# Fearless extreme sportsman, Felix Baumgartner, has died at the age of 56. The Austrian, famously known for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, died in a paragliding accident in central Italy yesterday. Reports suggest he may have suffered a sudden medical issue mid-air, before falling on the ground near the swimming […]
# US president Donald Trump has directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek the release of grand jury testimony related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking case. This follows sustained pressure from some of Trump’s most loyal supporters demanding further disclosures in the Epstein case. The Justice Department has previously said it had around 200 documents relating […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies sê die toenemende geweld tussen sektes in die suide van Sirië asook Israel se lugaanvalle tot in sentraal-Damaskus het dié oorloggeteisterde land nader aan sy kantelpunt gestoot. Israel se weermag het ‘n lugaanval op die buitewyke van die stad Sweida uitgevoer, terwyl botsings tussen vegters van stamme in die gebied en […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile het Suid-Afrika en China se verbintenis bevestig om samewerking ter ondersteuning van inklusiewe ekonomiese groei en volhoubare ontwikkeling te bevorder. Hy is op ʼn werksbesoek aan China om bilaterale betrekkinge en ekonomiese samewerking tussen die twee lande te versterk. Mashatile sê die verhouding baat albei lande deur groter handel en belegging, […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has reaffirmed South Africa–China’s commitment to deepening cooperation in support of inclusive economic growth and sustainable development. He is on a working visit to China, aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and enhancing economic cooperation between the two countries. Mashatile says while the relationship has benefited both nations by increasing trade […]
# The United Nations has warned that the surge in sectarian violence in southern Syria and Israeli airstrikes reaching central Damascus have pushed the war‑scarred country into a volatile juncture. The Israeli military carried out an airstrike on the outskirts of Sweida city, as clashes between tribal fighters and Bedouin fighters intensified on Thursday. UN […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika wil The Wall Street Journal, sy moedermaatskappy News Corp en die maatskappy se voorsitter, Rupert Murdoch, dagvaar. Dit volg nadat die Journal berig het ʼn versameling briewe aan die seksoortreder, Jeffrey Epstein, vir sy 50ste verjaarsdag in 2003 bevat ʼn nota met Trump se naam op en ʼn lyntekening […]
# US president Donald Trump has vowed to sue The Wall Street Journal, its parent company News Corp and the company’s chairman, Rupert Murdoch. This is after the Journal reported that a collection of letters gifted to sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, for his 50th birthday in 2003 included a note bearing Trump’s name and an […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, en die Britse Minister van Finansies, Rachel Reeves, het ’n mylpaal-vennootskap by die G20-vergadering van ministers van Finansies in Durban aangekondig, wat Suid-Afrika se infrastruktuurlewering ’n hupstoot sal gee. Brittanje sal drie projekte, Project Capstone, Project Speed, en die Adopt-a-Municipality programme ondersteun. Hierdie inisiatiewe beoog […]
