# Reddingsoperasies in Nepal is hervat nadat dit vroeër gestaak is, met die owerhede wat spesialishulp soek te midde van ‘n stygende dodetal. Meer as 600 mense is dood en byna drie-duisend word steeds vermis in Nepal en Tibet, insluitend meer as 500 buitelandse burgers. Die bedreiging van verdere oorstromings bemoeilik egter die soektog. ‘n […]
# Rescue operations have resumed in Nepal after a brief suspension, with authorities seeking specialist help as the death toll continues to rise. More than 600 people have died and almost three-thousand remain missing in Nepal and Tibet, including more than 500 foreign nationals. The threat of further flooding is complicating the search. A lake […]
# Niger’s military government says it has regained control of key sites in the capital, Niamey, after mutinous soldiers attacked the airport and presidential palace. Dozens of soldiers were reportedly killed or arrested after hours of gunfire and explosions. State television, which was briefly taken off air, later showed footage of detained troops. The government […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government is in the process of identifying the South Africans who were caught up in the Nepal floods disaster. Ramaphosa was addressing media during the ANC election trail campaign in Orlando West, Soweto yesterday. Six South Africans are reported missing after the floods swept across the Nepal-Tibet border. The […]
# n Agtjarige seun wat Nepal se verwoestende vloede oorleef het deur in ‘n woud in te hardloop en in bome te klim, is met sy ma herenig. Zoyal Ghale is uit die vloedgeteisterde Rasuwa-distrik gered met ‘n gebreekte been en beserings aan sy gesig, en toe per helikopter na die hospitaal in Kathmandu geneem. […]
# An eight-year-old boy who survived Nepal’s devastating floods by running into a forest and climbing trees has been reunited with his mother. Zoyal Ghale was rescued from the flood-hit Rasuwa district with a broken leg and injuries to his face, then airlifted to hospital in Kathmandu. His mother had spent days searching shelters for […]
# China’s leading memory-chip maker ChangXin Memory Technologies, known as CXMT, has sued the US Defence Department over being placed on a list of companies Washington believes support China’s military. CXMT says it has no ties to the Chinese military and that its chips are made for civilian and commercial use. The company is seeking […]
# Nepal gaan tussen 65-miljard en 81-miljard-rand benodig om die land te herbou na dié week se verwoestende vloede op sy grens met China. Die land se minister van Finansies, Swarnim Wagle, het aan Reuters gesê die skatting is voorlopig, met amptenare wat steeds die volle omvang van die skade beraam. Die vloede het huise […]
# ‘n Ongewone geskil oor kaasname soos feta, manchego en Parmigiano Reggiano, is nou ‘n struikelblok in handelsgesprekke tussen Amerika en Mexiko. Amerika voer aan dié name het algemene benamings geword en Amerikaanse kaasvervaardigers behoort dit te kan gebruik as hulle produkte na Mexiko uitvoer. ‘n Handelsooreenkoms tussen Mexiko en die Europese Unie sal dié […]
