# Die Verenigde Nasies se Klimaatsweek word in die Ethiopiese hoofstad, Addis Abeba, aangebied. Dit word bygewoon deur regeringsamptenare, finansiers soos ontwikkelingsbanke, sakeondernemings, die burgerlike samelewing en inheemse bevolking. Die doel is om die lewering van waarborge en klimaatsoptrede op grondvlak te versnel. Die VN-klimaatsverandering se adjunk- uitvoerende sekretaris, Noura Hamladji, sê klimaatsweke word gehou […]
# The Ethiopian capital of Addis-Ababa is hosting the United Nations Climate Week. It brings together government officials, financiers, including development banks, businesses, civil society, and Indigenous Peoples, to help speed up delivery of pledges and climate actions on the ground. UN Climate Change deputy executive secretary, Noura Hamladji, says Climate Weeks aim to connect […]
# Die Verenigde Koninkryk het volgens die Weerkantoor vanjaar sy warmste somer ooit beleef en moes deur vier hittegolwe worstel. Brittanje het in Junie, Julie en Augustus ʼn gemiddelde temperatuur van 16,1-grade Celsius beleef wat meer is as 2018 se rekord van 15,76-grade Celsius. Mark McCarthy van die Weerkantoor sê hierdie rekord-somertemperature kan 70-keer meer […]
# This year saw the UK’s hottest summer ever, which included four heatwaves. This is according to the Met Office. Britain’s summer months of June, July, and August saw a mean temperature this year of 16.10 degrees Celsius, which beats the record set in 2018 of 15.76 degrees Celsius. The Met Office’s Mark McCarthy says […]
# ʼn Grondstorting het minstens ʼn duisend lewens geëis in die afgeleë Marra-berge in die weste van Soedan. Die grondstorting het Sondag plaasgevind na dae lange swaar reën, en slegs een persoon het oorleef. Die Soedannese Bevrydingsbeweging/Weermag, wat die area in die Darfoer-streek beheer, het die Verenigde Nasies en internasionale hulpagentskappe se bystand gevra om […]
# A landslide has killed at least one-thousand people in the remote Marra Mountains in western Sudan. The landslide struck on Sunday after days of heavy rainfall, leaving only one survivor. The Sudan Liberation Movement/Army, which controls the area located in the Darfur region, has appealed to the United Nations and international aid agencies to […]
# ʼn Vliegtuig met die Europese Kommissie se president, Ursula von der Leyen, aan boord, se GPS-navigasiestelsel is Sondag geteiken, maar dit het veilig in Bulgarye geland. Bulgaarse owerhede vermoed Rusland sit agter die voorval. Von der Leyen is ʼn groot ondersteuner van Oekraïne terwyl Kiev probeer om homself teen Moskou se aggressie te beskerm. […]
# A plane carrying European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen was targeted by GPS navigation jamming while trying to land in Bulgaria on Sunday. She landed safely. The Bulgarian authorities suspect that Russia was behind this. Von der Leyen has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine as Kyiv tries to defend itself against Moscow’s […]
# Leiers van Frankryk en Brittanje is Donderdag mede-voorsitters van ‘n Paryse spitsberaad waarby die Oekraïense president, Volodimir Zelensky, betrokke is. Dis deel van ‘n nuwe internasionale poging om ‘n einde te maak aan Rusland se inval van drie-en-‘n-half-jaar. Die byeenkoms van die sogenaamde “Koalisie van Gewilliges” sal sowat 30 hoofsaaklik Europese lande insluit. Sommige […]