# Oscar-nominated French-Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve has been picked to direct the next James Bond movie. He most recently directed the hugely successful blockbusters Dune and Dune: Part Two. Villeneuve says he is a die-hard Bond fan, as he grew up watching James Bond films with his father, ever since Dr. No with Sean Connery. The search is […]
# President Donald Trump sê die korrupsiesaak teen Israel se eerste minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is ʼn heksejag. Die 75-jarige Netanyahu is in 2019 aangekla van omkopery, bedrog en vertrouensbreuk. Hy word beskuldig dat hy tien-duisende dollar se sigare en sjampanje van ʼn miljardêr Hollywood-vervaardiger aanvaar het in ruil vir hulp met persoonlike en sakebelange. Trump […]
# US president Donald Trump says the ongoing corruption trial against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a witch hunt. The 75-year-old was indicted in 2019 on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. He is accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of cigars and champagne from a billionaire Hollywood producer […]
# Die Oekraïnse president Volodymyr Zelensky beskryf sy ontmoeting met president Donald Trump as positief. Die twee leiers het bilaterale gesprekke gevoer by die NAVO-beraad in Nederland. Zelensky sê hulle het belangrike kwessies bespreek soos ʼn ooreenkoms vir ʼn skietstilstand en ware vrede, en die aankoop van Amerikaanse lugverdedigingstelsels. Hy het bygevoeg hy is dankbaar vir […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has described his meeting with US president Donald Trump as substantive. The two leaders held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in the Netherlands. Zelensky says they covered important issues including how to achieve a ceasefire and real peace, and the purchase of American air defence systems. He […]
# Die Libanese gewapende groep Hezbolla het sy bondgenoot Iran se oorwinning oor Israel geprys ná 12 dae van oorlog, en noem dit die begin van ‘n “nuwe geskiedkundige fase”. Hezbollah het die Islamitiese Republiek in ‘n verklaring opreg gelukgewens en geprys oor sy “glorieryke goddelike oorwinning”. Die groep sê die oorwinning is verpersoonlik deur […]
# Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has hailed what it called its ally Iran’s victory over Israel after 12 days of war, declaring it the start of a “new historical phase”. In a statement, Hezbollah offered its “most sincere congratulations” to the Islamic Republic, praising its “glorious divine victory”. The victory, it said, was “manifested in […]
# Die president van Rusland, Vladimir Putin sal nie volgende maand se Brics-beraad in Brasilië bywoon nie aangesien daar ‘n arrestasiebevel deur die Internasionale Strafhof teen hom uitstaande is. Die Strafhof in Den Haag wil Putin arresteer vir die beweerde onwettige deportasie van Oekraïense kinders nadat sy troepe die land in 2022 binnegeval he. ‘n […]
# Russian president Vladimir Putin will not travel to Brazil for next month’s BRICS summit due to the outstanding International Criminal Court arrest warrant on the Russian president. Putin is wanted by The Hague-based ICC for the alleged illegal deportation of Ukrainian children since he ordered his troops into the country in 2022. Kremlin aide […]
