Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 24th of August, covering the latest developments.
A newly formed pro-government Adilet Democratic party has won Kazakhstan’s snap parliamentary election with around 70-72 per cent of the vote, according to exit polls. The election was the first held under Kazakhstan’s new constitutional framework and is expected to strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s influence. Adilet was established earlier this year by figures close to Tokayev and absorbed Amanat, the country’s previously dominant political party.
Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan have elevated their bilateral ties by signing a Treaty on Eternal Friendship during President Ilham Aliyev’s state visit to Tashkent on Sunday. The two sides agreed to expand cooperation in trade, investment, transport and regional development, targeting $1 billion in annual trade. They also discussed major investment projects, including tourism and infrastructure, as well as expanding transport links through the Caspian Sea and advancing the Zangezur Corridor.
The U.S. is preparing sweeping new sanctions targeting Iran and its trade partners, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling them the “greatest financial offensive” against an adversary. Iran has threatened to halt all oil exports from the Persian Gulf if the economic pressure continues, further raising concerns over Strait of Hormuz shipping and global energy markets. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s army chief is due to visit Tehran on Monday as regional efforts continue to promote diplomacy and de-escalation.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied Kyiv’s official involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions. Russia meanwhile reported fires at Ozon logistics hubs following drone attacks, including a major blaze in Krasnodar and another in Dagestan. Meanwhile, South Korea said North Korea was preparing for a possible additional troop deployment to Russia, although no imminent deployment had been detected.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said his party will introduce a bill seeking to ban children under 16 from using social media. The proposal would require platforms to verify users’ ages and face fines of up to 10 per cent of their global revenue for non-compliance. However, coalition partner New Zealand First has said it will not support the bill, raising doubts over whether it can pass Parliament.
BMW is recalling more than 720,000 vehicles in the U.S. over a fire risk, warning owners to park outside and away from buildings until repairs are ...
Tajikistan has urged the international community to increase funding to protect shrinking glaciers and help mountain communities adapt to climate c...
A new study in mice suggests the brain’s protective barrier does more than block harmful substances. It also delivers essential proteins from...
European leaders gathered in Dublin on Thursday, 12 November, for the ninth European Political Community (EPC) summit, with security, defence and energy high on the agenda. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held talks focused on peace, trade and regional cooperation.
Iran will not let a single particle of its enriched nuclear material leave the country, and any new U.S. attack would be met with strikes on distant American bases, Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei has said.
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang is stepping down amid reports linking him to a woman suspected by U.S. authorities of spying for China, throwing the future of the $4 trillion chipmaker into uncertainty.
Kazakhstan’s security service has arrested Nurlan Zhakupov, CEO of Samruk-Kazyna, the country’s sovereign wealth fund, on suspicion of corruption. Yelzhas Otynshiyev, Chairman of KTZ, Kazakhstan’s national railway firm has also been detained.
Eight people have been killed and at least 17 injured after an apartment building collapsed into a neighbouring construction site in Brooklyn, New York, as rescuers continued searching the rubble for possible survivors.
BMW is recalling more than 720,000 vehicles in the U.S. over a fire risk, warning owners to park outside and away from buildings until repairs are completed. The recall follows 10 reported fires involving cars previously repaired for the same fault.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 3.7 million children in Afghanistan are suffering from acute malnutrition, as worsening drought and funding shortages threaten to deepen the crisis amid the COP31 climate summit in Türkiye.
A consortium of Türkiye’s Limak and Qatar’s HBK Contracting has won an international tender to build and operate a new airport terminal in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, under a 23-year public-private partnership, with the project potentially costing up to $300 million.
Spain’s parliament has approved a government package aimed at easing the country’s housing crisis, a day after workers staged the first general strike in 14 years over soaring housing costs.
Here's your AnewZ Technology Daily Brief for the 13th of November. This week, a Microsoft outage hit Australian agencies, Google restricted mapping data in South Korea, a lawsuit targeted advanced AI development, and Nvidia faced a leadership crisis after Jensen Huang's resignation.
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