# China told the United States to “stop threatening and blackmailing” after US president Donald Trump said it was up to Beijing to come to the negotiating table to discuss ending their trade war. Trump has slapped new tariffs of up to 145-percent on many Chinese imports. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian says if the […]
# Die Palestynse militante groep Islamitiese Jihad het ’n video vrygestel van ’n lewendige Israeli-gyselaar, waarin hy ’n beroep doen op die Israelse regering en die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump om sy vrylating te bewerkstellig. Israelse media het hom geïdentifiseer as Rom Braslavski van Jerusalem, wat deur Hamas-geleide militante by die Nova-musiekfees ontvoer is, tydens […]
# Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad released a video showing an Israeli hostage alive, in which he appeals to the Israeli government and US president Donald Trump to secure his release. Israeli media identified him as Rom Braslavski from Jerusalem, who was abducted by Hamas-led militants from the Nova music festival during their attack on […]
# Scalar International en Mergence Investment Managers het die Afrika-ontkolingsfonds 1 van stapel gestuur om skoon energie en digitale infrastruktuurprojekte in Suider-Afrika te befonds. Die besturende direkteur van Scalar International, Hubert Gutsa, sê die fonds beoog om tussen 1,8- en 2,8-miljard-rand in te samel om in energiedoeltreffendheid, kragopwekking op die perseel, slim netwerke en batteryberging […]
# Die Verenigde Koninkryk se hoogste hof het ’n eenparige uitspraak gelewer dat die definisie van ’n vrou ingevolge gelykheidswetgewing na biologiese geslag verwys. Die wetlike definisie van ’n vrou sluit trans-vroue uit. Vyf regters het ten gunste van For Women Scotland beslis, wat aangevoer het dat die afskaffing van die koppeling tussen die wetlike […]
# Scalar International and Mergence Investment Managers have launched the Africa Decarbonisation Fund I, to finance clean energy and digital infrastructure projects across Southern Africa. Scalar International’s managing director, Hubert Gutsa, says the fund aims to raise between 1.8 and 2.8-billion-rand to invest in energy efficiency, on-site power generation, smart grids, and battery storage. Gutsa […]
# The United Kingdom’s highest court delivered a unanimous judgment that the definition of a woman under equality law refers to biological sex and that the legal definition of woman excludes trans women. Five judges ruled in favor of For Women Scotland which proposed that not linking the legal definition of gender to biological sex […]
# Die Europese Unie het sewe lande uitgewys wat hy as veilig beskou in ‘n poging om migrante se terugkeer te bespoedig deur dit moeiliker te maak vir sekere nasies se burgers om aanspraak te maak op asiel. Die Europese Kommissie het voorgestel dat Kosovo, Bangladesj, Colombië, Egipte, Indië, Marokko en Tunisië tot veilige lande […]
# The European Union has published a list of seven countries it considers “safe”, in a bid to speed up migrant returns by making it harder for citizens of those nations to claim asylum in the bloc. The European Commission said it was proposing to designate Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia as […]
