek om helde te wees wanneer hulle saamwerk. Ryan Coogler se riller Sinners was tweede in sy vierde naweek. […]
# The United Nations World Meteorological Organisation is warning that Africa faces escalating climate threats, including deadly floods, extreme heat, and persistent droughts. In 2024, the continent experienced one of its warmest years since records began over 120 years ago. The organisation says floods, heatwaves and droughts forced 700-thousand people out of their homes across Africa […]
# Marvel Studios’ ensemble superhero film, Thunderbolts, topped the North American box office charts in its second weekend of release. Directed by Jake Schreier, the film brings together a band of dysfunctional outsiders and lesser-known comic book characters, who discover their potential to be heroes when working together. Ryan Coogler’s thriller Sinners came in second in its […]
# Die eerste groep wit Afrikaners aan wie president Donald Trump vlugtelingstatus toegeken het, het in Amerika aangekom. Die adjunkminister van Buitelandse Sake, Christopher Landau, en adjunkminister van Binnelandse Veiligheid, Troy Edgar, het hulle by die Washington Dulles Internasionale Lughawe in Virginië ontmoet. Landau sê president Trump het dit duidelik gestel die vlugtelingaansoeke vir Suid-Afrika […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika het sy standpunt herhaal dat volksmoord in Suid-Afrika plaasvind en sê die media weier om daaroor te berig omdat die vermeende slagoffers wit is. Dit volg nadat ʼn groep van 49 Afrikaners Sondag op ʼn huurvlug na Amerika vertrek het nadat Trump vlugtelingstatus aan wit Afrikaners toegestaan het. Trump […]
# The first group of white Afrikaners, whom president Donald Trump’s administration has granted refugee status, have arrived in the US. They were met by deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Troy Edgar at the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia. Landau says president Trump has made it clear […]
