# China het ‘n nuwe tarief van 125-persent op Amerikaanse invoere aangekondig. Dit stem ooreen met die patroon wat ontwikkel het in die handelsoorlog, met China wat met soortgelyke aanpassings reageer op Amerikaanse tariefverhogings. China se president, Xi Jinping, het die EU intussen versoek om by Beijing aan te sluit teen die Amerikaanse “boelies”, nadat […]
# A zoo in England has welcomed the birth of twins to a pair of critically endangered cotton-top tamarins. The babies, born on 3 April, are the third set of offspring for parents Gurt and Mico at Marwell Zoo near Winchester in Hampshire. The species is critically endangered mainly due to deforestation, habitat destruction and […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaans-gebaseerde ingenieurs- en mynboukontrakteur, Murray and Roberts, het bevestig sy wêreldwye mynbou-ondernemings is verkoop nadat krediteure sy sakereddingsplan goedgekeur het. Sleutelbates, insluitend Cementation en Terra Nova, sal verkoop word aan ‘n konsortium gelei deur Differential Capital. Die opbrengs sal sy versekerde skuld en afleggings betaal, hoewel onversekerde krediteure dalk slegs gedeeltelike uitbetalings sal […]
# Prince Harry met war victims in Ukraine yesterday when he visited a clinic which rehabilitates wounded military personnel and civilians. He was accompanied by a group from the Invictus Games Foundation, including four veterans who had been through similar rehabilitation. Lviv has frequently been targeted with Russian missiles and the visit was not announced […]
# China has announced a new 125-percent tariff on US imports. It’s in keeping with the pattern emerging in this trade war, where China has been matching the tariff increases set by the US. China’s President Xi Jinping called on the EU to join Beijing in opposing “bullying” from the US on tariffs, as China […]
# South African-based engineering and mining contractor Murray and Roberts has confirmed the sale of its global mining businesses following creditor approval of its business rescue plan. Key assets, including Cementation and Terra Nova, will be sold to a consortium led by Differential Capital. Proceeds will settle secured debts and retrenchments, though unsecured creditors may […]
# Die Dr Rajendra Prasad Nasionale Regsuniversiteit in Indië het ‘n ooreenkoms van verstandhouding met die Universiteit van Pretoria se Fakulteit Regsgeleerdheid onderteken vir samewerking om uitnemendheid, vernuwende navorsing en begrip vir ander kulture tussen die twee erkende instellings te bevorder. Die ooreenkoms skep ‘n raamwerk vir verskeie akademiese en kulturele bedrywighede, insluitend uitruilprogramme vir […]
# India’s Dr Rajendra Prasad National Law University has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Law. The partnership aims to promote legal excellence, research innovation, and cross-cultural understanding between the two globally recognised institutions. The MoU provides a framework for a variety of academic and cultural activities, including student […]
# Die Franse president, Emmanuel Macron, sê die gedeeltelike 90-dae-opskorting van Amerikaanse tariewe beteken onsekerheid vir Europese sakeondernemings wat steeds 25-persent moet betaal op staal, aluminium en motors. Finansiële markte kon Woensdag asemskep toe president Donald Trump besluit het om tariewe op tientalle lande tydelik op te hef sodat hulle kan onderhandel. Macron beskryf die […]