# 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 […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika het ʼn reeks ooreenkomste met Katar onderteken, insluitend een waar dié land 160 straalvliegtuie van die Amerikaanse vliegtuigvervaardiger, Boeing, sal koop. Trump het Katar gister besoek op die tweede deel van sy vierdaagse toer in die Midde-Ooste. Katar het ʼn belangrike rolspeler geword in Amerikaanse diplomatieke pogings in die […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will embark on a four-day working visit to the US next Monday until Thursday. The Presidency says Ramaphosa will meet with his counterpart, Donald Trump, at the White House, in Washington, on Wednesday, to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues of interest. It adds that the president’s visit provides a platform […]
# US president Donald Trump has signed a range of agreements with Qatar, including a deal for the country to purchase 160 jets from US aeroplane manufacturer Boeing. He visited Qatar on Wednesday, the second leg of his four-day Middle East tour. The Qatari government has become a central player in American diplomatic efforts in […]
