# Nepal beplan om die watervlakke van vier hoëvlak gletsermere te verlaag ná ‘n onlangse ramp waarin meer as een-duisend-400 mense dood is en meer as vyf-duisend steeds vermis word. Die mere Thulagi, Lower Barun, Lumding Tsho en Hongu Two word as van Nepal se gevaarlikste beskou. Die projek van 50-miljoen-dollar sal van beheerde dreinering […]
# Nepal is planning to lower the water levels of four high-altitude glacial lakes after a recent disaster that killed more than one-thousand-400 people and left more than five-thousand missing. Lakes Thulagi, Lower Barun, Lumding Tsho and Hongu Two are considered among Nepal’s most dangerous. The 50-million-dollar project will use controlled drainage to reduce the […]
# Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Co-operation says it will invite DIRCO to explain the circumstances surrounding the third demarche against US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell in nine months. Committee chairperson Mosa Chabane says South Africa’s sovereignty must be respected. The committee notes that diplomats are required to respect the laws of their […]
# Volgens die Europese Unie se Copernicus-klimaatdiens het meer as die helfte van Europa gedurende die somer baie sterk hittestres ervaar. Die rekord-syfer van 52-persent beteken dat mense oor meer as die helfte van die vasteland toestande ervaar het wat soos 38-grade Celsius gevoel het. Wes-Europa het sy warmste somer ooit beleef, met baie sterk […]
# More than half of Europe experienced very strong heat stress during the summer, according to the European Union’s Copernicus climate service. The record 52-percent figure means people across more than half the continent experienced conditions that felt like at least 38 degrees Celsius. Western Europe had its hottest summer on record, with very strong […]
# Vrag is besig om by Pakistan se hoofhawe in Karachi op te hoop terwyl vragmotorbestuurders weier om noord te ry uit vrees dat hul voertuie en houers gekonfiskeer sal word vir versperrings rondom Islamabad. Die polisie het in September meer as tweeduisend voertuie gekonfiskeer, waarvan baie steeds vrag vervoer. Die ontwrigting kom voor ‘n […]
# Die Amerikaanse Departement van Verdediging oorweeg dit om sy gebruik van outonome toesigbote langs die Rio Grande en in die Golf van Mexiko uit te brei. Die sonkragaangedrewe vaartuie, wat ongeveer so groot soos kano’s is, word sedert Januarie gebruik om onwettige migrante en dwelmhandelaars op te spoor. Die huidige vloot bestaan uit 10 […]
# The U.S. Department of Defense is considering expanding its use of autonomous surveillance boats along the Rio Grande and in the Gulf of Mexico. The solar-powered, canoe-sized vessels have been used since January to detect and deter migrant crossings and drug trafficking. The current fleet has 10 boats, but officials want to add as […]
# Japan se eerste sittende burgemeester wat kraamverlof geneem het, is op TIME se TIME100 Next-lys van opkomende wêreldleiers aangewys. Die 36-jarige burgemeester van Yawata, Shoko Kawata, het in 2023 die jongste vroue-burgemeester in Japan geword. Sy het in Julie kraamverlof geneem en verlede maand geboorte geskenk aan haar eersteling-dogter. Kawata het haar pligte vir […]
