Global Express | September 7, 2026 Amazon cargo plane crashes in Miami, killing five

1. Amazon cargo plane crashes in Miami, killing five

Source: NPR

An Amazon cargo plane overran the runway and crashed while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, killing five people. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the Boeing 767 (Prime Air Flight 7598) departed from San Juan, Puerto Rico, before overrunning the runway.

Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said the plane, operated by Amazon, overran the runway at approximately 1:58 p.m. and "came to rest at a field adjacent to the airport." Video showed thick black smoke rising from the aircraft, and more than 60 fire-rescue units responded to a fuel leak.

All runways and taxiways at the airport were closed, and the FAA issued a ground stop later extended until 5:30 p.m., with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warning of significant delays. Amazon said the plane was operated by contract cargo carrier 21 Air and that it was working with authorities to investigate.

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2. Germany's far-right AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt state election

Source: Al Jazeera

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, according to preliminary official results. The AfD took 43.8 percent of the vote, more than twice the 17.2 percent of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right CDU.

AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund said "we have made history in this state." Projections gave the party 39 of the state parliament's 83 seats, three short of the 42 needed for an absolute majority, and it was unclear whether it could form a government.

Because mainstream German parties refuse to work with the AfD under a policy known as the "firewall," the party has never governed. Sunday's result was another blow to Merz, whose coalition government is struggling to revive growth.

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3. Israeli air attacks kill at least 11 in southern Lebanon

Source: Al Jazeera

Israeli air attacks in southern Lebanon have killed at least 11 people, including two children and two medics, according to Lebanese state media.

Israeli warplanes struck a residential building early Monday in the town of Kfar Reman, killing nine people and wounding five. A separate drone attack on a civilian vehicle killed two medics, and the military also struck a residential area in Deir al-Zahrani.

The attacks continued despite a U.S.-brokered agreement signed in June. Since the conflict escalated in early March, Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed more than 4,350 people and wounded over 12,300, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.

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4. North Korea commissions second destroyer amid trilateral drill

Source: AP News

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un put his second naval destroyer into service and called for a more reliable nuclear deterrent, state media reported Monday, as the U.S., South Korea and Japan began a trilateral military exercise.

The destroyer Kang Kon was commissioned Sunday in the eastern port of Wonsan at a ceremony attended by Kim and his teenage daughter. The 5,000-ton warship is the same class as the Choe Hyon, commissioned in June, and can carry various conventional and nuclear weapons.

Kim said the back-to-back warship additions "instilled fear in the enemies" and called for a "powerful and reliable nuclear war deterrent." The U.S., South Korea and Japan kicked off their five-day Freedom Edge exercise near the Korean Peninsula on Monday.

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5. Germany rejects Gaza genocide case at top UN court

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Germany told the United Nations' top court on Monday that a genocide case over weapons sales to Israel was improperly filed by Nicaragua and should be thrown out.

Nicaragua accuses Berlin of violating the Genocide Convention and international humanitarian law by providing arms and military support to Israel. Germany's top lawyer Julia Monar said Nicaragua failed to properly notify the German government before launching proceedings.

Germany has been a staunch supporter of Israel and is its second-largest arms supplier after the U.S. Monar stressed that Germany has not, since 2024, authorized an export of weapons of war with final destination in Israel that can be used in the Gaza conflict.

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6. China pumps $54 billion into banks and insurers

Source: CNBC

China's finance ministry is leading a $54 billion capital injection into state-owned banks and insurers. Three state lenders and five insurers will receive a combined 360 billion yuan, the first time Beijing has extended recapitalization to insurers.

Hong Kong-listed shares of the banks and insurers slumped Monday, with Agricultural Bank of China and ICBC dropping 2.7 percent and 2.3 percent respectively, and China Taiping Insurance losing almost 4 percent.

Analysts said the recapitalization was smaller than expected, underscoring the healthier capital positions of Chinese insurers. Beijing is using state capital to strengthen the banking system's "shock absorbers" ahead of its next strategic investment cycle.

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7. Goldman Sachs warns oil could hit $120

Source: OilPrice.com

Goldman Sachs warned that oil prices could surge to as much as $120 per barrel if attacks on shipping in the Middle East intensify. Brent crude traded above $97 a barrel early Monday, nearing the $100 threshold.

Tensions escalated over the weekend after the U.S. said it struck three Iranian oil tankers in response to the IRGC targeting two U.S. warships with ballistic missiles. Iran's parliament speaker warned that future retaliation would be "faster, heavier and more painful."

Iran also said it would announce a new "exclusion zone" extending from the U.S. naval blockade toward the Strait of Hormuz and into the Persian Gulf, with ships entering the area placed on a sanctions list. Goldman sees even bigger supply shocks in natural gas and refined products.

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8. Nepal holds day of mourning for flood victims

Source: AP News

Nepal held a day of mourning Monday for those killed in the Aug. 26 floods, with flags lowered at government offices. More than 1,300 people died in Nepal and Tibet, and some 5,000 remain missing, including foreigners.

Monday was the 13th day since the flooding; in Hindu tradition, mourning periods last 13 days. Several people whose relatives remain missing performed symbolic funerals for spiritual release.

Search efforts continued, and in Kathmandu relatives gathered near government offices to demand faster rescue work. Rescue efforts have focused on 12 hydropower projects, where about 900 workers are missing and roughly 500 are believed trapped in tunnels.

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9. China readies humanoid robots for combat

Source: Reuters

China's defense establishment is accelerating research into humanoid robots' military uses and planning for their eventual wartime deployment, according to a Reuters review. At the recent World Humanoid Robot Games, robots ran, boxed and danced.

Two days after the Games, the PLA Daily called for researchers to accelerate the transfer of technologies from laboratories to military training grounds for robotic "combatants." Reuters reviewed more than 100 military procurement notices, academic studies, patents and official publications.

Reuters found no evidence that China has deployed an armed humanoid with an operational PLA unit. Last year, the U.S. Army also launched a competition to develop "militarized humanoid capabilities" that could eventually work alongside soldiers.

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10. Russia does not rule out resuming US-Ukraine talks

Source: Yicai

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on September 7 that Russia does not rule out resuming trilateral talks with the United States and Ukraine, though the venue and timing remain uncertain, according to CCTV News.

Peskov also said he did not rule out a phone conversation between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump after the U.S. presidential envoy's visits to Moscow and Kyiv.

He stressed that the Kremlin had not yet received information on the results of negotiations between U.S. envoy Witkoff, Trump's son-in-law Kushner and Ukraine's leadership. Asked about the gap between the new U.S. proposal and the two leaders' Anchorage consensus, Peskov did not answer.

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