# A top aide to US president Donald Trump has accused India of financing Russia’s war in Ukraine by buying oil from Moscow. This comes just days after the Trump administration imposed a 25-percent tariff on Indian exports to America. The White House is also threatening more action if India continues Russian oil purchases. White […]
# Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps, starring Pedro Pascal as scientific genius Reed Richards, who leads a space expedition with his wife, stayed atop the North American box office chart in its second weekend. Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s new family pic The Bad Guys 2 came in second, with Paramount’s The Naked Gun starring Liam Neeson opposite […]
# Verenigde Nasies se konferensie oor handel en ontwikkeling sê hoewel plastiek regstreeks verbind word met besoedeling, verlies aan bioverskeidenheid en klimaatsverandering, is daar steeds geen omvattende internasionale verdrag om die samestelling, vervaardiging, handel en wegdoening te bestuur nie. Die jongste Wêreldhandel-bywerking toon plastiekvervaardiging het in 2023 wêreldwyd 436-miljoen metrieke ton bereik. Altesaam 75-persent van […]
# Die Algemene Nywerheidswerkersvakbond van Suid-Afrika eis ‘n strydlustige strategie van die regering se kant oor die Amerikaanse tariewe op Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere, nie ‘n kapitalistiese oorgawe nie. Die regering het misluk om ‘n handelsooreenkoms met Amerika voor die 1 Augustus spertyd te sluit, met ‘n 30-persent tarief wat op SA uitvoere na sy tweede grootste […]
# Die Israelse premier Benjamin Netanyahu het ‘n beroep op die Internasionale Komitee van die Rooi Kruis gedoen om voedsel en mediese sorg na gyselaars wat in Gaza aangehou word, te bring. Dit volg nadat Hamas en die Palestynse Islamitiese Jihad video’s vrygestel het wat die gevangenes Rom Braslavski en Evyatar David in ‘n sigbaar […]
# The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development says that although plastics are directly linked to pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change, there is still no comprehensive international treaty governing their composition, production, trade, and disposal. The latest Global Trade Update shows that plastic production reached 436-million metric tons worldwide in 2023. A total of […]
# Agt-en-sestig Ethiopiese migrante is dood en 74 word vermis nadat ʼn boot gister aan die kus van Jemen gesink het. Volgens die Internasionale Organisasie vir Migrasie was 154 migrante aan boord. Hiervan het 54 liggame in die Khanfar-distrik uitgespoel terwyl 14 ander dood gevind en na ʼn lykshuis geneem is. Slegs 12 het die […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross to bring food and medical care to hostages held in Gaza. This comes after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad released videos showing captives Rom Braslavski and Evyatar David in a visibly fragile state. Hamas says it is prepared to deal positively with any […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says it is demanding a fighting strategy from government over the US tariffs on South African exports, not capitalist surrender. Government failed to negotiate a trade deal with America before the August 1st deadline, with the country now hit by a 30-percent tariff on exports to […]
