# Mexican senators came to blows after a heated debate over alleged opposition calls for the United States to intervene militarily against drug cartels. Leader of the opposition PRI party, Alejandro Moreno, went to the podium and angrily confronted Senate president Gerardo Fernandez Norona, of the ruling Morena party, for not being given the floor. […]
# Coaltech South Africa CEO Avhurengwi Nengovhela says Africa should harness its coal resources instead of relying on Western loans to tackle the energy crisis. Making his case for coal in the Just Energy Transition debate at the Continental Energy and Infrastructure Forum at Sun City, North West, Nengovhela argued that Africa has abundant coal […]
# Die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging het die Europese Unie versoek om sy beplande instelling van ‘n omvattende heffing op koolstof-intensiewe invoerprodukte te heroorweeg. Die EU se koolstof-aanpassingsmeganisme is ontwerp om vrystellings te verminder en seker te maak dieselfde bykomende belasting word op invoere gehef as op plaaslik-vervaardigde produkte wat baie koolstof vrystel. […]
# The Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition has submitted to the European Union, urging it to reconsider its planned implementation of an expanded levy on carbon-intensive imports. The EU’s carbon-border adjustment mechanism is designed to reduce emissions by ensuring imports are subject to the same surcharges as domestically produced goods that use carbon-intensive methods. The department […]
# Die FBI sê gister se noodlottige skietery by die Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis word as ‘n haatmisdaad teen Katolieke ondersoek. Twee kinders van agt en tien is dood en 17 mense gewond toe ‘n aanvaller tydens die mis losgebrand het. Die verdagte, geïdentifiseer as Robin Westman, is op die toneel dood nadat hy […]
# Die gevierde Suid-Afrikaanse akteur, regisseur en draaiboekskrywer, John Kani, is nou ʼn lid van die toonaangewende Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences se stemliggaam. Hierdie eksklusiewe groep kies elke jaar die Oscar-wenners. Kani en die fliekvervaardiger Anant Singh is die enigste Suid-Afrikaners wat tans lede van dié elitegroep is. Kani, wat wêreldwyd bekend […]
# The FBI says yesterday’s deadly shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis is being investigated as an anti-Catholic hate crime. Two children, aged eight and ten, were killed, and 17 other people were injured when a suspect opened fire during Mass. The suspect, who has been identified as Robin Westman, died at the […]
# Celebrated South African actor, director, and playwright John Kani is now a member of the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ voting body. This exclusive group is responsible for selecting Oscar winners each year. Kani joins film producer Anant Singh as the only South African currently in the academy’s elite voting membership. Kani, […]
# Noord-Korea se leier, Kim Jong Un, gaan volgende Woensdag ʼn militêre parade in Beijing, China, bywoon. Dit sal sy eerste besoek sedert 2019 aan China wees. Die sogenaamde “Victory Day“-parade is deel van China se vieringe vir die 80ste herdenking van die einde van die Tweede Wêreldoorlog. Altesaam 26 buitelandse leiers, onder andere Rusland se […]
