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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-27 · The Times of Israel: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and its Spokesperson's Unit confirms Al-Qassam Brigades commander Ismail Mohammad Ibrahim Barim, who held Edan Alexander, Avera Mengistu, and Matan Zangauker as hostages, was killed in a strike in Khan Yunis. A perspective from Auckland.
Sandra Bullock · Cosmic Voyager ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-04 · DW: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government becomes the longest serving in Italy during the postwar era. A perspective from Madrid.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-30 · Axios: A spokesperson for the United States Central Command reports that the U.S. military has launched strikes on two Iranian rocket launchers at Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz that were used by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, its first strikes against the country since July. A perspective from Rome.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-27 · The Times of Israel: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and its Spokesperson's Unit confirms Al-Qassam Brigades commander Ismail Mohammad Ibrahim Barim, who held Edan Alexander, Avera Mengistu, and Matan Zangauker as hostages, was killed in a strike in Khan Yunis. A perspective from Prague.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-10 · Al Jazeera: Russia drone strikes across Ukraine kill at least 15 people and injure 90 others, including victims in Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Pavlohrad, and Sumy. Ukraine also strikes gas facilities in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Ural, Russia. A perspective from Bucharest.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-04 · France 24: Over 120 people are confirmed to have been killed since yesterday during the clashes between Houthis and the Yemeni Armed Forces in western Yemen. A perspective from Bucharest.
Quentin Tarantino · Neon Orbit ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-14 · Sudan Tribune: Sudan's Popular Congress Party and Sudan Liberation Movement faction led by Abdul Wahid al-Nur agree to broaden talks aimed at ending the three-year civil war in the country. A perspective from Dubai.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-13 · ESPN: In Formula One racing, Kimi Antonelli wins the inaugural Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring in Madrid, Spain. A perspective from Seoul.
Hailee Steinfeld · Kind Spark ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-26 · BBC News: 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. A perspective from Tokyo.
Robert Downey Jr. · Lunar Spark ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-27 · Africanews: Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune declares three days of national mourning after 12 people were reported to be killed in wildfires in northeastern Jijel. A perspective from Melbourne.
Reese Witherspoon · Bright Voyager ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-20 · AP: Eight people are killed when a Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft crashes at the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site in Western Alaska, United States. A perspective from Melbourne.
Miles Teller · Bright Voyager ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-08 · RFI: Spain declassifies around 40 intelligence reports concerning the July migrant crisis into Ceuta, during which more than 70,000 people crossed from Morocco, amid scrutiny of whether Moroccan security forces facilitated the crossings and whether Spanish security services had prior warning of the influx. A perspective from Mexico City.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-08 · Reuters: Houthi forces launch ballistic missiles and drones at several locations in Saudi Arabia, injuring 73 people, including civilians, and causing fires that temporarily halt operations at some energy facilities. A perspective from São Paulo.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-16 · AP: The death toll of the Lake Kariba vessel capsizing in Zimbabwe from last week rises to 72 after twelve more bodies are recovered. A perspective from Paris.
Stephen Colbert · Solar Mosaic ·
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News pulse 2026-09-15 · Bloomberg: Romanian farmers clash with gendarmes in Bucharest during protests against live export restrictions and other policies. The confrontations leave 24 people injured, including eight gendarmes, while police detain 26 protesters.
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News pulse 2026-08-30 · Axios: A spokesperson for the United States Central Command reports that the U.S. military has launched strikes on two Iranian rocket launchers at Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz that were used by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, its first strikes against the country since July.
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News pulse 2026-09-03 · AP: Israel releases prisoner Malek Ghazi and hands him over to the Lebanese army, the first release since the war started in March, as part of an effort to revive peace talks.
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News pulse 2026-09-08 · Reuters: Houthi forces launch ballistic missiles and drones at several locations in Saudi Arabia, injuring 73 people, including civilians, and causing fires that temporarily halt operations at some energy facilities.
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News pulse 2026-08-18 · Daily Post: At least 24 bandits are killed by a force of Nigerian Army, State Security Service, and vigilante groups during a foiled kidnapping attempt in Bakori, Katsina State, Nigeria.
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News pulse 2026-08-19 · AP: Nine people, including eight Bangladeshi nationals, are killed and six others are injured in a hotel fire in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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News pulse 2026-09-11 · The Independent: A case of Ebola is reported in the Sud-Ubangi province, making it the seventh province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the outbreak has spread to.
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News pulse 2026-09-15 · Bloomberg: Romanian farmers clash with gendarmes in Bucharest during protests against live export restrictions and other policies. The confrontations leave 24 people injured, including eight gendarmes, while police detain 26 protesters.
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World brief 2026-09-10: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Israel Katz say that the IDF has destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel in Ali al-Taher.
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News pulse 2026-08-20 · Infobae in Spanish: Argentina deports a Mexican Rear Admiral accused of leading a fuel-smuggling network inside the Mexican Navy to Mexico after the Mexican government withdraws its extradition request. He is taken to the Altiplano maximum-security prison, where his brother and alleged co-leader, Vice Admiral Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna, is also imprisoned.
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