Daily Brief: Top technology stories to know this week
Here's your AnewZ Daily Brief for 28 September 2026. These are the top stories making headlines in technology. ...
Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for 15 June, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Health workers in eastern Congo’s Kpangba displacement camp are struggling to contain Ebola after the first deaths were recorded there two weeks ago. Teams from local authorities, the World Health Organization and aid agencies were forced to withdraw after residents rejected the Ebola diagnosis and blocked contact tracing efforts. Officials say they are now unable to trace contacts, leaving the outbreak difficult to control in the camp of around 30,000 displaced people.
U.S. and Iranian officials said they had agreed on a framework to end their war, halt the U.S. blockade of Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a preliminary pact that sent oil prices falling but leaves the fate of Iran's nuclear program to further negotiations. The memorandum of understanding is scheduled to be officially signed on Friday in Switzerland. Lebanon has been a sticking point in negotiations, with Israel and Hezbollah ignoring calls from Trump and others to stop their attacks on each other in recent weeks.
Four people were killed while the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, a symbol of Ukrainian spiritual and cultural history, caught fire, in the heaviest Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital in two weeks, authorities said on Monday. The fresh strikes came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday he had spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump and discussed efforts to achieve an end to the more than four-year conflict, ahead of a G7 meeting in France this week.
Leaders of the Group of Seven are meeting in Évian-les-Bains, France, against the backdrop of a preliminary U.S.-Iran deal to end their war. The three-day summit from 15-17 June will also address the war in Ukraine, global economic imbalances, and efforts to reduce reliance on China-dominated critical minerals. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to arrive on Monday, amid cautious attitudes from some global leaders toward Washington.
Senior officials from Azerbaijan and Armenia held a working meeting in Dilijan on 14 June to discuss the peace agenda between the two countries. The talks, involving Hikmat Hajiyev and Armen Grigoryan, focused on maintaining sustained dialogue and advancing long-term stability in the region. Both sides also discussed confidence-building measures between civil societies. They agreed to continue contacts at the working level, with the next meeting planned to take place in Azerbaijan.
Leaders from around the world are gathering in New York for the latest session of the United Nations General Assembly, with conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, global security, trade, artificial intelligence, climate change and economic development dominating the agenda.
Iran has called for a diplomatic solution after U.S. President Donald Trump rejected its Hormuz proposal, while Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran was awaiting a definitive U.S. response through mediators.
British police have arrested five men on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act after a major security incident was declared near RAF Fairford, a British air base used by U.S. air forces in Gloucestershire, England.
Iran on Saturday awaited a U.S. response to its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting in the Middle East war after the Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump had rejected the deal.
Six people have died after a two-storey residential building in a tourist area of central Athens collapsed, the Greek fire brigade said on Saturday (26 September), following an explosion that the mayor said was likely linked to gas infrastructure.
A Russian guided aerial bomb has struck an apartment building in Kharkiv, injuring 22 people, including children, according to the city’s mayor. The strike follows a day of near-continuous Russian attacks across Ukraine that killed at least five people.
Pope Leo XIV joined an estimated 150,000 pilgrims for a traditional candlelight procession at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France on Sunday (27 September), during the final evening of his visit to the Catholic pilgrimage site.
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić resigned on Sunday, ending his second and final five-year term and paving the way for an early presidential election as the country prepares for a snap parliamentary vote on 25 October.
McLaren’s reigning world champion Lando Norris called for Alpine driver Franco Colapinto to receive a one-race ban after a crash at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ended both Norris’ and Pierre Gasly’s races on Saturday.
Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli described the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as the worst weekend of his season after recovering from a costly qualifying crash to finish fifth in Saturday’s race in Baku.
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