# President Donald Trump says the US will stop the bombings against the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group in Yemen. This is after the group agreed to stop targeting shipping in the Red Sea. The US stepped up air strikes on the Houthis in March, with the military stating it has struck one-thousand targets in Yemen […]
# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says his country is not for sale. This follows US president Donald Trump’s comment that he is interested in making Canada the 51st state of America. The two leaders met at the White House on Tuesday. Trump’s ongoing trade war and threats to Canada’s sovereignty played major roles in […]
# Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber has welcomed the Constitutional Court judgment regarding the South African Citizenship Act 88 of 1995 with regards to the loss of citizenship. The court has declared a section of the Act, which stipulates that South Africans lose their citizenship after voluntarily acquiring the nationality of another country, as unconstitutional. […]
# The minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George, is leading a delegation to Denmark for the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial meeting, taking place today. The two-day global meeting will shape key climate policies ahead of COP30 in Brazil. The minister aims to secure stronger partnerships, clear funding pathways, and action on climate adaptation. […]
# Friedrich Merz het met sy tweede poging ’n parlementêre stemming gewen om Duitsekanselier te word. In ’n sitting wat haastig gister gereël is, het 325 parlementslede vir sy aanstelling gestem, meer as die 316 wat nodig was. Merz, wat in Februarie ’n verkiesing gewen het en verlede maand ’n regerende koalisie aangekondig het, het […]
# Germany’s Friedrich Merz has won a parliamentary vote to become chancellor at the second attempt. In a hastily organised session yesterdat afternoon, 325 lawmakers voted to approve his ascension, more than the 316 he required. Merz, who won an election in February and unveiled a ruling coalition last month, had fallen six votes short […]
# Kardinale het in die Vatikaanstad bymekaargekom en hulself afgesonder ter voorbereiding vir die verkiesing van ’n nuwe pous ná Franciskus se dood op 21 April. Die kardinaalsvergadering wat vandag in die Sistynse Kapel begin, behels 133 kardinale onder die ouderdom van 80. Kardinaal William Seng Chye Goh van Singapoer sê hulle sal afgesonder bly […]
# Cardinals have gathered in the Vatican City, entering seclusion as they prepare to elect a new pope following Francis’s death on 21 April. The conclave, commencing in the Sistine Chapel today, involves 133 cardinal electors under the age of 80. Singapore cardinal William Seng Chye Goh says they will remain isolated, adhering to strict […]
# Die Russiese president, Vladimir Putin en China se president, Xi Jinping, sal môre in Moskou die oorlog in Oekraïne en VSA-Rusland-betrekkinge bespreek. Moskou en Beijing het hul bande verdiep te midde van Rusland se militêre aanval op Oekraïne, wat in Februarie 2022 van stapel gestuur is. Rusland sal die rooi tapyt vir Xi uitrol […]
