# Die meeste aandelemarkte het vandag versterk nadat die Withuis bevestig het die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, gaan volgende week met sy Chinese ampsgenoot, Xi Jinping, vergader – ‘n aanduiding dat handelspanning kan afneem. Oliepryse het die afgelope twee dae gestyg nadat Washington sanksies teen twee Russiese ru-oliereuse ingestel het in ‘n poging om die […]
# ‘n Durbanse fotograaf Chris Clark het wêreldwye aandag getrek na sy foto van twee seilbote wat reusegolwe trotseer, as een van die top 120 finaliste in die gesogte Pantaenius-Seiljagwedvaart fotokompetisie gekies is. Clark, ‘n inwoner van Hillcrest en lid van die Hillcrest-kameraklub, het die foto tydens die Marriott Mirror Worlds-regatta in April geneem. Hy […]
# Most stock markets rallied today after the White House confirmed President Donald Trump would meet China’s Xi Jinping next week, stoking optimism for a cooling of trade tensions. The gains came as oil prices surged over the previous two days on news that Washington had imposed sanctions on two Russian crude giants in a […]
# Vier olifante is opgemerk naby Zutshwa in die Kgalagadi-streek in Botswana, net 70-kilometer vanaf die Kgalagadi-oorgrenspark op die grens met die Noord-Kaap. Dis die naaste waarneming aan die park in byna ʼn dekade. JP Smith van SANParke sê Botswana se Departement van Natuurlewe en Nasionale Parke het die waarneming bevestig, wat ʼn verskuiwing in […]
# Durban photographer Chris Clark has captured global attention after his image of two mirror dinghies battling giant swells was selected among the top 120 finalists in the prestigious Pantaenius Yacht Racing Images competition. A Hillcrest local and member of the Hillcrest Camera Club, Clark took the shot during the Marriott Mirror Worlds regatta in […]
# Four elephants have been spotted near Zutshwa in Botswana’s Kgalagadi region, just 70 kilometres from the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park on the border of the Northern Cape, marking the closest approach in nearly a decade. SANParks’ JP Smith says this sighting has been confirmed by Botswana’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks. Smith says this […]
# Amerika se aangewese ambassadeur na Suid-Afrika, Leo Brent Bozell, sê een van sy vernaamste take sal wees om besware oor te dra oor Suid-Afrika se geo-strategiese wegbeweeg van onverbondenheid na Amerika se mededingers soos Rusland, China en Iran. Hy het behoorlik onder skoot gekom tydens sy bevestigingsverhoor voor die Senaat se komitee vir Buitelandse […]
# US Ambassador-Designate to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell, says one of his priorities will be to communicate objections to South Africa’s geostrategic drift from non-alignment towards America’s competitors, including Russia, China and Iran. He faced a grilling from senators during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday. Bozell says he will […]
# Die Africa CSO G20-netwerk vir klimaat, energie en volhoubare finansiering eis dringende optrede na die bekendmaking van die tweede Global Tipping Points-verslag. Daarvolgens het die wêreld reeds die eerste groot klimaat-keerpunt verbygesteek met die wydverspreide agteruitgang van warmwater-koraalriwwe. Die ACG20 sê drie onmiddellike, nie-onderhandelbare stappe is nodig: sterker bekampingspogings, ʼn reuse-styging in die finansiering […]
