# The Intergovernmental Authority on Development executive secretary, Workneh Gebeyehu, has highlighted the urgent need for Africa-based innovation at the UN General Assembly’s Science Diplomacy event. Gebeyehu noted Africa carries nearly one-quarter of the global disease burden but produces only less that five-percent of its health products. He warned reliance on imports is unsustainable and […]
# The Netherlands pledged to return to Indonesia the remains of “Java Man”, the first-ever “Homo Erectus” unearthed by modern scientists in a landmark discovery for human evolution. The Dutch plan to hand back some 28-thousand fossils of the “Dubois Collection” looted by anatomist and geologist Eugene Dubois in 1891, when Indonesia was still a […]
# ‘n Deense lughawe is vandag vir die tweede keer in ‘n paar uur vir ‘n rukkie gesluit nadat ‘n vermeende hommeltuig oor die lughawe gewaar is. Volgens die land se eerste minister was dit deel van “hibriede aanvalle” wat moontlik met Rusland verband hou. Hommeltuie is sedert Woensdag oor verskeie Deense lughawens gesien, met […]
# A sighting of a suspected drone briefly shuttered a Danish airport today for the second time in a few hours, after the country’s prime minister said the flights were part of “hybrid attacks” that may be linked to Russia. Drones have been seen flying over several Danish airports since Wednesday, causing one of them […]
# Die Britse eerste minister Keir Starmer het planne aangekondig om ‘n gratis digitale ID vir burgers en mense wat in die land woon, in te stel in ‘n poging om onwettige migrasie te bekamp. Die regering sê dit sal makliker wees om aansoek te doen vir dienste soos rybewyse, kinderversorging en welsyn. Die nuwe […]
# Die Israelse Eerste Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sal na verwagting vandag ‘n weerbarstige boodskap aan die Verenigde Nasies teen ‘n Palestynse staat lewer, maar hy verkeer tog onder druk van die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump, wat ‘n skikking oor Gaza wil hê. Netanyahu sal die VN Algemene Vergadering toespreek dae nadat Frankryk, Brittanje en verskeie […]
# UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to introduce a free digital ID for both nationals and those residing in the country in a bid to curb illegal migration. The government says it will make it simpler to apply for services like driver’s licences, childcare and welfare. The new digital ID will be held […]
# Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to deliver a defiant message to the United Nations today against a Palestinian state, but faces rare pressure from US President Donald Trump, who seeks a deal on Gaza. Netanyahu will address the UN General Assembly days after France, Britain and several other Western powers recognised a […]
# Linden in Johannesburg het TimeOut se 2025-lys met 39 lekkerste woonbuurte in die wêreld gehaal. TimeOut sê hierdie woonbuurte is plekke wat stede se siel verteenwoordig terwyl dit hul eie unieke, plaaslike karakter behou wat mense lok om daar te woon, werk en speel. Linden is 17de en kry erkenning vir sy outydse egtheid, […]
