# Police have seized 825-kilogrammes of heroin and arrested 30 people in a string of raids largely in southern Turkey. Straddling Asia and Europe, Turkey lies on several major smuggling routes and is the main entry point for heroin on the European market. Heroin continues to be the most commonly used illicit opioid within the […]
# Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian today put into effect a law passed by parliament last month to suspend cooperation with the UN’s nuclear watchdog. Iranian state media reported that the bill stipulates that any future inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency would need approval by the Supreme National Security Council. The move follows an air war […]
# Die Dalai Lama het aangekondig dat iemand hom ná sy dood sal opvolg om die eeue-oue tradisie voort te sit. Dit het ‘n brandpunt geword in die stryd met China se Kommunistiese Party oor die toekoms van Tibet. Die Nobelpryswenner woon in Indië sedert hy in 1959 uit Tibet gevlug het ná ‘n mislukte […]
# The Dalai Lama has announced he will have a successor after his death, continuing a centuries-old tradition that has become a flashpoint in the struggle with China’s Communist Party over Tibet’s future. The Nobel Peace laureate has been living in India since fleeing Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese communist rule in 1959. […]
# Die verlies aan wortelbome in die Marereni-streek in Kenia vererger die erosie van die kuslyn en beperk inwoners se inkomste. Die Amerikaanse organisasie, Seatrees, stel dié probleem reg deur sy bioverskeidenheids-kredietprogram. Die projek ondersteun meer as 600 inwoners en verskaf inkomste deur kwekerye en bewaring. Hulle het met hulp en gemeenskapsbetrokkenheid 190-duisend bome geplant, […]
# In Kenya’s Marereni region, mangrove loss has worsened coastal erosion, depleted fish stocks, and undermined livelihoods. A U.S.-based nonprofit organisation, Seatrees, are restoring mangroves through its marine biodiversity credit programme. The project supports over 600 community members, providing income through nurseries and conservation. With scientific monitoring and community engagement, they’ve planted 190-thousand trees, boosting […]
# Die wag is verby vir K-pop-bewonderaars. Die Suid-Koreaanse groep, BTS, het gister hulle lang verwagte terugkeer aangekondig en beplan ʼn nuwe toer en album vir volgende jaar. Hulle het die aangekondiging gedoen met hulle eerste regstreekse uitsending nadat al die orkeslede hulle militêre diensplig voltooi het. Die groep van sewe lede sê hulle vertrek […]
# The wait is over for K-pop fans. The South Korean band BTS confirmed their highly anticipated comeback on Tuesday, scheduling a new album and tour for next year. Announcing the news during their first live stream since all band members completed their mandatory military service, the seven-strong group said they would head to the […]
# Beleggers op die Johannesburgse Aandelebeurs het die eerste ses maande van die jaar baie goed gedoen met die Alle-aandele-aanwyser wat met 14,7-persent gestyg het. Die goeie vertoning kan egter net aan ʼn handjievol aandele toegeskryf word. Slegs 25-persent van die 289 genoteerde aandele het dubbelsyfer-opbrengste opgelewer en net 59 aandele se opbrengs was meer […]
