# Italian police have recovered three paintings by French masters Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri Matisse, stolen from a museum near Parma in March. The Carabinieri’s cultural heritage unit recovered the artworks following a complex investigation. Their combined value is estimated at more than 168-million-rand. Police also released footage showing two masked burglars entering […]
# Reddingswerkers in Colombia was in ‘n wedloop met tyd gewikkelom ‘n man te red wat byna vier dae na ‘n kragtige aardbewing lewend onder ‘n ineengestorte hotel gevind is. Ten minste 285 mense is dood in die aardbewing met ‘n meting van 7,4 en byna vier-duisend is beseer, terwyl byna 400 mense vermis word. […]
# Rescuers in Colombia raced against time to save a man found alive beneath a collapsed hotel, nearly four days after a powerful earthquake struck the country. The 7.4-magnitude quake killed at least 285 people and injured nearly four-thousand, while almost 400 remain missing. Rescue teams are working through rubble in Pereira, hoping others may […]
# Iran is refusing to back down over the Strait of Hormuz, as tensions with the United States remain high. Iran’s deputy foreign minister says the strategic waterway will only reopen on Tehran’s terms and called on Washington to accept what he described as defeat. Meanwhile at a rally in New York, US President Donald […]
# Rusland verwerp oproepe vir ‘n skietstaking met Oekraïne in die Swartsee. Die Ministerie van Buitelandse Sake sê daar is geen ruimte vir halfhartige maatreëls wat Kiëf ‘n tydelike blaaskans sal gee nie. Dit volg na Turkye se voorstel vir ‘n moratorium op militêre operasies in die Swartsee. Rusland sê hy het nog geen formele […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Afrika moet sy afhanklikheid van ingevoerde medisyne verminder en sy eie farmaseutiese produkte, entstowwe, terapeutiese middels en beskermingstoerusting vervaardig. Gedurende ‘n openbare lesing tydens SAOG Visie 2050 in Durban, het Ramaphosa gesê die Covid-19-pandemie het die vasteland se kwesbaarheid blootgelê toe lande gesukkel het om entstowwe en persoonlike beskermingstoerusting te […]
# ‘n Amerikaanse sendeling is vrygelaat nadat hy nege maande in Niger gevange gehou is. Volgens die Christelike organisasie, SIM International, is hy in goeie gesondheid. Kevin Rideout is in Oktober verlede jaar voor sy huis in die hoofstad Niamey deur drie onbekende mans ontvoer. Die New York Times, wat eerste oor sy vrylating berig […]
# Russia has rejected calls for a ceasefire with Ukraine in the Black Sea. The Foreign Ministry says there are no grounds for half-measures that would give Kyiv a temporary respite. This follows Turkey’s proposal for a moratorium on military operations in the Black Sea. Russia says it has not received a formal proposal. Both […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says Africa must reduce its dependence on imported medicines and manufacture its own pharmaceuticals, vaccines, therapeutics and protective equipment. Delivering a public lecture on SADC Vision 2050, in Durban, Ramaphosa says the Covid-19 pandemic exposed the continent’s vulnerability when countries struggled to secure vaccines and Personal Protective Equipment. He says the […]
