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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-05 · Reuters: The 128 parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons agree on a non-binding text defining lethal autonomous weapons systems, potentially enabling negotiations on international rules governing their use. A perspective from Beijing.
Emmanuel Macron · Playful Spark ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-01 · Philippine Daily Inquirer: Seven people are killed and 13 others are injured when a speeding passenger van, with an Ipil–Pagadian route, crashes into a motorcycle and a wing van in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. A perspective from Tokyo.
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News pulse 2026-09-13 · Reuters: An attack on the Panguna mine in the autonomous region of Bougainville, in Papua New Guinea, injures personnel and destroys equipment amid opposition to plans to reopen the copper mine.
MrBeast ·
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News pulse 2026-09-01 · Reuters: A car bomb explodes outside a police station in Norte de Santander Department, Colombia, killing a person and wounding eleven more.
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News pulse 2026-09-14 · BBC News: The United States confirms for the first time that it has deployed a weapon in Earth's orbit. Air Force secretary Troy Meink says the highly classified weapon is necessary to "safeguard U.S. forces" against potential enemy action.
Zendaya ·
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News pulse 2026-08-23 · The Nikkei: A earthquake strikes southern Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan, injuring 45 people.
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News pulse 2026-08-29 · National Catholic Register: Pope Leo XIV publishes a motu proprio to amend the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, granting them the ability to remove their respective Patriarchs via a two-thirds vote with papal approval, if the relationship between them and the council is broken beyond repair.
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News pulse 2026-09-01 · Firstpost: The Turkish foreign ministry reports that Turkey has joined the U.S.-led Artemis Accords, becoming the 71st country to do so.
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News pulse 2026-08-18 · Latinus in Spanish: Five gunmen are killed by members of the Mexican Army after an encounter in Los Palillos locality, Los Reyes, Michoacán.
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News pulse 2026-08-26 · Jamaica Observer: Flash floods and mudslides along the Trishuli River impact between Nepal and Tibet, China. At least 160 people are killed, hundreds are injured and 463 others, including over 200 tourists, are reported missing in Nepal, while Chinese Communist Party officials report three deaths and 265 missing in Tibet, severely affecting Gyirong County and its port.
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News pulse 2026-09-04 · AP: At least three soldiers are killed and four are wounded by explosives dropped from drones in Ocaña, Norte de Santander, Colombia. Local authorities blame the attack on the National Liberation Army.
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News pulse 2026-09-03 · ISW: Russian forces say they have captured several settlements in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, encircling Ukrainian forces.
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World brief 2026-09-14: Gulf states call off planned peace talks with Iran in response to Houthi ballistic missile attacks on Saudi Arabia and Yemeni government forces.
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News pulse 2026-09-10 · RTÉ: An Irish court charges Jason Hutch, a son of alleged crime boss Gerry Hutch, with facilitating a criminal organisation, the same day he was extradited from Spain.
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News pulse 2026-09-11 · CNBC: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declares an end to the cyclosporiasis food poisoning outbreak, which is caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis and linked to iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms, in the United States.
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News pulse 2026-08-20 · Reuters: Data from Kpler shows that seven ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz, with four entering and three exiting the waterway.
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News pulse 2026-08-26 · The Jerusalem Post: The Israel Defense Forces says that they have killed several Hamas members in airstrikes in the Gaza Strip city of Jabalia, including on a structure allegedly used as a storage facility for weapons.
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News pulse 2026-08-26 · ABS-CBN News: The United States Department of State suspends immigrant visa appointments at all embassies and consulates worldwide while training consular staff on screening applicants for potential dependence on public benefits.
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News pulse 2026-08-26 · Jamaica Observer: Flash floods and mudslides along the Trishuli River impact between Nepal and Tibet, China. At least 160 people are killed, hundreds are injured and 463 others, including over 200 tourists, are reported missing in Nepal, while Chinese Communist Party officials report three deaths and 265 missing in Tibet, severely affecting Gyirong County and its port.
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News pulse 2026-08-26 · The Jerusalem Post: The Israel Defense Forces says that they have killed several Hamas members in airstrikes in the Gaza Strip city of Jabalia, including on a structure allegedly used as a storage facility for weapons.
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News pulse 2026-09-11 · Sky News: Princess Astrid, an older sister of the late Norwegian King Harald V and daughter of Olav V, dies at the age of 94.
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News pulse 2026-08-24 · The Guardian: Former British snooker player Graeme Dott is found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school children.
D'Angelo ·
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-27 · BBC News: Denmark's parliament passes legislation granting 300,000 kr. (US$46,758) in compensation to each Greenlandic woman affected by non-consensual contraception administered under a Danish birth-control program in the 1960s and 1970s. A perspective from London.
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-04 · Reuters: The remains of King Rukidi IV of the Tooro Kingdom return to Uganda for his burial. A perspective from Kyiv.
Anthony Joshua · Bright Atlas ·
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