# Die 13-jarige Faizan Zaki het agt ander ervare spellers uitgestof en die 2025 Scripps Nasionale Spelkompetisie in Washington, Amerika, gewen. Faizan van Allen, Texas, was verlede jaar die naaswenner nadat hy in ʼn blits-uitklopronde verloor het. Sy wen-woord was éclaircissement. Buiten Faizan, wie se ouers uit die suide van Indië geïmmigreer het, is 30 […]
# Half the global population endured an additional month of extreme heat over the past year because of manmade climate change. A new study underscores how the continued burning of fossil fuels is harming health and well-being on every continent, with the effects especially under-recognised in developing countries. The analysis, conducted by scientists at World […]
# Suid-Afrikaanse kuns het nog ‘n rekord laat spat toe Vladimir Tretchikoff se 1955-skildery, Lady from the Orient, op ‘n veiling in Johannesburg verkoop is. Die meesterstuk het bieërs met 89 vinnige aanbiedinge betower en plaaslik geskiedenis gemaak. Internasionaal het Marlene Dumas se 1997-skildery, Miss January, ook ‘n nuwe wêreldrekord vir ‘n lewende vroulike kunstenaar […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies waarsku die stygende aantal burgerlike ongevalle en toenemende humanitêre krisis kan ʼn diplomatieke einde aan die oorlog in Oekraïne ontspoor. Rusland het verlede naweek sy grootste vlaag aanvalle met ʼn rekordgetal langafstandmissiele en hommeltuie op Kiev uitgevoer en tientalle burgerlikes is dood. Rosemary DiCarlo van die VN sê internasionale humanitêre reg […]
# Thirteen-year-old, Faizan Zaki, outlasted eight other accomplished spellers to win the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, US. From Allen, Texas, he finished as the runner-up last year after losing in a lightning-round tiebreaker. His winning word was éclaircissement. Including Faizan, whose parents emigrated from southern India, 30 of the past 36 champions have […]
# South African art has broken yet another record with Vladimir Tretchikoff’s 1955 portrait Lady from the Orient selling for 31.9-million-rand at a Johannesburg auction. The masterpiece captivated bidders with 89 rapid bids, making local history. Internationally, Marlene Dumas’s 1997 painting Miss January also set a new world record for a living female artist, selling for 251.6-million-rand in New […]
# The United Nations has warned that soaring civilian casualties and a worsening humanitarian crisis could derail a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine. Last weekend, Russia conducted its largest wave of attacks in Kyiv, with record numbers of long-range missiles and drones, killing dozens of civilians. The UN’s Rosemary DiCarlo says international humanitarian […]
# Die regering van Nepal is vasbeslote om die Berg Everest te beskerm te midde van klimaatsverandering en die toenemende aantal klimmers. Verlede jaar is meer as 11-ton rommel en vier liggame tydens ʼn skoonmaakoperasie van die berg verwyder. Nepal het nie reëls oor hoeveel dae klimmers moet bestee aan akklimatisering of oefenpogings nie. Permitte […]
# The Nepal government has vowed to protect Mount Everest amid the risks presented by climate change and the growing number of climbers. Last year, eleven tonnes of rubbish and four bodies were cleared from the mountain during a clean-up drive. Nepal does not have rules on how many days climbers must spend acclimatising or […]
