# The Zimbabwean government has admitted that it cannot eradicate cholera. This follows 11 confirmed deaths in the latest outbreak since November. Health experts have meanwhile argued that the disease is preventable and can be eliminated, but cite a lack of political will. Health minister Douglas Mombeshora says there are plans to prevent the disease […]
# Die Britse Parlement se Gesamentlike Komitee oor Menseregte sê meer as 400 mense wat vir ISIS in Sirië en Irak geveg het, het na die Verenigde Koninkryk teruggekeer sonder om vervolg te word. ISIS was verantwoordelik vir veldtogte van terreur, moord en verkragting wat teen minderheidsgodsdiensgroepe gemik was. Die komitee sê die howe word […]
# The UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights says over 400 people who fought for ISIS in Syria and Iraq are believed to have returned to the UK, without being prosecuted. ISIS was responsible for widespread campaigns of terror, murder and rape often targeted against minority religious groups. The committee says the courts face […]
# Vandag is Wêreldskemerkelkiedag, ‘n geesdriftige saluut vir die kuns van mengeldrankies en die wêreldskemerkelkie-kultuur. Die eerste bekende definisie van die woord skemerkelkie het in 1806 in die Amerikaanse koerant, The Balance And Columbian Repository, verskyn. Dit het ‘n skemerkelkie gedefinieer as ‘n stimulerende drankie, saamgestel uit spiritualieë van enige aard, suiker, water en bitters. […]
# Byna tweederdes van gebiede in Latyns-Amerika en die Karibiese Eilande waar piesangs verbou word, gaan teen 2080 nie meer vir dié doel geskik wees nie. Dit is volgens Christian Aid se nuwe verslag: Going Bananas: How Climate Change Threatens the World’s Favourite Fruit. Piesangs is die wêreld se gewildste vrug en vierde belangrikste voedselgewas […]
# 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. […]
