Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for 30 May, covering the latest developments you need to know.
A heatwave affecting large parts of France continued on Friday, May 29, with temperatures locally exceeding 35°C and several monthly records being broken. According to France’s meteorological organisation, 11 departments remained under orange heatwave alerts, mainly in western France and the Paris region.
During the Shangri-la Dialogue security summit in Singapore, U.S. defence secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday (May 30) reaffirmed mutual commitments with their allies in the Asia-Pacific region. He also said that any deal with Iran "will be a good one", but also emphasised that Washington is more than capable to "recommence (the conflict), if necessary".
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday (May 29) blasted a U.S. decision to designate two Brazilian drug gangs as terrorist organisations, calling it undue interference in the country's internal affairs. On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a policy to designate Brazil's two biggest criminal gangs, Comando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital, as terrorist groups.
Rescue teams have retrieved the first of seven men who were trapped in a remote gold mining cave in Laos. Four of the group remain stuck underground, while a further two are missing in the flooded passageways. Specialist teams are in a race against time to save the remaining men before the cave is inundated with water.
A Canadian man who sold a legal but potentially deadly chemical and other items online to dozens of people who took their own lives pleaded guilty on Friday (May 29) to aiding suicide, ending the prospect of a murder trial in a case with international reach. Kenneth Law, 60, pleaded guilty to aiding the suicides of 14 Ontario residents, aged 16 to 36. He will be sentenced in September.
Georgia and Armenia have resumed talks on their 225-kilometre border after years of limited progress, with disputes over historical boundaries, far...
China has extended the suspension of its additional 24 per cent tariff on U.S. goods for another two months, while keeping a 10 per cent levy in pl...
Russia and Ukraine are set to return to Abu Dhabi on Tuesday for a fourth round of U.S.-brokered peace talks, with European participation, security...
The gunman who allegedly killed six people in Poland’s unprecedented mass shooting in central Kraków on Saturday has died in hospital, police said early Monday. The attacker had demonstrated advanced military-style marksmanship skills, according to a spokesperson for the shooting club he attended.
Poland has declared two days of national mourning after a gunman opened fire in Kraków's historic main square. Investigators are examining possible far-right influences and the discovery of three bodies at the suspect's home.
Monday marks the second of two days of national mourning in Poland as police bolstered security after six people were killed in a mass shooting in Kraków.
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said it intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by the Iran-aligned group towards Riyadh on Sunday (8 November), after loud booms were heard in the Saudi capital. The Aramco building was damaged by falling debris.
Azerbaijan is marking the sixth anniversary of Victory Day on Sunday, 8 November, with President Ilham Aliyev visiting the Victory Monument in Khankendi, laying a wreath and paying tribute to servicemen killed during the 44-day Second Garabagh War in 2020.
China has extended the suspension of its additional 24 per cent tariff on U.S. goods for another two months, while keeping a 10 per cent levy in place, as Beijing and Washington seek to maintain their fragile trade truce.
Russia and Ukraine are set to return to Abu Dhabi on Tuesday for a fourth round of U.S.-brokered peace talks, with European participation, security guarantees and territorial disputes expected to shape the negotiations.
The bodies of 13 migrants have been recovered from a boat off the Greek island of Crete, the Greek coast guard said on Monday. A further 18 people were rescued, with four taken to hospital.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has tasked Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main rival, with trying to form a government after an inconclusive election. The decision, announced on Saturday, follows a vote that left neither candidate with a clear path to power.
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host Qatar’s prime minister at the White House on Monday as efforts to end the conflict with Iran stall, with Washington and Tehran still far apart on the terms of a possible agreement.
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