# Russia has criticised US President Donald Trump’s threat to raise tariffs on India over its purchases of Russian oil, a key source of revenue for Moscow’s military offensive on Ukraine. Trump has given Moscow until Friday to make progress on a peace deal with Kyiv or face new economic sanctions that could include punishments […]
# Professor Richard Thompson van die Plymouth Universiteit sê ‘n ambisieuse verdrag om plastiek besoedeling te beveg kan ‘n reuse-verskil maak vir die planeet en toekomstige geslagte. Meer as 170 lande vergader hierdie week in Genève, Switzerland, om ‘n internasionale, regs-bindende verdrag oor plastiek besoedeling te ontwikkel, wat ook die mariene-omgewing insluit. Wêreldwyd word slegs […]
# Plymouth University’s professor Richard Thompson says an ambitious plastic pollution treaty will be a game-changer for the planet and future generations. Over 170 countries are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, this week to develop an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. Globally, only nine-percent of plastic produced is recycled. Thompson […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, beskryf die situasie in Soedan as ‘n grootskaalse katastrofe en ontsaglik wreed. Die aanhoudende stryd tussen die Soedanese Gewapende Magte en die para-militêre Rapid Support Forces het die land dieper in onrus gedompel. Meer as 12,4-miljoen mense in die land is ontheem. Guterres se woordvoerder, Farhan Haq, […]
# United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has described the situation in Sudan as a catastrophe of staggering scale and brutality. The ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has plunged the country deeper into turmoil. More than 12.4-million people have been displaced across Sudan. Guterres’ deputy spokesperson, Farhan […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap het die een-duisend-276 marimba-spelers gelukgewens wat gehelp het om die Guinness-wêreldrekord vir die grootste marimba-samespel by die Grand West Arena in Kaapstad te verbeter. Die samespel het talentvolle musikante tussen agt- en 62-jaar byeengebring uit meer as 70 skole in Suid-Afrika en twee van Zimbabwe. Thomas Walters van die […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has congratulated the one-thousand-276 marimba players, who helped break the Guinness World Record for the largest marimba ensemble at the Grand West Arena in Cape Town. The ensemble brought together talented musicians aged between eight and 62. The children represented over 70 schools from South Africa and two from Zimbabwe. The […]
# Die kunsversameling van een van Europa se belangrikste versamelaars, Pauline Karpidas, word volgende maand opgeveil. Die versameling, Pauline Karpidas: The London Collection, word beskou as die waardevolste privaat versameling ooit in Europa en bevat kunswerke en meubels uit die 20ste eeu. ʼn Hoogtepunt uit die meer as 200 kunswerke en ontwerperstukke, is René Magritte […]
# Die Openbare Beskermer se kantoor sê hy het geen rekord van ʼn klagte deur die Zimbabwiese Menseregtekommissie oor die weiering van mediese sorg aan Zimbabwiese burgers in Suid-Afrika nie. Die kommissie beweer hy het amptelik met die Openbare Beskermer, Kholeka Gcaleka, se kantoor geskakel oor berigte dat Zimbabwiërs by Suid-Afrikaanse hospitale weggewys word. ʼn […]
