# Growth in sub-Saharan Africa is still expected to reach 4.1-percent this year and 3.8-percent next year, according to an analysis by financial intelligence firm S&P Global Market Intelligence. Regional analysis head Thea Fourie says many sub-Saharan countries were less impacted by the fuel and other commodities price shocks than regions such as Europe or […]
# The United Nations’ Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says at least 59 children have reportedly been killed or injured in Lebanon in the past week. The ceasefire announced last month has failed to stop the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanon’s Public Health Emergency Operations Centre says at least 33 people, including women and children, were […]
# President Xi Jinping sê China en Amerika moet vennote eerder as teenstanders wees. Hy en president Donald Trump het vandag in Beijing bilaterale gesprekke gevoer oor ekonomiese voordele, die handhawing van ʼn brose handelsooreenkoms en om kwessies soos die Iran-oorlog en wapenverkope aan Taiwan te bespreek. Trump het beloof dat die verhouding tussen China […]
# President Xi Jinping says China and the US should be partners rather than opponents. He held bilateral talks with president Donald Trump in Beijing today, which aimed to secure economic wins, maintain a fragile trade truce and navigate issues including the Iran war and arms sales to Taiwan. Meanwhile, Trump vowed that the relationship […]
# Die Israeliese eerste minister Benjamin Netanyahu sê hy het die Verenigde Arabiese Emirate midde in die oorlog met Iran in die geheim besoek waar hy die president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan ontmoet het. Hy voer aan dit het gelei tot ‘n geskiedkundige deurbraak in die verhouding tussen die twee lande. Iran het in […]
# Amerika se visepresident JD Vance sê onderhandelaars maak vordering met vredesamesprekings met Iran. Dit ten spyte daarvan dat president Donald Trump Teheran se jongste voorstel om die oorlog te beëindig, verwerp en as onaanvaarbaar beskryf het. Iran en Amerika het hul eerste regstreekse samesprekings in Islamabad, Pakistan, gevoer kort nadat ʼn skietstilstand van twee […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he made a “secret visit” to the United Arab Emirates at the height of the Iran war, where he met president, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He claims this led to a historic breakthrough in relations between the two countries. In May, Iran launched a series of missiles […]
# Koning Charles sê ʼn toenemend gevaarlike en wispelturige wêreld bedreig die Verenigde Koninkryk, en die konflik in die Midde-Ooste is slegs die jongste voorbeeld. Hy het die Parlement gister toegespreek waar hy planne uiteengesit het vir wetgewing om die polisie, die Nasionale Gesondheidsdiens en die strafregstelsel te hervorm, asook ʼn wetsontwerp om bande met […]
# US vice president JD Vance says that negotiators are making progress in peace talks with Iran. This is despite president Donald Trump’s dismissal of Tehran’s latest proposal on ending the war, which he called unacceptable. Iran and the US held their first direct talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, shortly after announcing a two-week cease-fire on […]
