# China se hoofaanklaer het ‘n seldsame erkenning uitgereik dat marteling en onwettige aanhouding wel in die land se regstelsel gebeur, en belowe om onwettige praktyke deur wetstoepassers te beëindig. China se ondeursigtige regstelsel word al lankal gekritiseer met beskuldigdes wat verdwyn, die teiken van andersdenkendes en die verkryging van skulderkennings deur marteling. President Xi […]
# ‘n Amerikaanse kommersiële sending met bemanning vanaf Indië, Pole en Hongarye is vandag op pad na die Internasionale Ruimtestasie. Dit is die eerste keer in dekades dat mense van hierdie lande na die ruimte gestuur word. Die vorige keer wat ruimtevaarders van hierdie land in die ruimte was, was die huidige span nog nie […]
# Namibia’s ministry of Agriculture has lifted the temporary ban on importing and transporting maize seeds from South Africa. The ban was imposed after the detection of Goss’s wilt, caused by a bacterial pathogen, in previous imports. The ministry’s spokesperson, Simon Nghipandulwa says new phytosanitary guidelines have been introduced to prevent plant diseases. Importers must now follow […]
# Several Eurostar trains between London and Paris were cancelled today after more than 600 metres of cables were vandalised or stolen in northern France. The impact is essentially on high-speed train traffic. The Eurostar website showed that six trips between London and Paris, three in each direction, were cancelled. Several trains between London and […]
# Die Israelse Weermag sê dis nog te vroeg om die skade aan kernterreine in Iran te bepaal nadat ‘n wapenstilstand die konflik van 12 dae beëindig het. Militêre woordvoerder Effie Defrin sê hy glo Iran se kernprogram is ‘n beduidende hou toegedien en sal etlike jare neem om te herstel. Iranse wetgewers het intussen […]
# China’s top prosecutor has issued a rare admission that torture and unlawful detention takes place in the country’s justice system, vowing to crack down on illegal practices by law enforcement officials. China’s opaque justice system has long been criticised over the disappearance of defendants, the targeting of dissidents and regularly forcing confessions through torture. […]
# Die voormalige Zambiese president Edgar Lungu sal na verwagting vandag in Suid-Afrika ter ruste gelê word, maar daar heers onsekerheid oor die seremonie. Zambië se prokureur-generaal, Mulilo Kabesha, het dringende hofstukke ingedien by die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria om die begrafnis te stop, en verklaar dat Lungu se begrafnis nasionale protokolle moet volg en nie […]
# Former Zambian president Edgar Lungu is expected to be laid to rest today in South Africa, but legal uncertainty clouds the ceremony. Zambia’s Attorney General, Mulilo Kabesha, has filed urgent court papers in the High Court in Pretoria to halt the burial, stating that Lungu’s burial must follow national protocols and not be treated […]
# A US commercial mission carrying crew from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station today, taking astronauts from these countries to space for the first time in decades. The last time India, Poland or Hungary sent people to space, their current crop of astronauts had not yet been born. Back […]
