# Drie-honderd-38 persone en organisasies is benoem vir vanjaar se Nobelprys vir Vrede, wat vanoggend in Oslo, Noorweë, toegeken word. Dit is ‘n beduidende toename sedert verlede jaar, toe daar 286 benoemings was. Die meeste ooit was 376 in 2016. Onder vanjaar se kandidate is die Amerikaanse president, Donald, Trump, wat benoem is deur ‘n […]
# Die president van die Europese Kommissie, Ursula von der Leyen, het Donderdag gemaklik twee pogings om haar te verwyder oorleef toe die Europese Parlement mosies van wantroue van regse en linkse groepe verwerp het. Beide sensuurmosies het Von der Leyen gekritiseer omdat sy ‘n ongebalanseerde tariefooreenkoms met die Verenigde State aanvaar het en ‘n […]
# Dokters in China het ‘n geneties-aangepaste varklewer oorgeplant in ‘n 71-jarige man en hy het 171 dae ná die prosedure geleef, waarvan 38 dae met die varkorgaan was. Kenners sê die nuwe studie dui aan vark-na-mens leweroorplantings lyk belowend vir die gebruik om mense met ‘n ernstige lewertoestand te help om aan die lewe […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile het ‘n suksesvolle tweedaagse werksbesoek aan Suid-Soedan afgesluit, wat die vordering met die Vredesooreenkoms van 2018 laat herleef. Mashatile het vergader met president Salva Kiir, adjunk-president Benjamin Boi Mel, en ander belanghebbendes wat hul verbintenis tot vrede en geloofwaardige verkiesing volgende jaar herbevestig het. Hy het ook besoek afgelê by adjunk-president […]
# China het die uitvoerbeheer op seldsame aardmetale en ander stowwe wat krities is vir gevorderde tegnologievervaardiging verskerp. Die land verwerk ongeveer 90-persent van die wêreld se seldsame aardmetale wat vir ‘n verskeidenheid van goedere, vanaf sonpanele tot slimfone nodig is. Beijing sê die regulasies is ingestel om nasionale veiligheid te beskerm. Die nuwe beheermaatreëls […]
# Three-hundred-and-38 individuals and organisations were nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, which will be awarded in Oslo, Norway, this morning. This is a significant increase from last year, when there were 286 nominees. The most nominees – 376 – were in 2016. Among this year’s candidates are US president Donald Trump, nominated by […]
# The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, comfortably survived two bids to remove her when the European Parliament rejected no-confidence motions from hard-right and left groups on Thursday. Both censure motions criticised Von der Leyen for accepting an unbalanced tariff deal with the United States and proposing a trade agreement with […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has wrapped up a successful two-day working visit to South Sudan, aimed at reviewing progress on the 2018 Revitalised Peace Agreement. Mashatile met President Salva Kiir, Vice President Benjamin Boi Mel, and other stakeholders, who reaffirmed their commitment to peace and credible 2026 elections. He also visited Vice President Mama […]
# The Princess of Wales has warned that an overload of smartphones and computer screens is creating an “epidemic of disconnection” that disrupts family life. In her essay published on the website of the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, Catherine says children need to be encouraged to develop social and emotional skills, which will […]
