# Die Europese Kommissie sê hy wil hê die Wêreld-plastiekverdrag moet die hele lewensiklus van plastiek dek – van vervaardiging tot die vullishouer. Afgevaardigdes van meer as 100 lande vergader hierdie week in Genève, Switserland, om te beraadslaag oor ʼn wetlik bindende verdrag om plastiekbesoedeling te bekamp. Wêreldwyd word 400-miljoen ton plastiek jaarliks vervaardig, maar […]
# The European Commission says it wants the Global Plastics Treaty to cover the entire lifecycle of plastic, from production to disposal. Delegates from over 100 countries are in Geneva, Switzerland, this week negotiating on a legally binding treaty to curb plastic pollution. Global plastic production has reached 400-million tons per year; however, only nine-percent […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se Menseregtekantoor sê die M23-rebelle se aanvalle op burgerlikes in die ooste van die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo gaan voort al is ʼn skietstilstand in Junie onderteken. M23-soldate en lede van die Rwandese Weermag het tussen 9 en 21 Julie minstens 319 burgerlikes in die Noord-Kivu-provinsie vermoor. Die VN se hoëkommissaris […]
# The United Nations Human Rights Office says attacks on civilians by the M23 are continuing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite a ceasefire signed in June. At least 319 civilians were killed by M23 fighters, aided by members of the Rwanda Defence Force, between 9 and 21 July in North Kivu province. UN […]
# ʼn Amerikaanse weermagsersant op aktiewe diens is gearresteer nadat hy by die Fort Stewart militêre basis in Georgia losgebrand en vyf van sy medesoldate gewond het. Amptenare sê die verdagte, die 28-jarige sersant Quornelius Samentrio Radford, het met sy persoonlike handwapen op die soldate geskiet. Brigadier-generaal John Lubas sê die ondersoek duur voort en […]
# An active-duty US Army sergeant has been arrested after he opened fire at the Fort Stewart military base in Georgia, wounding five of his fellow soldiers. Officials say the suspect, identified as 28-year-old Sergeant Quornelius Samentrio Radford, opened fire with his personal handgun and was targeting his fellow troops. Brigadier General John Lubas says this […]
# Die parlementêre komitee oor Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging sê hy is weens die sterk handels- en beleggingsverhouding tussen Suid-Afrika en Amerika, bekommerd oor die uitwerking van die 30-persent Amerikaanse tariewe. Sowat agt-persent van Suid-Afrikaanse goedere wat in 2024 wêreldwyd uitgevoer is, was na Amerika. Die komitee sê hy is bekommerd oor die uitwerking van […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika sê daar is ʼn goeie vooruitsig dat hy reeds teen volgende week persoonlik met president Vladimir Putin van Rusland sal vergader. Dit volg na ʼn ontmoeting gister in Moskou tussen Putin en die Amerikaanse gesant, Steve Witkoff. Trump waarsku dat Rusland streng sanksies, of sekondêre sanksies teen diegene wat […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Trade, Industry and Competition says, due to the significant trade and investment relationship between South Africa and the US, it is concerned about the impact of the 30-percent tariff hikes. Exports to America accounted for approximately eight-percent of South Africa’s total global exports of goods in 2024. The committee says it […]
