# UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the country’s latest growth figures show government has the right economic plan. The UK economy grew by 0.6-percent in the first quarter as production and construction held up well in the face of higher energy costs due to the war in Iran. Reeves says now is not the time […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se Kinderfonds, UNICEF, sê minstens 59 kinders is vermoedelik die afgelope week in Libanon dood of beseer. Die skietstilstand wat verlede maand aangekondig is, het nie daarin geslaag om die oorlog tussen Israel en Hizbollah te beëindig nie. Libanon se Openbare Gesondheidsnood-bedryfsentrum sê minstens 33 mense, insluitend vroue en kinders, is […]
# Soccer: Scientists say world governing body FIFA’s current heat safety measures for the World Cup in North America are inadequate and risk seriously harming players. A group of world-leading experts write in an open letter the guidelines are impossible to justify. They ask FIFA to introduce stronger protections such as longer cooling breaks and […]
# Growth in sub-Saharan Africa is still expected to reach 4.1-percent this year and 3.8-percent next year, according to an analysis by financial intelligence firm S&P Global Market Intelligence. Regional analysis head Thea Fourie says many sub-Saharan countries were less impacted by the fuel and other commodities price shocks than regions such as Europe or […]
# The United Nations’ Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says at least 59 children have reportedly been killed or injured in Lebanon in the past week. The ceasefire announced last month has failed to stop the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanon’s Public Health Emergency Operations Centre says at least 33 people, including women and children, were […]
# President Xi Jinping sê China en Amerika moet vennote eerder as teenstanders wees. Hy en president Donald Trump het vandag in Beijing bilaterale gesprekke gevoer oor ekonomiese voordele, die handhawing van ʼn brose handelsooreenkoms en om kwessies soos die Iran-oorlog en wapenverkope aan Taiwan te bespreek. Trump het beloof dat die verhouding tussen China […]
# President Xi Jinping says China and the US should be partners rather than opponents. He held bilateral talks with president Donald Trump in Beijing today, which aimed to secure economic wins, maintain a fragile trade truce and navigate issues including the Iran war and arms sales to Taiwan. Meanwhile, Trump vowed that the relationship […]
# Die Israeliese eerste minister Benjamin Netanyahu sê hy het die Verenigde Arabiese Emirate midde in die oorlog met Iran in die geheim besoek waar hy die president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan ontmoet het. Hy voer aan dit het gelei tot ‘n geskiedkundige deurbraak in die verhouding tussen die twee lande. Iran het in […]
# Amerika se visepresident JD Vance sê onderhandelaars maak vordering met vredesamesprekings met Iran. Dit ten spyte daarvan dat president Donald Trump Teheran se jongste voorstel om die oorlog te beëindig, verwerp en as onaanvaarbaar beskryf het. Iran en Amerika het hul eerste regstreekse samesprekings in Islamabad, Pakistan, gevoer kort nadat ʼn skietstilstand van twee […]
