# Lede van Noorweë se koninklike familie is langs koning Harald se hospitaalbed nadat sy gesondheid verder verswak het. Die koninklike paleis sê die 89-jarige monarg se toestand is tans baie ernstig. Koningin Sonja en kroonprins Haakon het hul amptelike verpligtinge gekanselleer en by ander familielede in die Oslo Universiteitshospitaal aangesluit. Harald word behandel vir […]
# The death toll in Nepal’s flood disaster has risen to at least 356 people, with hundreds still missing after a glacial collapse triggered devastating flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border. Six South Africans are currently reported as missing, but local and international disaster authorities have not confirmed them among the dead. They are among more […]
# Members of Norway’s royal family have gathered around the bedside of King Harald in hospital. The 89-year-old monarch’s health has deteriorated, and the royal palace says his condition is now very serious. Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon have cancelled their official engagements and joined other family members at Oslo University Hospital. Harald has […]
# Satellietbeelde dui aan gister se dodelike kitsoorstroming naby Nepal se grens met Tibet is moontlik veroorsaak toe die onderste gedeelte van ‘n gletser afgebreek en honderde meter ver in die vallei neergestort het. Dis nog onduidelik wat die instorting veroorsaak het, maar Nepalese amptenare meen ‘n aardbewing in Suid-Asië kon moontlik ‘n rol gespeel […]
# Die Vereniging van Vleis-invoerders en-uitvoerders sê Suid-Afrikaanse verbruikers betaal hoër pryse vir beesstert omdat beperkings op invoere uit Argentinië die aanbod steeds onder druk plaas. Beesstertpryse het gestyg van tussen 79- en 99-rand per kilogram vroeër vanjaar tot 199-rand. Die vereniging sê Suid-Afrika maak sterk staat op Argentynse invoere, en het die Departement van […]
# Satellite imagery suggests yesterday’s deadly flash flood near Nepal’s border with Tibet may have been triggered when the lower part of a glacier broke off and crashed on to the valley floor hundreds of metres below. It was not clear what caused the glacier to collapse, but Nepali officials have pointed to an earthquake in […]
# Katar se eerste minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, sal vandag met Iranse amptenare in Teheran vergader om maniere te bespreek om spanning te ontlont en bevorderlike toestande vir dialoog te skep. Katar was tot nou ‘n belangrike bemiddelaar in die Amerikaans-Iranse konflik. Die Ministerie van Buitelandse Sake sê gesprekke sal insluit streeksveiligheid, vryheid van […]
# The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters says South African consumers are paying higher prices for oxtail as restrictions on imports from Argentina continue to squeeze supply. Oxtail prices have risen from between 79- and 99-rand a kilogram earlier this year to up to 199-rand. The association says South Africa relies heavily on Argentinian […]
# Die selfverklaarde baasbrein van die terreuraanvalle op 11 September 2001, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, gaan van Junie 2028 in Amerika teregstaan. Hy word daarvan beskuldig dat hy die aanvalle beplan het waartydens gekaapte passasiersvliegtuie teen die Wêreldhandelsentrum in New York en die Pentagon in Washington vasgevlieg het. Twee-duisend-976 mense het gesterf. Mohammed en twee medebeskuldigdes […]
