# Universal Studios is planning to build its first European theme park in Bedfordshire, England. Set to open in 2031 as the largest visitor attraction in the UK, it is expected to attract 8.5-million visitors in its first year. Universal has theme parks in Orlando and Los Angeles in the US, as well as in […]
# Greenpeace Africa sê die beskerming van woude kan nie as ’n minder belangrike kwessie hanteer word nie, maar moet aan die voorpunt wees van klimaatsoptrede. Kenia se totale woudbedekking krimp jaarliks met meer as 12-duisend hektaar. In Kameroen word bome oor ‘n groot gebied onwettig uitgekap en ‘n gebied groter as Parys is reeds […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies sê meer as drie jaar na die Russiese inval in Oekraïne, ly Oekraïense burgerlikes steeds onder die verwoestende gevolge van die oorlog. In Maart is 164 Oekraïners dood en 910 beseer, ‘n styging van 50-persent in burgerlike ongevalle teenoor die vorige maand. Die VN se Menseregte-moniteringsending in Oekraïne sê onoordeelkundige aanvalle […]
# The United Nations says more than three years on from the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian civilians continue to face the devastating consequences of war. In March alone, 164 Ukrainians were killed and 910 injured, representing a 50-percent spike in civilian casualties from the previous month. UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine […]
# President Donald Trump het die befondsing van Amerika se navorsingsprogram oor klimaatsverandering opgeskort wat die federale regering se verslag oor die kwessie saamstel. Die Amerikaanse Klimaatsbeoordeling word elke vier jaar uitgereik en is Amerika se omvattendste beraming van die huidige uitwerking van klimaatsverandering en klimaatwetenskap. Kenners sê die beoordeling speel ‘n groot rol in […]
# Greenpeace Africa says forest protection cannot be treated as a secondary concern, it must be at the forefront of climate action. Kenya’s overall forest cover has been shrinking with over 12-thousand hectares of forest lost every year. In Cameroon, illegal logging is rampant in vast areas of the rainforest, with an area larger than Paris […]
# President Donald Trump’s administration has cancelled funding for the US Global Change Research Programme, an entity that produces the federal government’s climate change study. America’s Climate Assessment is published approximately every four years and is the country’s broadest assessment of current climate change impacts and climate science. According to experts, the assessment plays a […]
# President Luis Abinader van die Dominikaanse Republiek het drie dae van rou afgekondig nadat ʼn nagklub se dak Dinsdagoggend in Santo Domingo ingestort het. Dit dodetal ná die ramp by die Jet Set-klub het tot 124 gestyg en reddingswerkers probeer steeds oorlewendes onder die puin vind. Die sanger Rubby Pérez, en gewese Major League-basketbalspelers, Octavio […]
# Die Wall Street-bank, Goldman Sachs, waarsku die Amerikaanse ekonomie kan steeds in ʼn resessie verval, selfs nadat president Donald Trump tariewe op spesifieke lande vir 90 dae opgehef het. Tydens die opheffing sal ʼn universele tarief van tien-persent geld, maar Trump het tariewe vir China tot 125-persent verhoog. Goldman Sachs se ekonome voorspel die […]
