# India has declined a United Nations aviation investigator’s involvement in the investigations into the deadly Air India crash in Ahmedabad that killed 270 people. The International Civil Aviation Organisation had requested observer status for one of its experts, but Indian authorities refused. India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau is leading the inquiry with a multi-disciplinary […]
# Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo foreign ministers are expected to sign a historic peace treaty in Washington today, witnessed by US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. The agreement, brokered by Qatar and the US, includes joint security coordination, disarmament of armed groups, and refugee return. Technical teams signed the draft on 18 June. […]
# The International Air Transport Association has unveiled its Sustainable Aviation Fuel Matchmaker platform to connect airlines with Sustainable Aviation Fuel producers through the Aviation Energy Hub. Aimed at accelerating Sustainable Aviation Fuel adoption, the platform enhances efficiency, connectivity, and transparency in procurement. IATA’s Marie Owens Thomsen says it supports net-zero goals by 2050. Airlines […]
# A new report by Boston Consulting Group reveals 52-percent of global workers are optimistic about Artificial Intelligence and generative Artificial Intelligence, up from 35-percent in 2018. Adoption is strong, with 72-percent of ten-thousand-600 respondents across eleven countries using AI regularly. However, frontline adoption has stalled at 51-percent. The report indicates that despite job loss […]
# Die Kanadese Parlement het die One Canadian Economy Act goedgekeur wat beoog om handelsgrense te verwyder, nasiebouprojekte te bevorder en ekonomiese groei te laat opvlam. Die wetgewing word gesien as ‘n manier om die tariewe van die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, teen te staan. Trump het die tariewe op Kanadese staal, aluminium en sy […]
# Die Wêreldbank-groep en die Internasionale Atoomenergie-agentskap het ʼn ooreenkoms onderteken om saam te werk om die veilige, seker en verantwoordelike gebruik van kernenergie in ontwikkelende lande te ondersteun. Tans bedryf 31 lande kernkragaanlegte wat sowat nege-persent van die wêreld se elektrisiteit opwek, wat neerkom op byna ʼn kwart van die wêreld se laekoolstofkrag. Die […]
# Canada’s parliament has passed the One Canadian Economy Act, which aims to remove trade barriers, expedite nation-building projects, and unleash economic growth. This legislation is seen as a measure to counter US president Donald Trump’s tariffs. Trump has imposed tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminium and its auto sector. Prime minister Mark Carney says the government […]
# The World Bank Group and the International Atomic Energy Agency have signed an agreement to work together to support the safe, secure and responsible use of nuclear energy in developing countries. Thirty-one countries currently operate nuclear power plants, which combined produce about nine-percent of the world’s electricity, amounting to almost a quarter of all low-carbon […]
# Oekraïne se president Volodymyr Zelensky het ʼn ooreenkoms met die Europese Raad onderteken om ʼn spesiale tribunaal saam te stel. Die tribunaal sal senior Russiese leiers teiken vir die misdaad van aggressie, wat die grondslag is vir tallose oorlogsmisdade waarvan Oekraïne Russiese magte beskuldig sedert die begin van die oorlog in Februarie 2022. Zelensky […]
