# Egypt is facing a growing water crisis due to its arid climate, limited water resources, and rapidly increasing population. The country of 114-million people depends heavily on the longest river in the world, the Nile, for fresh water. University of the Witwatersrand’s professor, Thokozani Majozi, says rising demand for water in Egypt and from […]
# Páros in the Greek islands was named as the best island in the world at the Travel and Leisure awards. The island rose to fame during the Cycladic civilisation for its Parian marble which was used in masterpieces like Venus de Milo and Nike of Samothrace. Travel and Leisure readers ranked Páros’s historic architecture, nightlife, and optimal windsurfing conditions the […]
# The superhero reboot Superman has topped the North American box office in its second weekend. The movie stars David Corenswet as Superman and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane. Universal’s Jurassic World Rebirth remained in second place, while Sony’s I Know What You Did Last Summer debuted at number three. Another newcomer, Paramount’s animated adventure […]
# Japan se eerste minister, Shigeru Ishiba, sê hy het geen planne om te bedank nie, ondanks sy koalisieparty wat in die taai verkiesing sy meerderheid in die hoërhuis verloor het. Sy Liberale Demokratiese Party en koalisievennoot Komeito het 50 setels benodig om die hoërhuis met 248 setels te verseker, in ‘n verkiesing waarin die […]
# Stellenbosch University’s professor of Education, Jonathan Jansen, is among 92 distinguished scholars who have been elected to the British Academy’s Fellowship. The scholars have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. This year, 58 new Fellows have been elected from 25 universities across the United Kingdom, alongside 30 International […]
# Die Wêreldvoedselprogram sê geweld teen burgerlikes wat hulp soek is onaanvaarbaar. Volgens berigte het die Israelse weermag gister 67 mense doodgeskiet terwyl hulle in die noorde van Gaza op hulpvragmotors van die Verenigde Nasies gewag het. Die voedselprogram sê die voorval het plaasgevind ten spyte van Israelse owerhede se versekering dat humanitêre operasies sal […]
# Japan’s prime minister Shigeru Ishiba says he has no plans to quit, despite his coalition party losing its upper house majority in the tightly-contested elections. His Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner Komeito needed 50 seats to secure the 248-seat upper chamber, in an election in which half the seats were up for grabs, […]
# The World Food Programme has condemned violence against civilians seeking aid as completely unacceptable. The Israeli military killed at least 67 people waiting for United Nations aid trucks in northern Gaza on Sunday. The WFP says this violent incident comes despite assurances from Israeli authorities that humanitarian operational conditions would improve, including that armed […]
# Ten minste 67 mense is gister in Israelse geweervuur in Gaza dood terwyl hulle gewag het op VN-hulpvragmotors deur die noordelike Zikim-kruising. Meer as 150 mense is gewond, sommige kritiek. Nog ses mense is in Khan Younis dood, ook terwyl hulle op hulp gewag het. Die Israelse weermag sê hulle het waarskuwingskote afgevuur om […]
