# Cricket: Former England fast bowler James Anderson has been awarded a knighthood in ex-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list. Anderson retired from Test cricket in July 2024 having taken 704 wickets, the most by a fast bowler in the history of the five-day format. The 42-year-old is still playing for Lancashire but has […]
# Die president van die Rooikruis-komitee, Mirjana Spoljaric, het die situasie in Gaza as “hel op aarde” beskryf en waarsku hulle veldhospitaal sal binne twee weke geen voorrade hê nie. Sy sê in baie dele het mense nie toegang tot water, elektrisiteit en kos nie. Geen nuwe humanitêre hulp kon die Palestynse gebied binnegaan sedert […]
# The president of the Red Cross Committee, Mirjana Spoljaric, described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as ‘hell on earth’ and warned that its field hospital will run out of supplies within two weeks. She told Reuters in Geneva that in many parts people do not have access to water, electricity or food. No new humanitarian […]
# Cosatu sê hy het by miljoene werkers en mense reg oor die wêreld aangesluit om vir ‘n demokratiese bestel in Eswatini te vra. Dis vandag die 52ste herdenking van die 1973-dekreet wat politieke partye verban en amptelik alle politieke aktiwiteit in die land verbied. Cosatu-woordvoerder Zanele Sabela sê die vakverbond herdenk 12 April as […]
# Cosatu says it joins millions of workers and people all over the world in calling for democracy in Eswatini. This in particularly on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the 1973 Kings decree which criminalised all forms of political activity and officially banned political parties in the country. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela says […]
# US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg yesterday about the search for a peace deal on Ukraine as Trump told Russia to ‘get moving’. Putin was shown on state television greeting Witkoff in St. Petersburg’s presidential library at the start of the negotiations. State […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika se spesiale gesant, Steve Witkoff, het gister met president Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg vergader om ʼn vredesooreenkoms te bespreek. Dit volg terwyl Trump sê Rusland moet begin werk om die oorlog te beëindig. Putin is op staatstelevisie gesien waar hy Witkoff in St. Petersburg se presidensiële biblioteek ontmoet […]
# Amerikaanse verbruikersentiment het in April skerp gedaal terwyl inflasieverwagting tot sy hoogste vlak sedert 1981 geklim het. Dit kom te midde van ʼn eskalerende handelsoorlog en vrese oor ʼn resessie. Volgens die Universiteit van Michigan se Verbruikersopname het vertroue tot die laagste in drie jaar gedaal en kom voor onder mense van alle ouderdomme, […]
# USA consumer sentiment deteriorated sharply in April and 12-month inflation expectations surged to its highest level since 1981. This comes amid unease over an escalating trade war, and fears of a recession. The University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers said the slump in sentiment to the lowest level in nearly three years was all […]
