# The US Central Command says the military destroyed five Iranian tankers after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps twice attempted to strike an American warship with ballistic missiles over the past two days. US forces struck four crude oil carriers in the Gulf of Oman and one near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf. Iran […]
# Brittanje gaan die invoer van goedere van Israelse nedersettings in die besette Wesoewer verbied. Die minister van Buitelandse Sake, Ed Miliband, sê daar is etniese suiwering van Palestyne in dele van die Wesoewer deur setlaar-“terroriste”. Die sanksies sluit ook ‘n nuwe verbod op wapenlisensies en persoonlike sanksies teen sleutelpersone in wat daarvan beskuldig word […]
# Solidarity says the hidden truth about South Africa is that race has once again become the ordering principle of the state. The organisation’s Jaco Kleynhans delivered a message at a gathering of Patriots for Europe in Brussels. He told the European Parliament that the South African government’s increasing racial legislation, as well as state decay and […]
# The Israeli government will close the British consulate in Jerusalem, following Britain sanctioning goods produced in the occupied West Bank. This move is likely to damage Britain’s ability to work in Palestine, as it does not have an outpost in either the West Bank or Gaza. Israel is also banning 12 British elected representatives from […]
# The UK will ban the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the illegally occupied West Bank. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband says there is ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in areas of the West Bank, perpetrated by settler “terrorists”. The sanctions also include a new ban on arms licences and personal sanctions against key individuals […]
# Nege natuurbewaringsorganisasies uit ses Suider-Afrikaanse lande het die Alliansie vir Veilige Aasvoëlsones begin om die skerp afname in aasvoëlgetalle te bekamp. Die alliansie sluit BirdLife-organisasies in Botswana, Suid-Afrika en Zimbabwe in, asook BirdWatch Zambië, Natuurbewaring Tanzanië en Malawi se Omgewings- en Natuurbewaringsvereniging. Bewaringskundiges sê vergiftiging, verlies aan habitat en kraglyne bedreig die voëls. Aasvoëlgetalle […]
# Japan stuur dié naweek drie militêre helikopters en 180 personeellede na Indonesië om te help met die bestryding van reuseveldbrande. Helikopterspanne sal Saterdag begin met brandbestrydingswerk in Wes-Kalimantan. Indonesië worstel tans teen brande in ses provinsies op Sumatra en Borneo. Meer as 76-duisend hektaar het reeds gedurende die land se erg droë seisoen afgebrand […]
# Afrika se privaat kredietmark sal na verwagting aanhou uitbrei namate ondernemings en infrastruktuur-projekte hul toenemend wend tot alternatiewe bronne van befondsing. Die kredietgraderingsagentskap Moody’s sê die mark is steeds klein, maar het vinnig gegroei, met bates onder bestuur wat toegeneem het van 28-miljard-rand in 2020 tot 89-miljard-rand einde verlede jaar. Moody’s sê leemtes in […]
# Japan will send three military helicopters and 180 personnel to Indonesia this weekend to help battle widespread wildfires. The helicopter crews are due to begin firefighting operations in West Kalimantan on Saturday, as Indonesia struggles with fires across six provinces in Sumatra and Borneo. More than 76-thousand hectares have already been burned during the […]
