# Die Oekraïnse ambassade in Suid-Afrika sê hy ondersoek berigte dat 17 Suid-Afrikaanse mans in Oekraïne se Donbas-streek vasgekeer is. Die mans van tussen 20 en 39 jaar oud is glo met lonende kontrakte gelok om by huursoldaatmagte in die Oekraïne/Rusland-konflik aan te sluit. Oekraïne se ambassadeur in Suid-Afrika, Olexander Scherba, het aan die SABC […]
# ʼn Amerikaanse federale regter in Rhode Island het president Donald Trump se administrasie beveel om teen vandag geld te vind om die Aanvullende Voedingshulpprogram, ook bekend as SNAP, vir November te befonds. Dit volg nadat die Departement van Landbou die ongewone stap gedoen het om voordele vir hierdie maand op te skort en aanvoer […]
# Delta, Southwest, and United Airlines are among the airlines that have pre-emptively cancelled some flights in the US for today in compliance with the Federal Aviation Administration’s directive. The FAA has ordered a four-percent reduction in flight operations at 40 major airports from today, as a result of the government shutdown, which has resulted […]
# Former teacher and alleged paedophile, Iain Wares, will return to the stand in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town today for cross-examination. This is for the ongoing criminal case concerning the sexual abuse of a pupil at Rondebosch Preparatory School in the 1980s. The 86-year-old is also facing a UK extradition process in […]
# The Ukrainian Embassy in South Africa says it is looking at reports that 17 South African men are trapped in Ukraine’s war-torn Donbas region. The men, aged between 20 and 39-years-old, were apparently lured to join mercenary forces involved in the Russia-Ukraine war under the pretext of lucrative employment contracts. Ukraine’s Ambassador to South […]
# Nancy Pelosi, die eerste en enigste vrou wat as speaker van die Amerikaanse Huis van Verteenwoordigers gekies is, sê sy gaan nie ná die verstryking van haar termyn in Januarie 2027 weer verkiesbaar wees nie. Dit sal die dekades lange loopbaan van dié Kaliforniese Demokraat, wat een van die invloedrykste figure in Amerikaanse politiek […]
# A US federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered president Donald Trump’s administration to find the money by today to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme, also known as food stamps, for November. This comes after the Department of Agriculture took the unprecedented step of halting benefits for this month, saying the programme […]
# Nancy Pelosi, the first and only elected female speaker of the US House of Representatives, says she will not be seeking re-election to Congress at the end of her term in January 2027. This will draw to a close a decades-long career that saw the California Democrat become one of the most powerful figures in […]
# ‘n Sekerheidsoudit is ‘n dekade gelede by die Louvre-museum in Frankryk begin, maar die opgraderings sal eers in 2032 voltooi wees. Die staatsouditeur sê in ‘n verslag, wat voor die waaghalsige rooftog verlede maand saamgestel is, slegs 39-persent van die museum se lokale het teen 2024 kameras gehad. Die rooftog waartydens vier rowers helder […]
