# Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked parliament to swiftly approve the removal of Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, who resigned last week amid a corruption investigation involving his office. Kravchenko has not been charged or named as a suspect, but a subordinate is accused of helping a fraud ring. The scandal has intensified tensions between […]
# Swede se sentrum-linkse opposisie het ‘n geringe voorsprong in die parlementsverkiesing, maar die uitslag is nog onvoorspelbaar. Die groepering van die sosiaal-demokratiese Magdalena Andersson sal na verwagting 176 setels wen en die regse groepering van premier Ulf Kristersson 173. Sekere stemme, insluitend dié wat in die buiteland uitgebring is, word nog getel. Andersson sê […]
# Sweden’s centre-left opposition is narrowly ahead in the parliamentary election, but the result remains too close to call. The bloc led by Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson is projected to win 176 seats, compared with 173 for the right-wing bloc backing prime minister Ulf Kristersson. Some votes, including those cast overseas, are still being counted. […]
# Indian explosives manufacturer Solar Industries has agreed to pay 21-point-8-billion rand in cash to acquire South African agriculture and mining group Omnia Holdings. Omnia says the deal will help the company grow its mining and agriculture businesses by allowing it to invest more in technology, research and new products. It is also expected to […]
# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing het sedert vroeg hierdie maand geen verdere berigte van sardyn-vrektes ontvang nie. Wydverspreide vrektes onder die vis is langs die Suid-Afrikaanse en Namibiese kus aangemeld. ‘n Woordvoerder, Zolile Nqayi, sê die volgehoue hoë vlakke van die sardyn-herpesvirus in die vis – insluitend monsters van die Wes- […]
# Die Israelse minister van Kultuur, Miki Zohar, dreig om die burgerskap van twee rolprentregisseurs te herroep oor ‘n dokumentêr wat die regering se oorlogsmisdade in Gaza ontbloot. Die dokumentêr, NAZA, deur Yuval Abraham en Rachel Szor, bevat onthullende onderhoude met 24 Israelse militêre intelligensie-amptenare en soldate, en het vanjaar die spesiale Jurie-prys op die […]
# Kommer oor die stadiger pas van kunsmatige intelligensie-ontwikkeling het die druk op tegnologie-aandele verskerp, en aandele in K-I-verwante ondernemings in Asië het vandag gedaal. Suid-Korea se KOSPI-aanwyser het met 3,7-persent gedaal, terwyl Chipmaker SK Hynix 5,75-persent gedaal het. Tokio se groot K-I-belegger, SoftBank, het met 13-persent gedaal, terwyl die Taiwan Semiconductor-vervaardigingsonderneming 1,2-persent laer verhandel […]
# Israel’s Culture minister, Miki Zohar, has threatened to revoke the citizenship of two directors for a documentary that exposes the government for war crimes in Gaza. Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s NAZA, featuring revelatory interviews with 24 Israeli military intelligence officials and soldiers, won the Special Jury Award at this year’s Venice Film Festival. […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has received no further reports of dead or dying sardines since early this month. Widespread sardine mortality were reported along the South African and Namibian coast. Spokesperson Zolile Nqayi says the consistent detection of high levels of pilchard herpesvirus in affected sardines, including samples from the […]
