# A second child has died from measles as an outbreak of the highly contagious virus continues to grow in western Texas. The school-aged child was not vaccinated, had no underlying health conditions and was in hospital suffering complications from measles. The southern US state has reported more than 480 cases of measles so far […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, het sy landgenote enkele minute voor die opening van die New Yorkse aandelemark gevra om sterk, dapper en geduldig te wees. Dit volg terwyl verdere skerp dalings op aandelebeurse voorspel word. Trump sê Amerika het ‘n kans om iets te doen wat dekades gelede gedoen moes word. Hy het […]
# Aandelemarkte en oliepryse het vandag verder in duie gestort terwyl die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, vasstaan oor sy tariewe ondanks vrese vir ‘n resessie. Markte reg oor Asië en Europa is oorweldig deur golwe van verdere verkope na skerp verliese verlede week. Hongkong se daling van 13,2-persent was die ergste in byna drie dekades. […]
# US President Donald Trump called for Americans to “be strong, courageous, and patient,” minutes before the New York stock market opened with further sharp declines forecast. He says the United States has a chance to do something that should have been done decades ago. He had this message for Americans: Don’t be Weak! Don’t […]
# Amerikaanse kopers het begin om bestellings vanuit Bangladesj, die wêreld se tweede grootste vervaardiger van kledingstukke, te stop. Dit volg ná swaar Amerikaanse tariewe wat die regering in Dhaka gedwing het om te pleit vir die opskorting van die heffings vir drie maande. Tekstiel- en kledingstukproduksie verteenwoordig ongeveer 80-persent van die uitvoere in Bangladesj […]
# Tadjikistan het tronkstraf van tien jaar ingestel vir die onwettige gebruik van elektrisiteit. Dit volg nadat ‘n dekade-lange energiekrisis, veroorsaak deur watertekorte in die arm Sentraal-Asiatiese land, vererger het. Die kragverbruik in Tadjikistan word vir ongeveer ses maande per jaar beperk, aangesien sy verouderde energie-infrastruktuur sukkel om tred te hou met die stygende aanvraag. […]
# Stock markets and oil prices collapsed further today as US president Donald Trump stood firm over his tariffs despite recession fears. Trading floors across Asia and Europe were overcome by waves of further selling after last week’s sharp losses. Hong Kong’s drop of 13.2-percent today was its worst in nearly three decades. Taipei stocks […]
# US buyers have begun halting orders from Bangladesh, the world’s second-biggest garment manufacturer. This follows punishing US tariffs that pushed the government in Dhaka to plead for a three-month pause to the levies. Textile and garment production accounts for about 80-percent of exports in Bangladesh and the industry has been rebuilding after it was […]
# Tajikistan has introduced 10-year prison sentences for the illegal use of electricity, as a decades-long energy crisis caused by water shortages worsens in the poor Central Asian country. Electricity consumption in Tajikistan is limited for about six months per year, as its outdated energy infrastructure struggles to keep up with rising demand. Under the […]
