# Indië het ‘n 121-miljard-rand bestelling vir 97 plaaslik vervaardigde vegvliegtuie onderteken terwyl hulle lugmag sy Russiese MiG-21 vliegtuie na dekades van gebruik uit diens stel. Die eerste “Tejas” vleigtuie – wat “briljantheid” in Hindi beteken – is in 2016 deur die lugmag in gebruik geneem. Die jongste bestelling is vir die vierde generasie van […]
# Top-selling carmaker Toyota opened its new high-tech village in Japan, an experimental project to test autonomous driving and other futuristic developments. It is touted as a real-life setting in which to trial myriad inventions, from flying taxis to robot pets and drones that escort you home at night. Around 360 Toyota staff and others […]
# ‘n Franse hof het die voormalige Franse president, Nicolas Sarkozy skuldig bevind op aanklagte van kriminele sameswering, maar het hom vrygespreek op klagtes dat hy onwettige veldtogfinansiering aanvaar het. Die hofsaak spruit uit beskuldigings dat die oorlede Libiese diktator Moeamer Kadhafi gehelp het om sy suksesvolle presidensiële veldtog in 2007 te befonds. Die saak […]
# India signed a 121-billion-rand order for 97 domestically designed and built fighter jets as its air force retires its outgoing Russian MiG-21 jets after decades of use. The first Tejas jets, meaning “brilliance” in Hindi, were commissioned into the airforce in 2016, with the latest commission for the fourth-generation version of the fighter. India, […]
# Die Israelse eerste minister Benjamin Netanyahu het op pad na die Verenigde State leiers veroordeel wat ‘n Palestynse staat erken. Hy gaan Withuis-gesprekke voer en ‘n toespraak lewer by die VN se Algemene Vergadering. Sy opmerkings volg drie dae nadat Frankryk ‘n spesiale beraad ten tye van die Algemene Vergadering gelei het, waar talle […]
# A Paris court convicted former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of criminal conspiracy but acquitted him of corruption and accepting illegal campaign financing, in his trial into accusations that late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi helped fund his victorious 2007 presidential run. The trial is the latest in a string of legal troubles for […]
# Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced leaders who had recognised a Palestinian state, as he headed to the United States for White House talks and an address to the UN General Assembly. His remarks came three days after France led a special summit on the sidelines of the General Assembly, which saw a slew […]
# Die Franse vloot het beslag gelê op byna 10 ton kokaïen ter waarde van meer as 10-miljard-rand op ‘n vissersboot langs die kus van Wes-Afrika. Die beslaglegging deur twee vlootskepe, het gevolg ná ‘n wenk deur anti-dwelm- en maritieme intelligensie-owerhede en die Britse polisie. Die vlootsending is reeds sedert 1990 in die Golf van […]
# Spanje en Italië het vlootskepe ontplooi om die globale Sumud-flottielje te begelei na hommeltuigaanvalle op hulpvaartuie op pad na Gaza. Aktiviste sê hommeltuie het plofstof afgegooi en kommunikasieversteuring veroorsaak in ‘n poging om Israel se seeblokkade te verbreek. Mandla Mandela, die kleinseun van Nelson Mandela, is onder die teenwoordiges. Die Spaanse eerste minister, Pedro […]
