# Die Iranese opperleier, Ajatollah Ali Khamenei, sê ‘n Amerikaanse voorstel vir ‘n kernooreenkoms is teen die nasionale belang, te midde van ernstige verskille oor uraanverryking deur Teheran. Die aartsvyande het sedert April vyf keer ontmoet om ‘n ooreenkoms te sluit om die een te vervang wat die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump tydens sy eerste […]
# The International Air Transport Association confirms seven of the top ten countries blocking airline fund repatriation are in Africa, with Mozambique now leading. IATA director-general Willie Walsh says airlines face 23-billion-rand globally in blocked revenues, including three-billion-rand trapped in Mozambique. The blockage stems from a foreign currency shortage, particularly US dollars. Walsh warns this […]
# Today marks the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, a sacred journey for Muslims worldwide. The pilgrimage begins on the eighth day of Dhul Hijjah, the twelfth and final month of the Islamic calendar. It lasts five to six days and includes key rituals such as circling the Kaaba at the centre […]
# The UN Refugee Agency reports the number of people who have fled Sudan since the beginning of its civil war in 2023 has surpassed four-million, adding that many survivors faced inadequate shelter due to funding shortages. A spokesperson, Eujin Byun, told a press briefing in Geneva, the four-million people is a devastating milestone in […]
# Chinese lugdienste mag dalk volgende maand tot 300 smalromp- en wyeromp Airbus-passasiersvliegtuie bestel wanneer Europese leiers Beijing besoek. Bloomberg News haal bronne aan wat sê China bestel gereeld stralers tydens staatsbesoeke, maar waarsku ‘n ooreenkoms is nie gewaarborg nie, veral te midde van wisselvalligheid rondom handel. Daar is ‘n tekort aan vliegtuie in China […]
# Volkswagen, Europa se grootste motorvervaardiger, oorweeg dit om ‘n monteeraanleg in Egipte te vestig. Die besturende direkteur vir die VW-groep in Afrika, Martina Biene, het aan Engineering News gesê dit is deel van ‘n plan om nuwe Afrika-markte te ontgin terwyl die aanvraag in Europa afneem. Volkswagen kan wel ‘n monteeraanleg vestig deur bestaande […]
# Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says a US proposal for a nuclear agreement was against the national interest, amid sharp differences over whether Tehran can continue to enrich uranium. The longtime foes have held five rounds of talks since April to thrash out a new accord to replace the deal with major powers […]
# Around 20-thousand people were evacuated from central Cologne after three unexploded World War Two bombs were found, the biggest such operation in the German city since the end of the war. Bomb squad technicians were planning to defuse the three American explosives, two weighing a thousand kilograms and one 500 kilograms, which were found […]
# Vietnamese police arrested administrators of a YouTube channel with two-million subscribers for allegedly spreading false information about state officials. Rights campaigners say the government in one-party Vietnam has in recent years stepped up a crackdown on civil society and weaponised the law to silence critics, especially people posting on social media. Human Rights Watch […]
