# Former US President Barack Obama has warned that the drift towards extremism is not inevitable, saying social media can fuel anger, fear and resentment. Speaking in Glasgow, Scotland, yesterday, Obama said online platforms that once helped mobilise people around democracy and human rights were also being used by hate groups. He called for stronger […]
# German airline Lufthansa has instructed some aircraft flying to Frankfurt to carry extra fuel as supplies tighten at the country’s largest airport. The airline says reduced capacity in a fuel pipeline, which is undergoing routine maintenance, has affected supplies. Low water levels on the Rhine may also be hampering fuel deliveries by river. The […]
# China en Noord-Korea het ‘n belangrike grensbrug geopen ná vertragings van langer as ‘n dekade. Dis daarop gemik om handel tussen die twee lande te bevorder. Die Nuwe Yalu-rivierbrug van drie-kilometer verbind die Chinese stad Dandong met Sinuiju in Noord-Korea. Dis reeds in 2014 voltooi, maar nooit in gebruik geneem nie weens onvoltooide paaie […]
# ‘n Houerskip en vragskip het die afgelope 24 uur in die omgewing van die Seestraat van Hormoes gesink nadat dit in afsonderlike voorvalle deur projektiele getref is. Bronne in maritieme veiligheid sê ‘n klein houerskip, die GFS Pride, wat onder die vlag van Singapoer vaar, het gesink terwyl dit deur die roete gevaar het […]
# A container ship and a dry bulk carrier have both sunk around the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours after being hit by projectiles in separate incidents. Maritime security sources say a small container vessel, the Singapore-flagged GFS Pride, sank while sailing through the route, while the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged Cape Dao […]
# Die Bollywood-akteur, Imran Khan, is opdrag gegee om Indië teen 28 Oktober te verlaat nadat hy in Mumbai aan ‘n betoging deelgeneem het. Die rolprent-ster Aamir Khan se neef is ‘n Amerikaanse burger met oorsese burgerskapstatus in Indië. Hy is op 10 Oktober vir ‘n kort tydjie in hegtenis geneem tydens ‘n betoging teen […]
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has replaced the head of the country’s disaster mitigation agency as wildfires intensify. Army general Kristomei Sianturi takes over from TNI Suharyanto, who had led the agency since 2021. The agency is helping fight forest and peatland fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan, where smoke has affected the region. The leadership change […]
# Russian authorities are cracking down on fake AI-generated bear sightings amid a rise in real attacks. A woman in the Far East used ChatGPT to create an image of a bear in a village and shared it as a joke to a friend. The image went viral, prompting frightened residents to alert police and […]
# China and North Korea have opened a major border bridge after more than a decade of delays, in a move aimed at boosting trade between the two countries. The three-kilometre New Yalu River Bridge links the Chinese city of Dandong with Sinuiju in North Korea. It was completed in 2014 but remained unused because […]
