# ‘n Olieraffinadery in die suidweste van Rusland het werksaamhede tydelik gestaak nadat dit in ‘n hommeltuigaanval beskadig is. Die goewerneur van die Rostof-streek, Yuri Slyusar, sê Russiese lugverdedigingseenhede het oornag sowat 50 hommeltuie oor die streek vernietig. Daar was geen ongevalle in die raffinadery nie. Die aanval volg te midde van ‘n reeks Oekraïense […]
# US President Donald Trump has expressed concern about the weakness of the Japanese yen during a meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama saids Takaichi told Trump an undervalued yen is problematic. The two leaders met in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Katayama said […]
# Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah has called for grant-based international support to help his country recover after the glacier flood that killed at least one-thousand-450 people. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, Shah said recovery and reconstruction could cost about 10-percent of Nepal’s economy. He argued that vulnerable countries should not be […]
# A Russian oil refinery in the south-western region of the country has temporarily suspended operations after being damaged in a drone attack. The governor of the Rostov region, Yuri Slyusar, said Russian air-defence units destroyed about 50 drones over the region overnight. There were no casualties at the refinery. The attack comes amid a […]
# Die Vryemarkstigting sê Suid-Afrika kan Amerika nie soos ‘n vloerlap behandel terwyl hy hom aktief by Amerikaanse teenstanders skaar nie. Die organisasie het ‘n afvaardiging na Amerika gestuur en verklaar dat hy Amerikaanse ampsgenote wil inlig oor toestande in Suid-Afrika wat steeds die verhoudinge skaad. Amerika het verlede week nuwe visumbeperkings ingestel teen Suid-Afrikaners […]
# Qatar’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has condemned Yemen’s Houthis for launching ballistic missiles toward the cities of Taif and Yanbu in Saudi Arabia. Saudi air defences intercepted six ballistic missiles fired by the Iran-allied group. Last week, it intercepted a drone launched by the Houthis towards Mecca. Qatar says it considers these aggressions a reprehensible […]
# The Free Market Foundation says South Africa cannot treat the US as a doormat while actively aligning with American adversaries. It has sent a delegation to the US, saying it wants to inform American counterparts about the conditions inside South Africa that continue to damage relations. Last week, the US imposed new visa restrictions targeting […]
# Die Britse minister van Buitelandse Sake, Ed Miliband, waarsku Iran sy land sal nie intimidasie, dreigemente of vyandige bedrywighede toelaat deur groepe wat bande met Teheran het nie. Hy het gister met sy Iranse ampsgenoot, Abbas Araghchi, gepraat tydens die Verenigde Nasies se Algemene Vergadering in New York. Britse intelligensiedienste het ʼn week gelede […]
# Standard Bank sê die Reserwebank se besluit om die rentekoers met 25 basispunte te verhoog, kom op ʼn moeilike tyd vir boere wat reeds deurloop onder hoë brandstof-, kunsmis- en ander insetkoste. Die styging is daarop gemik om inflasie onder beheer te hou. Brendan Jacobs van Standard Bank sê voortslepende onsekerheid in die wêreld […]
