# The Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa is gearing up to commemorate Heart Awareness Month in September, culminating on World Heart Day, 29 September, under the global theme Don’t Miss a Beat. According to the World Health Organisation, cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally, accounting for approximately 32-percent of all deaths. Notably, […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, vra ʼn onmiddellike en onpartydige ondersoek na dodelike Israelse aanvalle op die Nasser-hospitaal in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Minstens 20 mense, insluitend vyf joernaliste, is volgens berigte in die aanvalle dood. Die joernaliste het vir Reuters, Associated Press, Al Jazeera en die Middle East Eye gewerk. Guterres se […]
# The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, has called for a prompt and impartial investigation into the deadly Israeli airstrikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The airstrikes killed at least 20 people, including five journalists. The journalists had worked with Reuters, Associated Press, Al Jazeera and the Middle East Eye. Guterres’ spokesperson, […]
# China het sy gebruik van steenkoolenergie in die eerste helfte van hierdie jaar die meeste nog uitgebrei in die afgelope nege jaar. Dit is volgens ‘n verslag deur die Sentrum vir Navorsing oor Energie en Skoon Lug. China het 21-gigawatt se steenkoolkrag in die eerste ses maande van die jaar by sy netwerk ingesluit. […]
# China has expanded its use of coal energy more in the first half of this year than at any time in the past nine years. This is according to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. China put 21-gigawatts of coal power online in the first six months of […]
# Die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump sê hy wil die Noord-Koreaanse leier Kim Jong-un ontmoet, moontlik vanjaar nog. Sedert Trump se inhuldiging in Januarie het Kim die Amerikaanse president se herhaalde oproepe geïgnoreer vir die herlewing van direkte diplomasie wat hy tydens sy 2017-2021-termyn in die amp nagestreef het. Dit het egter geen ooreenkoms opgelewer […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, het sy hartseer uitgespreek na die dood van Suid-Afrika se hoë kommissaris in Kenia, Mninwa Mahlangu. Hy is Sondag na ʼn kort siekbed in die hospitaal oorlede. Mahlangu was ook geakkrediteer as Pretoria se ambassadeur in Somalië en permanente verteenwoordiger by die Verenigde Nasies se […]
# Israel se eerste minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sê hy het berou oor die tragiese voorval by die Nasser-hospitaal in Gaza. Minstens 20 mense, insluitend vyf internasionaloe joernaliste, is dood in ʼn Israelse bomaanval. Die jongste sterftes bring die aantal joernaliste wat sedert die begin van die oorlog in Oktober 2023 in Gaza dood is, op […]
# US president Donald Trump says he wants to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, possibly this year. Since Trump’s January inauguration, Kim has ignored the US president’s repeated calls to revive the direct diplomacy he pursued during his 2017-2021 term in office, which produced no deal to halt North Korea’s nuclear programme. Trump, who […]
