# Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson and top European national security advisers narrowly escaped a Russian drone attack in Ukraine. The drone hit a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after the train carrying Johnson and the other officials had passed along the same line. No casualties were reported. Johnson condemned the attack as […]
# Tennis: Top seed Alexander Zverev overcame home favourite Ben Shelton to win his maiden US Open title. The German proved too strong for the eighth-seeded American, prevailing 6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 6-2 to capture his second Grand Slam title. The 29-year-old has now become just the fourth man in the Open Era to win his first […]
# Iranse amptenare sal vandag die Straat van Hormoes met amptenare van Irak en die Golfstate bespreek. Teheran onderhandel met Oman – wat die teenoorgestelde oewer van die straat beheer – oor ‘n ooreenkoms wat skeepvaart sou reguleer. Ongeveer ‘n vyfde van die wêreld se olievoorrade het deur die straat beweeg voordat die VSA-Israel-oorlog teen […]
# Die MK-party het volgens berigte ‘n finansiële krisis wat kan verhoed dat hy sy manifes voor die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing in November bekendstel. Senior partylede het aan die Sunday Times gesê die party se finansiële probleme het vererger nadat die finansiële beheer gesentraliseer is. In Julie het die president van die party, Jacob Zuma, finansiële beheer […]
# Krieket: Die Proteas het hulle heel eerste eendagreeks teen Namibië 3-0 beklink met ‘n oorwinning met nege paaltjies in die laaste kragmeting in Windhoek. Die tuisspan is vir 156 uitgeknikker nadat die waarnemende kaptein, Björn Fortuin, vier paaltjies geneem het. Hierna het Jordan Hermann die beste gevaar met 77 van 59 balle, terwyl Connor […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has questioned National Executive Committee member Andile Lungisa’s decision to institute legal action against the party. This comes after his name was removed from the list of proportional representative councillors in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in the Eastern Cape for the local government elections. Several candidates from six municipalities […]
# US president Donald Trump has called on his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to stop striking Russian diesel refineries, saying the attacks are causing a global shortage. Kyiv has been targeting Moscow’s oil and gas industry with long-range strikes, prompting fuel rationing and causing Moscow to ban diesel exports in July. Russia has ramped up its […]
# Acting Gauteng Police Commissioner, Fred Kekana, says a multidisciplinary task team has been established to investigate possible links between the bodies of four women found in Kempton Park on the East Rand. The first victim, a 37-year-old woman, was found naked near the R-21 on 15 July. The second victim, a 32-year-old, was discovered […]
# Motorsport: Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli won the Spanish Grand Prix to extend his drivers’ championship lead, with nine races remaining. The Italian benefitted from pit-stop misfortune for McLaren’s Lando Norris to claim his eighth victory of the season. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished second, Norris third and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in fourth. Antonelli is […]
