# North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he has “fond memories” of US President Donald Trump and is open to future talks with the United States, if he can keep his nuclear arsenal. Kim met Trump three times for high-profile summits during Trump’s first term, before talks collapsed in Hanoi in 2019 over what […]
# An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon has killed five people including three children. According to the country’s health ministry four of those killed, including the children and their father, held US citizenship. Two others were wounded, including the children’s mother. The Israeli military in a statement said it was targeting a Hezbollah terrorist […]
# Die Hongkongse lugredery, Cathay Pacific, sê hy verwag om meer as 500 vlugte te kanselleer wanneer die Supertifoon Ragasa na verwagting die Chinese finansiële spilpunt tref. Passasiersvlugte wat by en vanaf Hongkong Internasionale Lughawe aankom, sal môre gehok word en vlugte weer teen Donderdag hervat word. Ragasa kruis die seestraat van Luzon tussen suidelike […]
# Die Franse mediareus, Canal Plus (uitspraak: Canal Ploes) sê hy het effektief beheer oorgeneem van die Suid-Afrikaanse televisie- en stroomdiensmaatskappy, MultiChoice, wat ‘n groep skep wat in amper 70 lande in Afrika, Europa en Asië verteenwoordig word. Die maatskappye het in ‘n gesamentlike verklaring gesê die gekombineerde groep het ‘n werksmag van 17-duisend werknemers […]
# Eskom says it is planning to return a total of three-thousand-603-megawatts of generation capacity to service ahead of this evening peak, and throughout the week. This is in a bid to further strengthen the country’s electricity grid stability. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says year-to-date, planned maintenance has averaged five-thousand- 240-megawatts, accounting for 11.17-percent of total generation capacity:
# A new study warns that African cities are not doing enough to adapt to climate change, with Durban and Harare highlighted as key lessons. Rising temperatures, declining rainfall, prolonged droughts, and severe flooding threaten vulnerable communities. Researchers caution that small fixes like drainage upgrades fail to address deep inequalities. Experts call for transformative adaptation […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika staan by sy oproep vir die hervorming van die Verenigde Nasies se Veiligheidsraad en globale realiteite moet beter weerspieël word. Die president is hierdie week by die 80ste sitting van die Verenigde Nasies se Algemene Vergadering in New York. Ramaphosa het in sy weeklikse nuusbrief gesê die huidige samestelling […]
# Duitsland het bevestig dat hy nie ʼn Palestynse staat sal erken tot die Israeli’s en Palestyne oor ʼn tweestaat-oplossing onderhandel het nie. Dit kom in aanloop tot die Verenigde Nasies se algemene vergadering waar Frankryk na verwagting die jongste land sal word wat ʼn Palestynse staat erken, nadat Australië, Brittanje, Kanada en Portugal dit […]
# China’s top internet regulator announced a sweeping two-month crackdown on social media, vowing to combat content containing “malicious incitement of conflict” and “negative outlooks on life such as world-weariness”. Beijing requires social media companies to moderate content on their platforms, with posts strictly controlled to avoid anything deemed to be too subversive, vulgar, pornographic […]
