Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 1st of September, covering the latest developments you need to know.
1. SCO Summit opens in northern China as leaders prepare to sign Tianjin Declaration
Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s 25th summit in Tianjin, unveiling his vision for a new global security and economic order and urging members to harness their “mega-scale market.” The gathering, the largest in the SCO’s history, is expected to adopt the Tianjin Declaration and a long-term development strategy to 2035, with more than 20 agreements covering security, economic cooperation and digital transformation.
2. Ukrainian drone debris causes fire in Kropotkin substation
Falling debris from a downed Ukrainian drone caused a fire at a power substation in Kropotkin, Russia, though officials said it was quickly extinguished and no injuries were reported. Air raid alerts were declared across several southern Russian regions overnight, with flights at Saratov and Volgograd airports briefly suspended for safety.
3. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev meets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Tianjin
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Tianjin, where they discussed expanding strategic ties in energy and transport, including delivering Azerbaijani gas to Syria via Türkiye with Qatari support. The talks took place on the sidelines of the SCO summit, the largest in the organisation’s history, where China voiced support for Azerbaijan’s bid for full membership.
4. Severe floods devastate Pakistan, millions displaced
Catastrophic flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 850 people and affected 1.5 million, with swollen rivers inundating over 1,400 villages in Punjab, including parts of Lahore. Thousands of homes and vast areas of farmland have been destroyed, leaving displaced families in temporary camps and raising fears of worsening food prices.
5. Magnitude 6.0 earthquake shakes southeastern Afghanistan
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan’s Kunar province has killed around 500 people and injured 1,000, with rescuers struggling to reach remote mountainous areas. Hundreds of injured have been taken to hospitals as searches continue in villages of mud and stone homes near the Pakistan border.
A Japanese city near Mount Fuji has cancelled its annual cherry blossom festival, saying growing numbers of badly behaved tourists are disrupting dail...
Speedskater Francesca Lollobrigida has given host nation Italy its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, winning the women’s 3,000 ...
Russia launched a large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine’s energy system early on Saturday (7 January), hitting power generation and distribution f...
U.S. has become a central outside power in the south caucasus, shaping diplomacy, security and energy flows. Its relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia...
Iran would retaliate by striking U.S. military bases across the Middle East if it comes under attack by American forces, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghc...
A Japanese city near Mount Fuji has cancelled its annual cherry blossom festival, saying growing numbers of badly behaved tourists are disrupting daily life for residents.
Speedskater Francesca Lollobrigida has given host nation Italy its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, winning the women’s 3,000 metres in Olympic-record time on Saturday.
Russia launched a large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine’s energy system early on Saturday (7 January), hitting power generation and distribution facilities with more than 400 drones and around 40 missiles, Ukrainian officials have said.
U.S. has become a central outside power in the south caucasus, shaping diplomacy, security and energy flows. Its relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia have evolved from similar beginnings into two distinct partnerships that now define Washington’s role in the region.
Winter weather has brought air travel in the German capital to a complete halt, stranding thousands of passengers as severe icing conditions make runways and aircraft unsafe for operation and force authorities to shut down one of Europe’s key transport hubs.
Storm Leonardo hit Spain and Portugal on Tuesday, forcing more than 11,000 people from their homes, as a man in Portugal died after his car was swept away by floodwaters and a second body was found in Malaga.
An attacker opened fire at the gates of a Shiite Muslim mosque in Islamabad on Friday before detonating a suicide bomb that killed at least 31 people in the deadliest assault of its kind in the capital in more than a decade.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 6th of February, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Iran and the United States opened nuclear talks in Oman on Friday, with Tehran calling the meeting a good start and both sides agreeing to continue discussions after returning to their capitals for consultations.
Speedskater Francesca Lollobrigida has given host nation Italy its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, winning the women’s 3,000 metres in Olympic-record time on Saturday.
France and Canada opened new consulates in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, on Friday, stepping up their Arctic presence in a show of support for Denmark, a NATO ally, amid renewed demands by U.S. President Donald Trump to acquire the strategically located territory.
Russia launched a large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine’s energy system early on Saturday (7 January), hitting power generation and distribution facilities with more than 400 drones and around 40 missiles, Ukrainian officials have said.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 7th of February, covering the latest developments you need to know.
U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators have discussed an ambitious goal of reaching a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine by March, though the timeline is widely viewed as unrealistic due to deep disagreements over territory, according to multiple sources familiar with the talks.
You can download the AnewZ application from Play Store and the App Store.
What is your opinion on this topic?
Leave the first comment