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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-11 · Kursiv: Kyrgyzstan's central bank starts domestically printing banknotes of the Kyrgyz som, the country's currency, for the first time since independence. A perspective from Cape Town.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-29 · Reuters: In field hockey, Argentina beat the Netherlands in the final after a 1–1 draw and a penalty shoot-out to secure their third Women's World Cup title. A perspective from Chicago.
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A moment shaping the map: World brief 2026-09-12: Several residents are arrested after riots erupted yesterday in Kobani, Syria, over the murder of a Kurdish citizen that was blamed on an Arab man, while a prison riot and fire at Kobani prison leaves seven inmates dead. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports the violence erupted over plans to transfer some prisoners to another prison in Aleppo. A perspective from Shanghai.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-04 · Arab News: Mexico's navy, the attorney general, and the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection seize approximately 16.8 tonnes of methamphetamine and dismantle three clandestine drug laboratories in Sinaloa. A perspective from Seoul.
Fernando Mendoza · Kind Spark ·
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News pulse 2026-09-11 · BBC News: The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency releases 71 documents warning of a threat from Al Qaeda prior to the September 11 attacks, including presidential daily briefs during the administrations of former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush from 1998 to the day after the attacks.
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News pulse 2026-08-16 · BBC News: Five teenagers are killed and four others, including a child, are injured in a head-on collision caused by a wrong-way driving vehicle on the M9 motorway in County Kildare, Ireland.
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News pulse 2026-09-07 · DW: North Korea and Russia opens the Yakov Novichenko Bridge at its border, the first road bridge connecting the two countries.
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World brief 2026-09-12: Russian drone strikes across Ukraine kill eight civilians, including two people in Zaporizhzhia, two people at a grocery store in Zhytomyr, one person in Kryvyi Rih, while a "massive attack" targeting the Port of Odesa and surrounding areas wounds at least 28 people.
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News pulse 2026-08-18 · Gulf News: The United Arab Emirates's defence ministry detects two missiles fired from Iran towards the country, including one that fell outside territorial waters and another that fell within it.
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News pulse 2026-08-19 · The Business Standard: Four more children are reported to have died from measles in 24 hours, bringing the death toll in the country from the outbreak past 922.
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News pulse 2026-08-23 · New Indian Express: The Indian Coast Guard and Navy's Eastern Naval Command reports that two crew members from the Panama-flagged MV Ocean Winner have been rescued after it sank off the coast of Bay of Bengal in eastern India.
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News pulse 2026-08-24 · PBS: The United States Southern Command's Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere launches a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean on alleged drug traffickers, killing two people.
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News pulse 2026-09-05 · Al Jazeera: Ten people are killed and 64 others are injured after an accidental fireworks explosion during a religious celebration in a parish in Temascalcingo, Mexico.
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News pulse 2026-09-10 · Reuters: Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip kill a family of four.
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News pulse 2026-08-31 · France 24: A South Korean court sentences Unification Church leader Hak Ja Han to two years in prison for bribing officials, including former first lady Kim Keon Hee, in an effort to obtain policy favors.
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-04 · AP: The opening ceremony for the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup is held in Berlin, Germany, with the defending champions United States defeating China 94–61. A perspective from Miami.
Robert Pattinson · Lunar Explorer ·
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Around the world today: World brief 2026-09-13: In Formula One racing, Kimi Antonelli wins the inaugural Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring in Madrid, Spain. A perspective from Kyiv.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-19 · CNBC: The United States Department of the Treasury reports that the national debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time the previous day, and is currently at $40.047 trillion. A perspective from London.
Zack Polanski · Cosmic Mosaic ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-18 · Time: The United Arab Emirates suspends commercial exchanges, and financial transactions with Iran after Iran launched two ballistic missiles at the country. A perspective from London.
Jimmy Kimmel · Cosmic Mosaic ·
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-20 · The Japan Times: Four railway workers on the Tōbu Nikkō Line are killed after being struck by a Limited express train in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. A perspective from Osaka.
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-30 · Space.com: NASA launches the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida, United States, to survey the universe, study dark matter and dark energy, and search for exoplanets and supernovae. A perspective from Hong Kong.
Ayrton Senna · Golden Dreamer ·
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-21 · France 24: In Mexico, Sinaloan governor Rubén Rocha Moya resumes office after a four-month suspension while contesting U.S. drug-trafficking charges and an extradition request. Mexican prosecutors say they find insufficient evidence linking him to criminal conduct. A perspective from Jakarta.
Anthony Gordon (footballer) · Cosmic Dreamer ·
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-21 · CNA: At least 14 people are reportedly killed and 20 others are injured after Myanmar's military launched an airstrike on a Buddhist monastery compound in Myaung Township during a religious gathering. A perspective from New York.
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