# More than 130 charities and other non-governmental organisations are calling for the controversial Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to be shut down. The organisations, including Oxfam, Save the Children and Amnesty International, say more than 500 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid since the foundation started operating in late May. Almost four-thousand […]
# Vier werknemers van ‘n satiriese tydskrif in Turkye is in hegtenis geneem vir die publikasie van ‘n spotprent wat moontlik die profeet Mohammed uitbeeld. Die uitbeelding van die heilige godsdiensfiguur is verbode in Islam. Die minister van Binnelandse Sake, Ali Yerlikaya, veroordeel LeMan se spotprent as skaamteloos, en het aangekondig dat die hoofredakteur, grafiese […]
# Four employees of a satirical magazine in Turkey have been arrested for publishing a cartoon that appears to show the Prophet Muhammad. The sacred religious figure’s depiction is forbidden in Islam. Interior minister Ali Yerlikaya condemned LeMan magazine’s drawing as shameless, announcing that its editor-in-chief, graphic designer, institutional director and cartoonist had been detained. […]
# The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has raised concerns over South Africa’s ten-percent tariff hike on imported solar equipment, warning it could slow renewable energy development. The organisation states that the move may raise project costs, deter investment, and create uncertainty among investors. While aimed at supporting local manufacturing, OECD says the tariff […]
# Tientalle mense is dood in ‘n reuse-ontploffing en brand in ‘n farmaseutiese fabriek in die suidelike Indiese staat Telangana. Nuusagentskappe berig die voorval het tydens werksure by Sigachi Industries plaasgevind en verskeie mense is beseer. Van hulle is in ‘n bedenklike toestand. ‘n Senior polisiebeampte het aan Press Trust of India gesê 31 liggame […]
# Scores of people have been killed in a massive blast and fire at a pharmaceuticals factory in the southern Indian state of Telangana. News agencies report the incident took place during work hours at a unit of Sigachi Industries, leaving several injured and in critical condition. A senior police official told the Press Trust […]
# Elon Musk het na weke van relatiewe stilte ná sy geskil met Donald Trump weer gewaarsku die Amerikaanse president se sogenaamde groot, lieflike wetsontwerp gaan nasionale skuld laat styg. Die wêreld se rykste mens het sy aanvalle teen Trump se voorgestelde belasting- en bestedingswetsontwerp verskerp na sy aanvanklike uitbarsting. Musk het op X gesê […]
# ʼn Strafregtelike ondersoek is begin ná Bob Vylan en Kneecap se vertonings op die Glastonbury-kunstefees in Engeland. Die Britse minister van Kultuur, Lisa Nandy, beweer daar is ʼn leierskapsprobleem by die BBC. Sy kritiseer die korporasie oor sy besluit om nie die regstreekse uitsending te staak nie nadat die groep se voorsanger uitgeroep het […]
# Following weeks of relative silence after clashing with Donald Trump, Elon Musk has warned the US president’s so-called big beautiful bill will increase national debt. The world’s richest person has stepped up attacks on Trump’s proposed tax and spending bill, weeks after a spectacular fallout between them. In a post on X, Musk says […]
