A senior Chinese financial regulator has warned that a surge in artificial intelligence investment risks starving other sectors of vital funding as capital becomes increasingly concentrated in a handful of technology giants.
The UN has warned that intensifying drone strikes on Sudan’s power and fuel infrastructure are disrupting vital hospital services and water supplies, as a deepening diplomatic rift with Ethiopia raises fears of wider regional instability.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has blamed the war with Iran for the Republicans' defeat in the 2026 midterm elections, arguing that voters who supported President Donald Trump in 2024 turned to the Democrats because of foreign policy and economic concerns.
A Russian military satellite may have rehearsed an attack on a Western commercial spacecraft after coming within metres of it in orbit, an expert has warned, as two other Russian satellites approach another Western spacecraft.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets across France on Thursday as nationwide strikes and protests put fresh pressure on President Emmanuel Macron, with authorities seeking to prevent a repeat of October's violent unrest.
Here's your AnewZ Daily Brief for the 5th of November, as health emergencies, humanitarian crises, political shifts, and cybersecurity threats put governments and essential services under pressure across the globe. Here are five stories worth your attention.
Two oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in separate incidents in the Strait of Hormuz after allegedly using unauthorised shipping routes, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday, 5 November.
A British healthcare worker who contracted Ebola while working in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being transferred to the United Kingdom for specialist medical care, according to British authorities.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday, 5 November, after pleading guilty to colluding with foreign entities under the city's national security law.
Israel's President Isaac Herzog has begun talks with political parties to form a new government after neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his rival Gadi Eisenkot secured a parliamentary majority in the 27 October election.
Elon Musk was not on the ballot in Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections, but he emerged as one of the biggest losers after Democrats swept to victory, threatening his political influence and exposing his business empire to greater scrutiny.
Montenegro has moved a step closer to becoming the European Union's next member, with Brussels signalling that the Balkan country could join by 2028, ending more than a decade without EU enlargement.
Thousands of protesters, including students and artists, marched through Prague and other Czech cities on Tuesday as public television and radio workers staged a one-day strike over government plans to cut funding and bring the broadcasters under state budget control.
As oil prices surge amid conflict in the Gulf, energy leaders at ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi are confronting two major challenges: securing global supplies and meeting soaring electricity demand from artificial intelligence.
Spain's Transport Minister Óscar Puente has resigned six days after a deadly high-speed train collision that killed at least 69 people, amid mounting political pressure and growing concerns over the country's railway safety.
North Korea fired multiple missiles into the sea off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea's Defence Ministry said, in Pyongyang's fourth weapons launch in a month.
Bomb threats targeting at least seven flights and a cruise ship across Europe on Tuesday, 3 November, sparked flight diversions, airport disruptions and widespread security searches. No explosives were found, and no group has claimed responsibility.
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Democrat wins surged on Tuesday across the United States with stunning victories in the South Carolina, Texas and Ohio senate races -- traditionally Republican strongholds -- in the 3 November midterm elections.
Here's your AnewZ Daily Brief for the 4th of November, as political shifts, renewed diplomacy and rising tensions put governments under pressure across the globe. Here are five stories worth your attention.
