# Venezuela deployed thousands of troops near the Colombian border in response to the US military buildup in the Caribbean. US media also reported a new strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat. The United States has sent several military vessels to the Caribbean Sea and launched a series of deadly naval strikes on boats in […]
# The American president Donald Trump will welcome his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House later today for a meeting Ukraine had hoped would result in more military support. Zelensky has been pushing for Tomahawk missiles from the US, but during a two-hour call between Trump and Vladimir Putin yesterday, the Russian president […]
# G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors have endorsed the 2025–2030 G20 Africa Engagement Framework, to boost growth and development across Africa. Chaired by South Africa’s deputy Finance minister David Masondo, the meeting in Washington DC addressed sustainable development, debt sustainability, and Artificial Intelligence regulation. Masondo said the framework ensures consistent engagement with Africa’s […]
# Brasilië het die Europese Unie se ondersteuning gevra om die Tropical Forests Forever-fonds te stig om reënwoude te beskerm. Die hoofdoel is om jaarlikse betalings te doen aan lande met reënwoude as beloning omdat hulle woudbedekking onderhou of uitbrei. Reënwoude bedek sowat 12-persent van die aarde se grondoppervlak. Die Brasiliaanse minister van Inheemse Volke, […]
# Die minister van Minerale en Petroleum Hulpbronne, Gwede Mantashe, sê Amerika se handelstariewe sal nie Suid-Afrika se brandstofsekerheid beïnvloed nie. President Donald Trump van Amerika het in Augustus ʼn tariefverhoging van 30-persent ingestel op Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere na Amerika. Mantashe sê omdat die land nie brandstof na Amerika uitvoer nie, is daar geen uitwerking op […]
# Brazil has requested support from the European Union in establishing the Tropical Forests Forever Fund to protect tropical forests. The main goal of the fund is to provide annual payments to countries with tropical forests as a reward for maintaining or increasing forest cover. Tropical forests cover about 12-percent of Earth’s land surface. Brazilian minister […]
# Die Verenigde Koninkryk se binnelandse veiligheidsdiens, MI5, waarsku dat Brittanje ‘n toenemende bedreiging van vyandige lande, insluitend Iran, Rusland en China, ondervind, terwyl die risiko vir terrorisme enorm bly. Die VK het verlede jaar ‘n toename van 35-persent ondervind in die aantal verdagtes wat vir moontlike werk vir ‘n vyandige buitelandse regering ondersoek is. […]
# Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister, Gwede Mantashe, says the trade tariffs imposed by the US will not affect South Africa’s fuel security. US president Donald Trump imposed a 30-percent tariff hike on South African exports to America, which took effect in August. Mantashe says since the country does not export any fuel to the US, […]
# The UK’s domestic security service, MI5, is warning that Britain faces an escalating threat from hostile countries including Iran, Russia and China, while the terrorism risk remains huge. This as the UK has seen a 35-percent rise last year in the number of suspects investigated for possibly working for a hostile foreign government. MI5 […]
