# The 2025 Tracking Social Development Goal 7 report says that nearly 92-percent of the world’s population now has basic electricity access, but 666-million people remain without it. Despite progress, the report states that the current pace is too slow to achieve universal access by 2030. Financing shortfalls and regional disparities, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, […]
# China was vandag gasheer vir ʼn vergadering van die Ministers van Verdediging van Iran en Rusland in Qingdao, teen die agtergrond van oorlog in die Midde-Ooste en ʼn spitsberaad van NAVO-lande wat ingestem het om militêre besteding te verhoog. Beijing probeer al jare om die 10-lid Sjanghai-samewerkingsorganisasie as ʼn teenwig tot magsblokke wat deur […]
# Die Amerikaanse minister van Verdediging, Pete Hegseth, gaan vandag op ‘n nuuskonferensie nuwe inligting verskaf oor die uitwerking van aanvalle op Iranse kernaanlege. Dit volg ná ‘n hewige geskil oor hoe groot die terugslag was ná die Amerikaanse bombardering van Teheran se kernprogram. Amerika het drie belangrike Iranse kernaanlegte aangeval ná Israelse aanvalle op […]
# Die kabinet bepleit kalmte en dringende terughouding in die voortgesette konflik tussen Israel en Iran, en is diep bekommerd oor die lewensverlies en vernietiging wat die onlangse vyandelikhede veroorsaak het. Die kabinet vra alle partye, insluitend Amerika, om selfbeheersing uit te oefen en ten volle te voldoen aan internasionale reg. Die minister in die […]
# China today hosted Defence ministers from Iran and Russia for a meeting in Qingdao against the backdrop of war in the Middle East and a summit of NATO countries in Europe that agreed to boost military spending. Beijing has long sought to present the 10-member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as a counterweight to Western-led power […]
# Cabinet calls for calm and urgent de-escalation in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran, expressing deep concern over the loss of lives and destruction caused by recent hostilities. It urges all parties, including the US, to exercise restraint and fully comply with international law. Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni warned against the […]
# Die Britse liefdadigheidsorganisasie The Donkey Sanctuary sê amper ses-miljoen donkies word jaarliks geslag vir Chinese medisyne, met ernstige gevolge vir dorpsbewoners in Afrika wat op die diere staatmaak. Die behoefte word aangevuur deur die verhoging in China se vervaardiging van ‘n gesondheidsaanvulling wat kollageen uit donkievelle bevat. China se donkie-bevolking het van 11-miljoen in […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Milimani het ‘n opdrag van Kenia se Kommunikasie-owerheid opgeskort wat regstreekse dekking van die versetoptrede verbied. Dit volg nadat 16 mense dood is in hernude betogings om die dodelike belasting-betogings en die dood van die politieke webjoernaalskrywer Albert Ojwang in polisie-aanhouding te herdenk. Regter Chacha Mwita het beslis die bevel wek […]
# US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to hold a news conference today to offer a fresh assessment of strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, following a stinging row over how much American bombardment set back Tehran’s nuclear programme. After waves of Israeli attacks on nuclear and military sites and retaliatory missile fire from Iran […]
