# Byna alle katkos wat in ‘n nuwe ondersoek getoets is, het giftige stowwe bevat, insluitend chemikalieë wat in plastiek voorkom, die onkruiddoder glifosaat en swaarmetale soos lood, kwik en arseen. Die ondersoek, deur die Clean Label Project, het bevind katte kan deur hul leeftyd blootgestel word aan hiedie stowwe want hulle eet dikwels elke […]
# Nearly all cat foods tested in a new investigation contained toxic contaminants, including plastic chemicals, the weedkiller glyphosate and heavy metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic. The investigation by the Clean Label Project found cats could be exposed to these substances throughout their lives because they often eat the same food every day. […]
# The head of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Solomon Ayele Dersso, says South Africa has the right to enforce its immigration laws, while protecting the rights of undocumented migrants. Speaking in Pretoria after a delegation completed a five-day promotion mission to South Africa, he said being undocumented does not remove a […]
# Nepal beplan om die watervlakke van vier hoëvlak gletsermere te verlaag ná ‘n onlangse ramp waarin meer as een-duisend-400 mense dood is en meer as vyf-duisend steeds vermis word. Die mere Thulagi, Lower Barun, Lumding Tsho en Hongu Two word as van Nepal se gevaarlikste beskou. Die projek van 50-miljoen-dollar sal van beheerde dreinering […]
# Nepal is planning to lower the water levels of four high-altitude glacial lakes after a recent disaster that killed more than one-thousand-400 people and left more than five-thousand missing. Lakes Thulagi, Lower Barun, Lumding Tsho and Hongu Two are considered among Nepal’s most dangerous. The 50-million-dollar project will use controlled drainage to reduce the […]
# Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Co-operation says it will invite DIRCO to explain the circumstances surrounding the third demarche against US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell in nine months. Committee chairperson Mosa Chabane says South Africa’s sovereignty must be respected. The committee notes that diplomats are required to respect the laws of their […]
# Volgens die Europese Unie se Copernicus-klimaatdiens het meer as die helfte van Europa gedurende die somer baie sterk hittestres ervaar. Die rekord-syfer van 52-persent beteken dat mense oor meer as die helfte van die vasteland toestande ervaar het wat soos 38-grade Celsius gevoel het. Wes-Europa het sy warmste somer ooit beleef, met baie sterk […]
# More than half of Europe experienced very strong heat stress during the summer, according to the European Union’s Copernicus climate service. The record 52-percent figure means people across more than half the continent experienced conditions that felt like at least 38 degrees Celsius. Western Europe had its hottest summer on record, with very strong […]
# Vrag is besig om by Pakistan se hoofhawe in Karachi op te hoop terwyl vragmotorbestuurders weier om noord te ry uit vrees dat hul voertuie en houers gekonfiskeer sal word vir versperrings rondom Islamabad. Die polisie het in September meer as tweeduisend voertuie gekonfiskeer, waarvan baie steeds vrag vervoer. Die ontwrigting kom voor ‘n […]
