# Pous Leo die Veertiende vra die wêreld om migrante- en vlugtelingkinders te beskerm teen geweld, uitbuiting en trauma. Die pous het vandag tydens sy weeklikse toespraak op Sint Pietersplein gesê kinders wat hul lande verlaat op soek na veiligheid, moet altyd beskerm en bygestaan word. Hy het dit bepleit in aanloop tot die Katolieke […]
# Eerste minister Andy Burnham het die Verenigde Nasies meegedeel Brittanje is gereed om leiding te neem met internasionale pogings om kunsmatige intelligensie-standaarde te ontwikkel. Hy het op die Algemene Vergadering gewaarsku K-I kan vinniger as die nodige veiligheidsmaatreëls ontwikkel en ‘n gevaar inhou vir nasionale veiligheid. Burnham sê verkose regerings moet belangrike K-I-besluite neem […]
# Airports Council International says a record 9.8-billion passengers passed through airports worldwide in 2025. Africa recorded the strongest year-on-year growth at nine-percent, followed by the Middle East at 6.5-percent. Global passenger traffic rose 6.1-percent, driven by international travel. Air cargo also reached a record 131.2-million tonnes, up 3.3-percent. However, global passenger growth slowed to […]
# Die lugvaartreus Airbus wil die gebruik van sy C295-militêre vervoervliegtuie in Suid-Afrika en elders in Afrika uitbrei. Die vliegtuig kan ingespan word vir soldate- en vragvervoer, mediese ontruimings en humanitêre operasies vanaf ongeteerde aanloopbane. Airbus het ‘n vier-jaar-ooreenkoms onderteken met Wits Universiteit en Frankryk se Hoër Instituut vir Lugvaartkunde en Ruimtevaart om opleiding in […]
# Die dodetal het tot 26 gestyg nadat ‘n passasiersveerboot tien dae gelede in die Java-see in Indonesië omgeslaan het. Honderd-en-nege mense word steeds vermis. Virgo Transport 8 het op 13 September in gure weer omgeslaan onderweg van Surabaya na Banjarmasin. Daar was 243 mense aan boord, insluitend 30 bemanningslede. Reddingswerkers het die afgelope drie […]
# Pope Leo the Fourteenth has called for global action to protect migrant and refugee children from violence, exploitation and traumatic conditions. Speaking at his weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square today, the Pope said children fleeing their home countries in search of safety must always be protected and assisted. He made the appeal […]
# Aerospace giant Airbus is seeking to expand the presence of its C295 military transport aircraft in South Africa and across Africa. The aircraft can conduct troop and cargo transport, medical evacuations and humanitarian missions, including from unpaved runways. Airbus has also signed a four-year agreement with Wits University and France’s Higher Institute of Aeronautics […]
# The death toll from a passenger ferry that capsized in Indonesia’s Java Sea has risen to 26, with 109 people still missing. The Virgo Transport 8 was carrying 243 people, including 30 crew members, when it overturned in bad weather on September 13, while travelling from Surabaya to Banjarmasin. Rescuers have recovered 14 bodies […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, moedig lande aan om befondsing vir die gesondheid van vroue, kinders en tieners te bevorder. Hy het ‘n hoëvlak-sitting van die Verenigde Nasies se Algemene Vergadering toegespreek oor die kwessie. Lamola sê meer as 3,3-miljard mense woon in lande wat meer bestee aan rentebetalings as […]
