# Switserland se president, Karin Keller-Sutter, is onderweg na Washington om die nuwe tariewe te probeer verhoed wat die land onkant gevang het. Switserland is met 39-persent gestraf, een van die swaarste onder die talle ekonomieë wat getref sal word deur nuwe tariewe wat na verwagting Donderdag in werking tree. Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, […]
# Israel se eerste minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sê die weermag moet die nederlaag van Hamas in Gaza “voltooi” om die gyselaars vry te laat, voor ‘n verwagte vergadering met veiligheidshoofde oor ‘n opgedateerde oorlogsplan. Hy sê dit is nodig om te verseker dat Gaza nie meer ‘n bedreiging vir Israel sal inhou nie. Israeliese media […]
# Business Leadership South Africa vra dat die Nasionale Tesourie ingesluit moet word in gekoördineerde optrede teen die groeiende handelskrisis. Uitvoerende hoof Busisiwe Mavuso sê in haar weeklikse nuusbrief dringende optrede word benodig om sake-ondernemings te steun wat getref is deur die Amerikaanse handelstariewe van 30-persent – veral in die Oos- en die Wes-Kaap se […]
# Rusland het Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump se dreigemente gekritiseer, om Indië se tariewe te verhoog oor sy aankope van Russiese olie. Die aankope is ‘n belangrike bron van inkomste om Rusland se militêre aanslae op Oekraïne te befonds. Trump het Moskou tot Vrydag gegee om te vorder met vredesonderhandelinge met Kyiv of om nuwe […]
# Open Doors Southern Africa het ‘n wrede aanval op ‘n Katolieke Kerk in die ooste van die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo veroordeel. Ten minste 49 mense, insluitende nege kinders, is vermoor. Gewapende mans, vermoedelik gekoppel aan die ISIS-ondersteunde Allied Democratic Forces-groep, het aanbidders gedurende ‘n nagwaak in die Ituri-provinsie met kapmesse aangeval en hulle […]
# Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the army must “complete” the defeat of Hamas in Gaza to secure the release of hostages, ahead of an expected meeting with security chiefs on an updated war plan. He says this is necessary to ensure that Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel. Israeli […]
# Business Leadership South Africa has called for the National Treasury to be included in a coordinated response to the growing trade crisis. In her weekly newsletter, CEO Busisiwe Mavuso said urgent action is needed to support businesses hit by the 30-percent US tariffs, particularly in the Eastern and Western Cape’s manufacturing and farming sectors. […]
# Open Doors Southern Africa has condemned the brutal attack on a Catholic church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where at least 49 people, including nine children, were killed. Armed men believed to be linked to the ISIS-backed Allied Democratic Forces group attacked worshippers during a night vigil on 27 July in Ituri province, […]
# Switzerland’s president Karin Keller-Sutter is on her way to Washington in a last-minute push to stop steep new tariffs that have blindsided the Alpine country. Switzerland faces a 39-percent duty, one of the highest among the dozens of economies that will be hit by new tariffs expected to come into force from Thursday. US […]
