# Die Amerikaanse akteur Tom Cruise is vyf minute lank staande toegejuig na die eerste vertoning van Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning op die Cannes-rolprentfees in Frankryk. Die regisseur was Christopher McQuarrie, en die rolverdeling sluit bekendes in die reeks flieks in soos Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames en Hayley Atwell, asook Vanessa Kirby en Angela […]
# The shipping sector is setting sail for a low-emissions future following the approval of the International Maritime Organisation’s Net-Zero Framework. The framework sets targets to cut emissions by at least 20-percent by 2030 and 70-percent by 2040, striving for net-zero by 2050. Key measures include a global fuel standard and a pricing mechanism for […]
# Die regering van Katar het die omstredenheid verwerp oor die plan van Amerika se president, Donald Trump, om ‘n luukse reusestraler as geskenk te aanvaar en as presidensiële vliegtuig te gebruik. Die Amerikaanse grondwet het ‘n beperkingsbepaling wat bepaal wat ‘n president as geskenk van buitelandse regerings mag aanvaar. ‘n Woordvoerder van Katar se […]
# Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in Cape Town have made the New York Times’ list of the Top 10 Gardens in the World. Set against the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, the gardens showcase South Africa’s unique flora, including the fynbos biome and ancient cycads. The garden is ranked ninth, just behind The High Line in […]
# Tom Cruise received a five-minute standing ovation after premiering Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the cast includes franchise stalwarts like Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames and Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, and Angela Bassett. Sixty-two-year-old Cruise, who did his own stunts in the movie, […]
# The Qatari government has dismissed controversy surrounding US president Donald Trump’s plan to accept its gift of a luxury jumbo jet, to be used as America’s Air Force One presidential plane. The US Constitution has a provision known as the Emoluments Clause, which restricts what gifts presidents can accept from foreign governments. Qatar Foreign ministry […]
# Die Russiese president, Vladimir Putin, sal nie vandag in Istanboel, Turkye, vredesonderhandelings met sy Oekraïnse eweknie, Volodymyr Zelensky, bywoon nie. Die Kremlin sê sy afvaardiging word gelei deur die presidensiële assistent Vladimir Medinsky, wat in 2022 die enigste regstreekse onderhandelings tussen Rusland en Oekraïne gelei het. President Donald Trump van Amerika sal ook nie […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa bring volgende week van Maandag tot Donderdag ʼn besoek aan Amerika. Die presidensie sê Ramaphosa sal sy eweknie, president Donald Trump, Woensdag in die Withuis in Washington besoek om bilaterale, streeks- en wêreldsake van belang te bespreek. Hy sê Ramaphosa se besoek bied ʼn platform om die strategiese verhouding tussen die […]
# Russian president, Vladimir Putin, will not attend peace talks with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, in Istanbul, Turkey, today. The Kremlin says its delegation will be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who led the only previous round of direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in 2022. US president Donald Trump will also not […]
