# 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 […]
# A criminal investigation has been launched into the performances of Bob Vylan and Kneecap at the Glastonbury Festival in England on Saturday. Britain’s Culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has claimed there is a leadership problem at the BBC. She criticised the corporation over its decision not to pull the livestream after the band’s frontman shouted […]
# ʼn Marathon-stemproses is in die Amerikaanse senaat aan die gang oor president Donald Trump se omvattende plaaslike beleidswetsontwerp. Na ʼn naweek van onderhandelinge en vertragings, het die stemmery tot in die vroeë oggendure voortgegaan. Die oop, ure lange reeks stemprosesse oor wysigings gaan steeds voort. Die uitgebreide stemsessie gee Republikeine geleentheid om op die […]
# Mosambiek is besig met onderhandelings oor skuld-vir-klimaat-ruiltransaksies om skuldbetalings na klimaat-optrede te herlei. Dié land se minister van finansies, Carla Loveira, het ooreenkomste met onder meer België bevestig. Die inisiatief, wat deel is van Mosambiek se breër plan vir klimaatfinansiering, sal op die Verenigde Nasies se Vierde Internasionale Konferensie oor Finansiering vir Ontwikkeling in […]