# Russian and Ukrainian officials will meet today in Istanbul to exchange their plans on how to end the three-year war, Europe’s largest conflict since World War Two. This follows after Kyiv said it carried out one of its most successful attacks, hitting bombers parked at airbases deep inside Russia. Urged on by US president […]
# Gunmen over the weekend killed 25 people in two attacks across north-central Nigeria’s Benue state. This is the latest violence in a region known for deadly land disputes and reprisals. Attackers killed 14 people yesterday in the community of Ankpali. Muslim ethnic Fulani nomadic herders have long clashed with settled farmers, many of whom […]
# The long-term climate cost of destroying, clearing and rebuilding Gaza could top 31-million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, more than the combined 2023 annual greenhouse gases emitted by Costa Rica and Estonia. This is according to a new study by the Social Science Research Network. The study shows that almost 30-percent of greenhouse gases […]
# Die pas gekroonde 72ste Mej. Wêreld, Opal Suchata Chuangsri van Thailand, sê sy sal tydens haar heerskappy voortgaan met haar Skoonheid met ʼn Doel-projek, For HER. Die projek is ʼn borskankerveldtog wat op opvoeding, vroeë opsporing en bemagtiging fokus. Sy is die eerste Thaise vrou wat die Mej. Wêreld-titel wen. Chuangsri sê sy is […]
# Die konserwatiewe historikus Karol Nawrocki is Pole se nuwe president. Die 42-jarige Nawrocki van die regse populistiese party Wet en Geregtigheid, het 50,9-persent van die stemme verower, terwyl sy teenstander, die liberale kandidaat wat ten gunste van die Europese Unie is, Rafal Trzaskowski, 49,1persent van die stemme gekry het. Nawrocki, ‘n verdediger van tradisionele […]
# Conservative historian Karol Nawrocki has been elected as Poland’s new president. The 42-year-old, aligned with the right-wing populist Law and Justice Party, won 50.9-percent percent of the votes, while his opponent, Liberal pro-European Union candidate Rafal Trzaskowski, claimed 49.1-percent percent of the votes. Nawrocki, who positioned himself as a defender of traditional Polish values, […]
# Disney se supertreffer, Lilo and Stitch, is die tweede agtereenvolgende naweek nommer een by kaartjiekantore. Dis die tweede Hollywood-vrystelling naas A Minecraft Movie wat die prestasie in 2025 behaal. Paramount en Skydance se Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning met Tom Cruise in die hoofrol is tweede, en Karate Kid: Legends het op nommer drie […]
# Newly crowned 72nd Miss World, Opal Suchata Chuangsri, from Thailand, says during her reign she will continue with her Beauty With a Purpose project, For HER. The project is a breast cancer awareness initiative aimed at education, early detection, and empowerment. She is the first Thai woman to win the title. Chuangsri says she […]
# Disney’s blockbuster Lilo and Stitch, which is the second top-grossing Hollywood release of 2025 behind A Minecraft Movie, remains at number one in the box office for the second consecutive weekend. Paramount and Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, starring Tom Cruise, is second, with Karate Kid: Legends opening at number three. In its […]
