# Inwoners van ‘n krotbuurt in Rio de Janeiro het meer as 40 liggame op ‘n plein in rye neerlê ná die bloedigste polisie-operasie in die stad se geskiedenis. Daar is nog geen amptelike bevestiging of dit die 60 vermeende lede van ‘n dwelmbende insluit wat Dinsdag in ‘n reuse teendwelm-operasie in twee krotbuurte in […]
# ‘n Nuwe Oxford-studie in Nature het aan die lig gebring Afrika se ekostelsels werk teen minder as twee-derdes van hul oorspronklike energie, wat bioverskeidenheid en voortbestaan bedreig. Die hoofskrywer van Oxford se Omgewingsveranderingsinstituut, Ty Loft, sê die uitwerking van natuurlewe wat voedingstof-siklusse en saadverspreiding aanvoor, het sedert voor-koloniale tye afgeneem. Loft waarsku die verlies […]
# Die Rooi Kruis sê vroeë aanduidings is dat Orkaan Melissa in die Karibiese Eilande ‘n ramp van ongekende omvang is. Alexander Pendry van die Britse Rooi Kruis sê nuus word ontvang dat hele gemeenskappe onder water is en sterk wind verwoesting gesaai het. Noodspanne mobiliseer reg oor die streek terwyl Melissa sy pad van […]
# Residents of a slum in Rio de Janeiro lined up more than 40 bodies at a plaza in their low-income neighborhood after the bloodiest police operation in the city’s history. There was no official confirmation yet about whether they were among the 60 suspected members of a drug gang who were killed during Tuesday’s […]
# A new Oxford-led study published in Nature has revealed that Africa’s ecosystems are operating on less than two-thirds of their original energy, threatening biodiversity and livelihoods. Lead author from Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute, Ty Loft, says wildlife power, the energy driving nutrient cycling and seed dispersal, has dropped since pre-colonial times. Loft warns that […]
# The Red Cross says early indications are that Hurricane Melissa caused a disaster of unprecedented catastrophe in the Caribbean. The British Red Cross’s Alexander Pendry says whole communities are reportedly underwater and the damage caused by strong winds has been devastating. Emergency teams have been mobilising across the region as Melissa continues its trajectory […]
# The German government has backed an increase in the minimum wage to 291-rand per hour, the largest hike since the country adopted a minimum wage a decade ago. The increase will come in two stages. Labour Minister Baerbel Bas says six-million employees will receive noticeably more for their work and companies can responsibly spread […]
# Ten minste 104 mense waaronder 46 kinders is oornag dood in Gaza nadat Israel met nuwe aanvalle begin het. Dit volg nadat Israel beweer het ‘n soldaat is gistermiddag dood. Israel sê die aanvalle het 30 terroriste in bevelsposisies van terreurorganisasies in Gaza getref. Die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump het die aanvalle geregverdig en […]
# Die MK-party sê die Nasionale Tesourie se besluit om sy kontrak met die Amerikaanse tegnologiemaatskappy, Oracle te beëindig, kom ná volgehoue druk van die party. Die stap volg op die bevindinge van die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid en die ouditeur-generaal wat Tesourie- en Oracle-amptenare verbind met bedrog en korrupsie in die multimiljoenrandse Geïntegreerde Finansiële Bestuurstelsel-projek. ‘n […]
