Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 22nd of August, covering the latest developments.
The United States and Canada failed to reach a trade agreement, prompting Washington to impose 50% tariffs on around $20 billion of Canadian goods. Canada suspended negotiations and vowed to respond with matching tariffs, escalating tensions between the two allies.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran was not ready to make what he called the "right deal" and that Washington was monitoring developments in the conflict. The U.S. plans to announce new sanctions against Iran and has threatened economic consequences for countries supporting Tehran. Tensions remain high around the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global energy supplies.
The Australian Capital Territory, which includes Canberra, will join a national gun buyback scheme following the deadly shooting at a Jewish festival in Sydney that killed 15 people. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the measure was part of efforts to reduce the number of firearms and strengthen gun controls.
At least 16 people were killed and more than 130 wounded after Russian drones struck a shopping centre in Ukraine’s Kryvyi Rih, officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a second drone struck the site half an hour after the first in a deliberate attempt to target emergency crews. He called the attack an "act of barbarism" and promised a response. Rescue teams are searching the rubble as several people remain missing.
An 18-year-old man armed with a sword attacked students at Brinell High School in Fagersta, central Sweden, killing one person and injuring three others. Police shot and detained the suspect, who Swedish media reported was a former student at the school. Authorities are investigating the motive.
Several people have died and a number of others have been injured after a coach carrying Dutch tourists overturned on a mountain road in easte...
Russian online marketplace Ozon has suspended operations in Saratov, southwestern Russia, following a drone strike on a warehouse in the region. In...
The attacks of 11 September 2001 killed 2,977 people and reshaped U.S. national security and foreign policy. Ni...
Four people were killed, including a child, in Ukrainian strikes on the Russian port city of Novorossiysk overnight, according to the governor of the Krasnodar region. Ukraine's drone forces commander, Robert Brovdi, said Russian military ships were destroyed in the attacks.
Overnight Iranian strikes on an air base in Jordan damaged multiple U.S. aircraft and left one without a wing, American media reported. Meanwhile, explosions were heard across parts of southern Iran according to local media reports.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Wednesday they attacked two U.S. vessels and eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, calling the strikes a response to a U.S. attack on five Iranian tankers.
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian oil refinery in Siberia and a seaport in Dagestan in the past 24 hours, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. He will meet Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday to discuss air defences for Ukraine over winter.
Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton has warned against rushing to develop artificial superintelligence, arguing that scientists still do not know how to ensure systems more capable than humans remain safe and under control.
Several people have died and a number of others have been injured after a coach carrying Dutch tourists overturned on a mountain road in eastern Switzerland, police have said.
Russian online marketplace Ozon has suspended operations in Saratov, southwestern Russia, following a drone strike on a warehouse in the region. In Ukraine, Russian strikes on Kyiv early on Friday injured eight people, city authorities said.
The attacks of 11 September 2001 killed 2,977 people and reshaped U.S. national security and foreign policy. Nineteen terrorists associated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial aircraft in a coordinated operation in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks drew the U.S. into Afghanistan, the Taliban is seeking a new relationship with Washington built on diplomacy, investment and trade, despite deep divisions between the former enemies.
For weeks, Indians have watched a bespectacled civil servant become an unlikely social media star. Tukaram Mundhe, Maharashtra's food safety commissioner, posts photographs of cockroach-infested kitchens and rat droppings on warehouse floors, and his raids are shared like reality television.
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