# United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned critical food systems and the lives and livelihoods they sustain are under attack amidst several conflicts. 2025 saw not only the highest number of armed conflicts since World War Two, but also among the highest levels of acute hunger on record, with at least 266-million people facing […]
# Minstens 15 babas het vanoggend doodgebrand tydens ʼn brand by die Pakistan Instituut vir Mediese Wetenskappe, wat die grootste hospitaal in die Pakistanse hoofstad, Islamabad, is. Volgens berigte het die brand ontstaan toe ʼn lugversorger se kompressor in die kinderafdeling ontplof het. Reddingspanne kon een baba red. Owerhede sê ʼn ondersoekkomitee onder leding van […]
# At least 15 infants have been burnt to death in a fire at the Pakistan Institute for Medical Sciences, the largest hospital in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, this morning. According to reports, the blaze appears to have been triggered by an air conditioning compressor explosion inside the nursery. Rescue teams managed to save one baby. Authorities […]
# Iran en Oman het ʼn voorstel uiteengesit vir ʼn tydelike skeepsroete deur die Straat van Hormoes. Dit volg nadat president Donald Trump van Amerika herhaal het dat alle seemyne in die belangrike waterweg verwyder is, en gedreig het dat enige Iranse skepe wat probeer om nog te stel, vernietig sal word. Die voorstel sluit […]
# Huldeblyke stroom in na die dood van die 80-jarige countrymusiek-legende, Dolly Parton. Haar span het bevestig dat sy gesterf het na ʼn kort kankerstryd. Die Beatles-legende, Paul McCartney, het Parton ʼn skitterende ster genoem, terwyl Elton John haar beskryf as ʼn onvervangbare reus van die kunste. Beyoncé het Parton bedank vir haar hartlikheid, vrygewigheid […]
# Iran and Oman have outlined a proposal to establish a temporary shipping channel through the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement comes as US president Donald Trump reiterated that all mines in the critical waterway have been cleared while threatening to destroy any Iranian ships that try to place more. The proposed framework includes facilitating […]
# Tributes are pouring in following the passing of country music legend Dolly Parton at the age of 80. He team has confirmed that she died following a brief battle with cancer. Beatles legend Paul McCartney called Parton a magnificent star, while Elton John dubbed her a giant of an artist who was irreplaceable. Beyoncé […]
# Kanada gaan van 8 September af vergeldingstariewe instel op ʼn wye reeks Amerikaanse produkte ter waarde van sowat 322,47-miljard-rand. Die tariewe van 15- tot 50-persent sal meer as 700 Amerikaanse produkte raak, insluitend staal en aluminium, meubels, klere en vis. Dit is in reaksie op tariewe van 50-persent wat president Donald Trump se administrasie […]
# President Donald Trump sê die Amerikaanse Vloot het alle myne in die internasionale waters van die Straat van Hormoes verwyder of laat ontplof. Die belangrike waterweg, waardeur sowat 20-persent van die wêreld se olie en vloeibare gas uitgevoer word, is deur Iran geblokkeer sedert die oorlog in Februarie begin het. In ‘n plasing op […]
