Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 13th of August, covering the latest developments.
Asian stocks rose on Thursday after U.S. inflation data came in line with expectations, reducing expectations of a near-term Fed rate hike. South Korean shares led gains, rising 4.4 per cent, while Japan’s Nikkei added 1.86 per cent. Oil prices remained elevated as the U.S. and Iran stayed deadlocked over efforts to end the Gulf war. The dollar weakened slightly against the yen as expectations grew that the Bank of Japan could raise rates as early as next month.
A Russian overnight strike damaged the area around Izmail, Ukraine’s largest Danube port, causing a fire near the Romanian border according to authorities. Romania says it scrambled two fighter jets after an aerial target entered its airspace for about 10 minutes before moving toward Ukraine. The attack came a day after Ukraine struck Novorossiysk, a major Russian grain export hub on the Black Sea.
Colombia’s President Abelardo De La Espriella has pledged an emergency fund to rebuild hospitals, schools, homes and infrastructure destroyed by Monday’s 7.4-magnitude earthquake. Rescue teams are focusing on collapsed buildings in Cali as they race against the critical 72-hour window for finding survivors. The quake killed 265 people, injured 3,770 and left nearly 500 others unaccounted for, with more than 9,550 homes destroyed.
Japan strongly protested against Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Iturup, one of four islands in the Kuril chain, on Thursday. Both Japan and Russia claim the chain of island as theirs and have been in a disputed over it for decades. The trip marked what Russian state media described as Putin’s first in-person visit to the island chain. Putin toured a fish-processing plant and met local residents during the visit. The trip came a day after Russia held major naval drills and North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward waters off the Korean Peninsula.
Millions of people across Spain and Iceland gathered to witness Western Europe’s first total solar eclipse in 27 years. The eclipse plunged parts of both countries into darkness, with totality lasting up to two minutes and 13 seconds in western Iceland.The spectacle was also visible as a partial eclipse across the UK, Poland, Italy and Belgium. In the UK, more than 90 per cent of the Sun was covered, with skies darkening over London’s Tower Bridge as people gathered to watch the partial eclipse.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia hit at least six energy targets in deadly strikes across Ukraine, showing Moscow is unwilling t...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited a newly opened defence museum displaying weapons developed under his leadership, including an intercont...
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said late Monday that it intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles laun...
One person was killed and nearly a dozen hurt in a fresh attack on Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities reported, a day after a strike claimed by Yemen's Houthis killed 13 people and wounded more than 300.
Yemen's Houthis renewed warning to airlines, airport workers, and travellers against using Saudi airports, saying the warning should be taken seriously and that the kingdom “bore responsibility for failed interceptions”, a day after an attack on Riyadh's international airport that killed 12 people.
The Houthi movement has escalated their attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting the airport in Riyadh and other cities, killing more than a dozen people.
The Kremlin on Monday rejected a 60-day ceasefire idea proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to allow his country to hold presidential elections, saying it wanted an overall peace deal instead.
Ukraine is ready to stop attacks on Russian oil refineries if Moscow also halts strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited a newly opened defence museum displaying weapons developed under his leadership, including an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States.
Southeast Asian foreign ministers are set to discuss measures to tackle transboundary haze during preparatory meetings ahead of the ASEAN summit in November, as forest and land fires in Indonesia continue to affect air quality across the region, the Philippines said on Tuesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia hit at least six energy targets in deadly strikes across Ukraine, showing Moscow is unwilling to accept the energy ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said the United Kingdom believes Iran was likely behind an alleged plot connected to RAF Fairford, a military airbase in Gloucestershire in England that has played a role in U.S. operations against Iran, escalating tensions between London and Tehran.
Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has accused the Trump administration of using federal law enforcement for political purposes after authorities searched her Washington-area home as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
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