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A moment shaping the map: World brief 2026-09-11: The Seoul Central District Court acquits former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges that he appointed his defense minister, Lee Jong-sup, as ambassador to Australia to obstruct an investigation into a South Korean marine's drowning during the 2023 floods. A perspective from Honolulu.
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The global conversation: News pulse 2026-09-11 · Reuters: A Hong Kong court sentences pro-democracy activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung to seven years in prison each for inciting subversion under the national security law for leading the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. A perspective from Stockholm.
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The global conversation: News pulse 2026-08-27 · Al Jazeera: Three Palestinians are reported to be killed in strikes in the Gaza Strip, violating the October 2025 ceasefire. A perspective from Singapore.
Peter Mandelson · Bright Spark ·
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On the public-interest radar: News pulse 2026-08-19 · Reuters: Former Liberian vice president Jewel Taylor is charged for drug trafficking, money laundering and other offenses as part of an investigation of a transnational narcotics network. A perspective from Rome.
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On the public-interest radar: News pulse 2026-09-03 · France 24: The Philippine education department initiates nationwide school safety drills to prepare students and staff for armed intruders, involving police and emergency responders after two school shooting incidents. A perspective from Prague.
Alexander Zverev · Kind Beacon ·
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On the public-interest radar: World brief 2026-09-10: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court overturns a 2019 presidential pardon granted to Buddhist monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara and orders him to serve the remainder of his six-year prison sentence for criminally intimidating human rights activist Sandya Eknelygoda. A perspective from Vienna.
Camila Morrone · Lunar Beacon ·
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On the public-interest radar: World brief 2026-09-11: The Seoul Central District Court acquits former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges that he appointed his defense minister, Lee Jong-sup, as ambassador to Australia to obstruct an investigation into a South Korean marine's drowning during the 2023 floods. A perspective from Lagos.
Linda Hamilton · Golden Comet ·
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On the public-interest radar: News pulse 2026-08-22 · Arab News Japan: Syrian state media reports that an IED struck a bus carrying security forces on the Maarounah–Al-Tall road near Damascus, injuring several passengers. A perspective from Dubai.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-28 · Ynetnews: Two teenagers are arrested in Israel for allegedly pledging allegiance to ISIS and plotting an attack on security forces at the Temple Mount and an IDF base in northern Israel. A perspective from New York.
Graham Platner · Electric Mosaic ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-07 · France 24: The government of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, announces plans to prohibit more than half of its vacation rentals in residential areas and near schools after complaints increase over noise, smoking, trespassing, and improper waste disposal. A perspective from Athens.
Vanessa Kirby · Bright Phoenix ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-02 · France 24: At least 22 people, including ten Jordanians, are killed and 28 others are injured in a bus accident in South Sinai, Egypt. A perspective from Cape Town.
Chris Martin · Lunar Phoenix ·
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A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-24 · The Jerusalem Post: The United States formally removes Syria from its designated state sponsors of terrorism list. A perspective from Stockholm.
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A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-27 · Kurdistan 24: Germany's Robert Koch Institute estimates 15,800 heat-related deaths during summer 2026, the highest total in a decade of monitoring, as repeated heat waves push temperatures above. A perspective from Athens.
Kemi Badenoch · Bright Comet ·
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A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-21 · The Star: Japan executes a 58-year-old man for a 2009 arson attack that killed five people at a pachinko parlor in Osaka. It is the first execution under Sanae Takaichi's premiership. A perspective from Chicago.
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A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-27 · Marine Insight: The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reports that a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz was hit by an "unknown projectile", causing a fire that was later extinguished. A perspective from Miami.
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World brief 2026-09-10: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court overturns a 2019 presidential pardon granted to Buddhist monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara and orders him to serve the remainder of his six-year prison sentence for criminally intimidating human rights activist Sandya Eknelygoda.
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News pulse 2026-09-05 · AP: A five-story hostel building collapses in New Delhi, India, killing seven people. At least 12 people are rescued from the rubble.
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News pulse 2026-09-05 · ABC News Australia: In Egypt, twelve people are sentenced to death for drugs trafficking, including television presenter Sarah Khalifa.
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News pulse 2026-08-31 · AP: Dale Sanders reclaims his record of being the oldest person to hike the entire Appalachian Trail, one of the world's longest hiking-only trails, after completing it at age 91.
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News pulse 2026-08-29 · Sports Business Journal: In tennis, former player Roger Federer is inducted into the player category, while former player and current sportscaster Mary Carillo is inducted into the contributor category of the International Tennis Hall of Fame respectively.
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News pulse 2026-08-30 · Reuters: An orangutan named Sampurna is reported to be rescued from a haze fire zone in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, on Indonesia's Borneo island.
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News pulse 2026-09-13 · DW: Swedes vote to elect all 349 seats of the Riksdag. Incumbent prime minister Ulf Kristersson, who seeks to lead the Moderates to a second consecutive government while including the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats in his cabinet, is being challenged by the former prime minister and SAP leader Magdalena Andersson. Preliminary results indicate that the Red-Greens and the Centre Party are projected to have a combined total of 175 seats, while the four Tidö parties are projected to have a total of 174 seats.
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News pulse 2026-08-20 · France 24: Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi says the integration of Kurdish military, security, and administrative institutions into the Syrian state is complete following an agreement reached with president Ahmed al-Sharaa in January.
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News pulse 2026-09-14 · AP: Chile becomes the first country in South America to eliminate dog-transmitted rabies, with the World Health Organization confirming the milestone.
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