# Nepal se minister van Buitelandse Sake, Shisir Khanal, sê hy hoop steeds die byna vierduisend mense wat vermis word na verlede week se dodelike kitsvloede, kan nog gered word. Onder die vermistes is meer as 600 werkers wat vermoedelik vasgekeer is in ‘n groot netwerk van moddergevulde tonnels by hidrokragaanlegte langs die Trishuli-rivier. Die […]
# The US military launched new airstrikes on Iranian targets, leaving four people dead, including a four-year-old child, and more than 50 injured. The US Central Command says the strikes followed recent attempted attacks by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. In retaliation, Tehran targeted American interests in […]
# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says trade talks with the US can resume when Washington gets serious about negotiations. Last week, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America, a move rejected by Canadians. The Trump administration has levied 50-percent tariffs on Canadian goods, while […]
# Nepal’s Foreign minister, Shisir Khanal, says he remains hopeful that the nearly four-thousand people still missing following last week’s deadly flash floods can still be rescued alive. Among the missing are over 600 workers believed to be trapped in a vast network of mud-filled tunnels at hydropower sites along the Trishuli River. The death […]
# Die Zambiese president Hakainde Hichilema is vir ‘n tweede vyfjaartermyn ingesweer tydens ‘n seremonie wat deur duisende by die Heldestadion in Lusaka bygewoon is. Hichilema is dieleier van die Verenigde Party vir Nasionale Ontwikkeling en het 60,49-persent van die stemme verower in die presidensiële verkiesing op 13 Augustus teen die hoofopposisieleier Brian Mundubile. Hy […]
# Die Africa Finance Corporation het ‘n nuwe filiaal, AFC Captive Insurance Company, gestig om risikobestuur te versterk en infrastruktuurfinansiering regoor Afrika te ondersteun. Die maatskappy, wat in Bermuda gebaseer is, word ten volle deur AFC besit en het nagenoeg 484-miljoen-rand in aandelekapitaal. Dit sal aanvanklik versekeringsdekking vir AFC-lenings bied, wat die groep sal help […]
# Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema has been sworn in for a second five-year term at a ceremony attended by thousands at Heroes Stadium in Lusaka. Hichilema, leader of the United Party for National Development, secured 60.49-percent of the vote in the August 13’s presidential election against main opposition leader Brian Mundubile. He was sworn in […]
# Ses spoorwegwerkers is onder minstens twaalf mense wat dood is in Russiese missiel- en hommeltuigaanvalle op Oekraïne se hoofstad Kiëf en omliggende gebiede. Amptenare sê ‘n ballistiese missiel het oornag ‘n spoorwegdepot getref en sewe mense is dood. ‘n Werkswinkel is ook vernietig en verskeie brande het uitgebreek. Vier ander mense is dood, insluitend […]
# Die voormalige Britse premier, sir Keir Starmer gaan as parlementslid vir Holborn en St Pancras bedank, wat tot ‘n tussenverkiesing in die Londense kiesafdeling sal lei. Starmer sê hy het besluit dit is die regte tyd om die parlement na elf jaar as parlementslid te verlaat. Hy sal nou fokus op internasionale sake, insluitend […]
