# Pope Leo the Fourteenth has condemned medically assisted dying as “false compassion” during a visit to Lourdes in France. Speaking to about 150-thousand people at a Mass yesterday, Leo said people living with severe illness and pain have an inherent dignity that must be respected. He said laws should not remove that dignity and […]
# Pop sensation Taylor Swift has made history by becoming the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 36-year-old American, who was previously tied with Beyoncé with 30 awards, won three awards at last night’s ceremony in Los Angeles. Swift took home the inaugural Artist Director Honours, and Video of the Year and […]
# Die Britse minister van Verdediging, Wes Streeting, sê teenterrorisme-polisie lei die ondersoek na ʼn ernstige voorval naby die Lugmagbasis Fairford in Gloucestershire. Vyf mans is gister vasgetrek vir beweerde voorbereiding om terreur te pleeg en plofstof-oortredings toe hulle op pad was na die basis. Die Amerikaanse leër het dit onlangs gebruik as basis vir […]
# British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting says counter terrorism police are leading the investigation into a major incident near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. Five men were arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act and explosive offences yesterday, after three suspicious vehicles were reported travelling towards the military airbase. The site has recently been used […]
# Switserse kiesers het ‘n voorstel om neutraliteit te handhaaf, teen-Russiese sanksies op te hef en lidmaatskap van NAVO te verbied, oorweldigend met ongeveer 70-persent verwerp. Die regsgesinde populistiese Switserse Volksparty het die voorstel ondersteun en beweer die regering beweeg te na aan die Europese Unie en NAVO, veral oor Rusland se oorlog teen Oekraïne. […]
# Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a referendum which proposed maintaining neutrality, lifting anti-Russian sanctions, and prohibiting membership in NATO. About 70-percent voted against tightening the country’s neutrality rules. The right-wing populist Swiss People’s Party, which championed the proposal, claimed the government had gravitated too close to the European Union and NATO, particularly over Russia’s […]
# Amerika se ambassadeur by die Verenigde Nasies, Mike Waltz, beskuldig Iran dat hy te kwader trou onderhandel. President Donald Trump verwerp Teheran se jongste voorstel om die Straat van Hormoes binne ʼn week te heropen en kern-onderhandelings te hervat in ruil daarvoor dat Amerika sy vloot se versperring van Iranse hawens ophef. Die sewe […]
# President Donald Trump beskryf gister se inhegtenisneming van vyf mans naby RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, Engeland, as “fantasties” en sê Amerika en Brittanje ondersoek die mans al ʼn geruime tyd. Hulle is aangekeer weens vermeende oortredings in verband met plofstof en terrorisme, nadat die bom-eenheid na ʼn ernstige voorval naby die militêre lugmagbasis uitgeroep […]
# US ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, has accused Iran of negotiating in bad faith. President Donald Trump rejected Tehran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week and resume nuclear talks in return for the lifting of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports. The seven-month-old conflict has disrupted […]
