# Nederland het belowe om die oorskot van “Java Man“, die eerste “Homo Erectus” wat deur moderne wetenskaplikes opgegrawe is, aan Indonesië terug te besorg. Hierdie opgrawing word beskou as ‘n mylpaalontdekking vir menslike evolusie. Nederland beplan om sowat 28-duisend fossiele van die “Dubois-versameling”, wat die anatomis en geoloog Eugene Dubois in 1891, toe Indonesië […]
# EU countries kicked off their first talks on proposals to build a “wall” of anti-drone defences, after air incursions from Russia rattled eastern members. Focus has sharpened in recent days on the threat to Europe’s airspace as unidentified drones have shut airports in Denmark. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen made a first call […]
# A new open letter signed by more than a thousand actors has denounced “anti-Semitic” calls to boycott some Israeli film institutions over the war in Gaza, underlining growing tensions in the entertainment world. The letter accused the more than 8-thousand people who have backed a boycott, including stars Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix, of […]
# The Slovak parliament approved a constitutional amendment to limit the rights of same-sex couples and toughen rules surrounding gender transition. The amendment also sees national law take precedence over European Union law. Since his return to power in 2023, nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico has often been at odds with the 27-nation bloc. He […]
# The Intergovernmental Authority on Development executive secretary, Workneh Gebeyehu, has highlighted the urgent need for Africa-based innovation at the UN General Assembly’s Science Diplomacy event. Gebeyehu noted Africa carries nearly one-quarter of the global disease burden but produces only less that five-percent of its health products. He warned reliance on imports is unsustainable and […]
# The Netherlands pledged to return to Indonesia the remains of “Java Man”, the first-ever “Homo Erectus” unearthed by modern scientists in a landmark discovery for human evolution. The Dutch plan to hand back some 28-thousand fossils of the “Dubois Collection” looted by anatomist and geologist Eugene Dubois in 1891, when Indonesia was still a […]
# ‘n Deense lughawe is vandag vir die tweede keer in ‘n paar uur vir ‘n rukkie gesluit nadat ‘n vermeende hommeltuig oor die lughawe gewaar is. Volgens die land se eerste minister was dit deel van “hibriede aanvalle” wat moontlik met Rusland verband hou. Hommeltuie is sedert Woensdag oor verskeie Deense lughawens gesien, met […]
# A sighting of a suspected drone briefly shuttered a Danish airport today for the second time in a few hours, after the country’s prime minister said the flights were part of “hybrid attacks” that may be linked to Russia. Drones have been seen flying over several Danish airports since Wednesday, causing one of them […]
# Die Britse eerste minister Keir Starmer het planne aangekondig om ‘n gratis digitale ID vir burgers en mense wat in die land woon, in te stel in ‘n poging om onwettige migrasie te bekamp. Die regering sê dit sal makliker wees om aansoek te doen vir dienste soos rybewyse, kinderversorging en welsyn. Die nuwe […]
