# France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former head of an EU state to be jailed today, proclaiming his innocence as he entered a Paris prison. France’s right-wing leader from 2007 to 2012 was found guilty last month of seeking to acquire funding from Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya for the campaign that saw him elected. […]
# Die Liberaal Demokratiese Party se leier, Sanae Takaichi, is die eerste vrou wat as Japan se eerste minister gekies is. Die 64-jarige Takaichi, wat as Japan se “Ystervrou” bekendstaan, het 237 stemme uit 465 in die Parlement se laerhuis gekry. Dit volg nadat haar party ingestem het tot ʼn koalisie met die regse Japan […]
# Liberal Democratic Party leader, Sanae Takaichi, has made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister. The 64-year-old, who is known as Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’, won 237 votes in the 465-seat lower chamber of Parliament. The vote comes after her party agreed to a coalition with the right-wing Japan Innovation Party. A big fan […]
# President Donald Trump en die Australiese premier Anthony Albanese het ‘n kritieke mineraal-ooreenkoms onderteken. Dit is daarop gemik om China se pogings vir die verskerping van beheer oor sy wêreldwye voorraad, teen te werk. China beheer tans ongeveer 70-persent van die ontginning van seldsame aardmetale en 90-persent van die verwerking van die materiale. Die […]
# Die minister van Verdediging, John Healey, sê Brittanje is gereed om soldate in Oekraïne te ontplooi indien president Donald Trump van Amerika ʼn vredesooreenkoms met Rusland bereik. Trump en die Russiese president, Vladimir Putin, beplan om binne die volgende paar weke in Hongarye te ontmoet om ʼn einde te bring aan die vier jaar […]
# US president Donald Trump and Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese have signed a critical minerals agreement. This is aimed at countering China’s attempts to tighten control over its global supply. China currently controls about 70-percent of rare earths mining and 90-percent of the processing of the materials. The agreement comes a week after the […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika het Hamas gewaarsku hy sal vernietig word tensy hy die bepalings van die skietstilstandooreenkoms met Israel nakom. Dit volg nadat Israel Sondag ʼn reeks lugaanvalle in Gaza uitgevoer het nadat hy Hamas beskuldig het van ʼn aanval waarin twee Israelse soldate dood is. Minstens 44 mense in Gaza is […]
# Defence Secretary, John Healey, says Britian is ready to deploy troops to Ukraine if US president Donald Trump secures a peace deal with Russia. Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin are planning to meet in Hungary in the next few weeks, in an attempt to end the near-four-year full-scale war. Healey says the plan […]
# US president Donald Trump has warned Hamas it will be destroyed unless it sticks to the terms of the ceasefire agreement with Israel. This comes after Israel carried out a series of deadly airstrikes across Gaza on Sunday, after it accused the militant group of carrying out an attack that killed two IDF soldiers. […]
