# Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the bodies of two Israeli-Americans killed in Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack and held in Gaza, had been returned to Israel. He identified them as Judy Weinstein Haggai and Gad Haggai. A joint statement from the army and the Shin Bet security agency said that the bodies […]
# The likes of Elton John, EMPIRE founder and CEO, Ghazi Shami, and afrobeats superstar, Tems, were recognised at Billboard’s inaugural Global Power Players event in London. The event celebrated music industry leaders from across the world. John collected the Creators’ Champion Award, in recognition for standing up for the creative industry, and calling for fair […]
# Die skrywer Bernardine Evaristo het The Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution-toekenning gekry. Dis ʼn eenmalige letterkunde-toekenning om die 30ste jaar van die Women’s Prize vir fiksie te vier. Die toekenning vereer haar loopbaan se werk wat haar roman en Booker-pryswenner, Girl, Woman, Other, en Mr. Loverman insluit wat onlangs as ʼn reeks aangepas is en […]
# Author Bernardine Evaristo has been awarded The Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award, a one-off literary honour to mark the 30th anniversary year of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. The accolade is in honour of her career’s work, which includes her Booker-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other, and Mr. Loverman, which was recently adapted as a […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se Veiligheidsraad kon nie ʼn resolusie aanvaar vir ʼn onmiddellike en permanente skietstilstand in Gaza nie, omdat Amerika dit geveto het. Die resolusie eis ook die vrylating van alle gyselaars wat Hamas aanhou, en die veilige en ongehinderde verspreiding van humanitêre hulp aan Gaza. Die waarnemende Amerikaanse ambassadeur by die VN, […]
# Die selfverklaarde profeet, Shepherd Bushiri en sy vrou, Mary Bushiri, het ʼn hersieningsaansoek by die Malawiese Hooggeregshof ingedien om die uitspraak oor hul uitlewering aan Suid-Afrika te verwerp. Die egpaar het in 2020 na Malawi gevlug nadat hulle hul borgtogvoorwaardes oortree het, wat tot Suid-Afrika se uitleweringsversoek gelei het. Hulle staar talle aanklagte in […]
# The United Nations Security Council has failed to pass a resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, after the US vetoed the resolution. The resolution also demanded the release of all hostages held by Hamas and the safe and unhindered distribution of humanitarian aid at scale into Gaza. Acting US Ambassador […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, sê plastiekbesoedeling is besig om die planeet te wurg, ekostelsels te skaad en die klimaat te verander. Vandag is Wêreldomgewingsdag met die tema Maak ‘n Einde aan Plastiekbesoedeling. Sowat 20-miljoen metrieke ton plastiekafval word jaarliks gestort en dit sal na verwagting teen 2040 aansienlik styg. Guterres sê […]
# Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary Bushiri, have filed a review application in the High Court of Malawi in Lilongwe to set aside the judgment ordering their extradition to South Africa. The controversial couple fled to Malawi in 2020 after failing to comply with their bail conditions, leading to South Africa’s extradition request. […]
