# Soccer: Madonna, Shakira and K-pop boy band BTS will headline the Super Bowl-style half-time show at this year’s World Cup final in New Jersey in the US on 19 July. Colombian pop star Shakira is releasing her official World Cup song today. Sixty-seven-year-old Madonna will release her 15th album in July. BTS, the best-selling […]
# Russia carried out its largest aerial attack since the start of its war in Ukraine, pounding the capital of Kyiv and other cities with hundreds of drones. Ukrainian officials say Moscow had launched over one-thousand-560 drones since yesterday, with at least 11 people killed. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says it was definitely not the actions […]
# China se president, Xi Jinping, het aan die begin van ‘n tweedaagse beraad aan sy Amerikaanse ampsgenoot, Donald Trump, gesê handelsgesprekke vorder. Hy waarsku egter meningsverskille oor Taiwan kan betrekkinge benadeel en selfs konflik veroorsaak. Xi het die opmerkings oor die demokraties-bestuurde eiland wat deur Beijing opgeëis word, geopper tydens ‘n geslote vergadering van […]
# Chinese president Xi Jinping told his US counterpart, Donald Trump, at the start of a two-day summit that trade talks were making progress. However, he cautioned disagreement over Taiwan could harm relations and even lead to conflict. Xi’s remarks on the democratically governed island claimed by Beijing, came in a closed-door meeting of the […]
# Afrika-toerismeleiers beklemtoon handel binne Afrika en verslapte reisbeperkings sal sterker streeksamewerking bevorder, toerisme ‘n hupstoot gee en werksgeleenthede oral in die vasteland skep. Die voorstel is gedoen op die Afrika-reis-indaba in Durban. Verteenwoordigers van Eswatini en Lesotho vra makliker beweging tussen Afrikalande, terwyl hulle die belangrikheid van geldige dokumentasie vir reisigers beklemtoon. Besprekings het […]
# Die Britse minister van Finansies, Rachel Reeves, sê die land se jongste groeisyfers toon die regering het die regte ekonomiese plan. Die ekonomie het in die eerste kwartaal met 0,6-persent gegroei toe produksie en die boubedryf goed presteer het ondanks hoër energiekoste weens die Iranse konflik. Reeves sê ekonomiese bestendigheid moenie nou in gevaar […]
# ‘n Ontleding deur die finansiële inligtingsfirma S&P Global Market Intelligence toon groei in Afrika suid van die Sahara sal vanjaar na verwagting steeds 4,1-persent bereik en volgende jaar 3,8-persent. Die hoof van streeksontleding, Thea Fourie, sê baie lande in die streek is minder geraak deur prysskokke soos dié van brandstof en ander gebruiksgoedere vergeleke […]
# African tourism leaders have emphasised that intra-African trade and relaxed travel restrictions will build stronger regional cooperation, boost tourism and create jobs across the continent. The proposal made at the 2026 Africa’s Travel Indaba in Durban, saw representatives from Eswatini and Lesotho calling for easier movement between African countries, while stressing the importance of […]
# Sokker: Wetenskaplikes sê die wêreldbeheerliggaam FIFA se huidige hitte-veiligheidsmaatreëls vir die Wêreldbeker-toernooi in Noord-Amerika is onvoldoende en kan spelers ernstig benadeel. ‘n Groep van die wêreld se voorste kenners skryf in ‘n ope brief die bestaande riglyne is onmoontlik om te regverdig. Hulle vra FIFA om sterker beskermings in te stel, soos langer afkoelingspouses […]
